Social Care Worker

BROTHERS OF CHARITY SERVICES –WEST REGION POSTS: 5 x PERMANENT PART-TIME SOCIAL CARE WORKERS CURLEW ADULT SERVICES (Boyle, Ballaghaderreen, Frenchpark areas) Ref: 74657 A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled. DESCRIPTION AND VISION OF SERVICES The Brothers of Charity Services Ireland – West Region provide a community based, person centred service focusing on the needs and abilities of children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
The vision of the service is to support people with intellectual disabilities to achieve a full and valued life in their community, in line with best practice both nationally and internationally.
Working in partnership with each person supported by services, and their family and communities, we aim to create opportunities for people supported by services to have ordinary life experiences and to be closely connected to family and friends.
We are committed to supporting people to live a life of their choosing, and the provision of quality services to meet the needs of the people we support.

Curlew Adult Services provide a range of community based services including day, residential, respite, community outreach, family support and a range of multidisciplinary support services.
People are supported in various types of day settings – day centres, supported employment, social and micro enterprises, training and education and these can be in groups or individualised.
People are supported in residential settings in their own homes in the community individually and in groups with different staffing support levels depending on their levels of disability.
Our Services are person centred focusing on the needs and abilities of adults with intellectual disabilities and autism.
Our focus going forward is to form a relationship/partnership with each individual and their family and communities, supporting people to plan and direct their own service so that they can enjoy a life with a healthy balance of supports.
We wish to create opportunities for people who use our service to have valued social roles in their communities and to form friendships.

We wish to recruit innovative, creative and motivated people who will relish the opportunity to assist in achieving this vision as part of a team.
We are looking for people who will be flexible and adapt to the needs of particular individuals they support and are open to change.

Location: Curlew Adult Services (Boyle, Ballaghaderreen, Frenchpark Areas).
Staff allocation could be either within residential/respite/day settings or in community services or in an individual's own home.
The appointee will initially commence working in one particular area of the Curlew services and this work location may change due to future service needs.

The Role: Social Care Workers fulfil a key worker supportive and advocative role for individuals supported by the service.
The Social Care Worker role is to support the person in all aspects of their life focusing on the individual's ability and promoting independence and development of skills at all times.
The Social Care Worker will assist and support people who use the service with development of their individual person centred plans and the achievement of associated outcomes, and critically, will support people who use the service to make informed choices and fulfil their potential.
They will encourage participation in the community through inclusive and creative thinking, seek opportunities for new experiences and encourage positive risk taking in leading to informed choices.

The successful candidate will provide leadership and supervision at a local level, ensuring the service delivered is person-centred.

Reporting/Responsible to: Team Leader/Team Manager/Area Manager

Qualifications: Candidates must hold one of the following qualifications:

Registered with or eligible to register with CORU by November 2025. HETAC/DIT/NQAI BA in Applied Social Studies/Social Care. Open Training College (HETAC) accredited National Degree in Applied Social Studies (Disability). and

A full clean manual Driving Licence, which qualifies you to drive manual transmission vehicles on Irish Roads is an essential requirement.
It may also be necessary for the appointee to obtain a Class D1 Driving Licence (if not already in possession of one).
Assistance will be given towards this purpose of obtaining a class D1 licence. Fluency in verbal and written English is an essential requirement of this post. Experience: · Experience working with individuals with an intellectual disability and individuals with challenging behaviour is desirable.
Full training will be provided.

· Experience in the area of goal setting and programme implementation through a person centred approach is also desirable.

· Working within a staff team and shift leading at times.

Skills: Candidates must demonstrate:

· Leadership and networking skills - Staff will be expected to network with local community groups and develop positive links for the individuals who use the service.

· Excellent organisational and planning skills, with the ability to support goal setting, putting goals into action and following through to the achievement of outcomes

· The ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal forms and excellent report writing and record keeping skills

· Creativity, initiative and self-motivation

· Commitment to current best practice internationally and co-operating in an interdisciplinary team environment with a person-centred philosophy

· The ability to exercise good judgement, discretion and confidentiality

· Excellent listening skills, patience and a sense of humour

Working Hours: · 1 x Permanent Part-Time 60 hours per fortnight · 4 x Permanent Part-Time 45 hours per fortnight · 1 x Permanent Part-Time 31 hours per fortnight All posts are based on a 14-day duty roster.
The successful candidates may be required to work to accommodate an integrated day service, with weekend work, some split duty hours, public holidays, evening/night duty and sleep-ins to meet service needs.
The Brothers of Charity Services model of service is based on Personal Outcome Measures requiring employees to be flexible in their working hours to provide a quality service delivery for each individual.

Annual Leave: 22 days per annum (pro-rata for part-time), i.e.
8.46 hours per 100 hours worked.
Appropriate service related leave will be granted after 5 and 10 years' service respectively.

Remuneration: Department of Health Social Care Worker salary scale as at 01/10/2024 apply: €38,951 x 11 increments - €53,970 per annum (pro-rata for part-time).
A long service increment €54,989 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) is payable after 3 years on the maximum of the scale.
Additional payments will be made for weekends, public holidays and night duty when worked.

Salary quoted is based on a 39 hour working week.
The successful candidate will be granted incremental credit subject to satisfactory verification of previous public sector service.

Tenure: A panel may be formed as a result of this process from which subsequent permanent, temporary or fixed term Social Care Worker appointments within the Curlew Service location may be offered over the next 6 to 12 months.

Probation: A probationary period of nine months from the date of appointment applies to the post.
The employment may be terminated at any time during the probationary period should the employer find that the appointee is unsuitable to continue employment.
The probation period may be extended at the Employer's discretion.

JOB DESCRIPTION The Brothers of Charity Services model of service is based on Personal Outcome Measures requiring employees to be flexible both in their approach and their working hours to provide a quality person centred service in an individualised way.

For further information on the job description, please see attached the full job description. Informal enquiries for this post to Tommie Scanlon, Curlew Services Area Manager
on 087 169 7954 Closing date for receipt of completed application forms /CV's on-line is 5pm, Thursday 30th January 2025 Interview date is scheduled for Thursday 6th February 2025 The Brothers of Charity Services Ireland is an equal opportunities employer INDW