The Senior Social Work Practitioner will work as part of an interdisciplinary team to deliver a quality service to children and their families who are attending the service.
The Finglas and North Inner City Children's Disability Network Teams are interdisciplinary teams providing assessment and intervention to children and young people aged 0-18 years who have complex needs arising from a disability.
The Senior Social work Practitioner is a core member of the CDNT and is central to the promotion and delivery of frontline health and social services.
As part of the CDNT the social worker provides support to the most complex families attending the service who are experiencing difficulty or distress in relation to the physical, mental and /or emotional well-being of family members.
Much of the work carried out is with the family and systems surrounding the child including health, welfare and education services, providing a holistic approach promoting the safety and welfare of the children attending the service.
The role will also include supporting families before, during and post diagnosis.
Using the key principles of the Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People programme as a model of service which is based on family centred practice and interdisciplinary team working, these teams provide therapeutic assessment and intervention to children aged between 0-18 years.
The CDNT's are charged with the delivery of an efficient and effective health and personal social service for children and young people with complex needs relating to a disability.
These teams include Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Social Work, Paediatrician and Nursing
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