Social Worker

Desired Skills: social work,children,community

PE Global Healthcare is recruiting for a Social Worker for a permanent position based in either North Cork or South Tipperary!

Role Responsibilities:

The purpose of the post is to provide a social work service that seeks to improve the health and social well-being of the service users within the context of the local communities. S/he will achieve this through the implementation of an accessible, equitable, person-centred service

Main Duties:

The Social Worker:

• Have a working knowledge of HIQA Standards as they apply to the role for example, Standards for Child Protection and Welfare, Fostercare etc.
• Provide a direct point of access for the local community and offer initial and holistic social assessment and intervention to children, youth, families and groups.
• Provide an initial assessment service to the care group and to develop referral procedures with other social work networked services.
• Identify service users’ individual and collective needs in partnership with them and co-create early interventions and/or social action strategies to meet those needs.
• Manage and prioritise a caseload appropriate to the post.
• Provide supportive counselling, emotional and practical support, and information to service users and their families.
• Adopt a holistic approach aimed at enhancing the quality of life, health and social well-being of all persons within the service area.
• Promote independence, self-reliance, self-determination and empowerment with persons in their environment, with families and local groups.
• Make it possible for service users to advocate for their own needs, or where appropriate advocate on behalf of service users.

Essential Requirements:

• Must be fully qualified and registered with CORU
• Post Grad experience is desired but not essential
• Experience working with children.

If interested please email ruth.barry@peglobal.net or call Ruth on 083 0105701