Child Support Worker - Dublin, Mat Cover

Depaul; Dublin; On-site; EUR 33,891 - 45,853; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension matched by the employer

Health cash plan

Life assurance 4x salary

Maternity leave 18 weeks

Sick leave entitlement from day 1

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Depaul in Dublin is seeking a Child Support Worker on maternity cover to provide specialist family support for children. The role acts as the case manager in assigned cases and leads on developing supports with a focus on children’s needs.

You will participate in meetings, devise child-focused plans, liaise with social workers and external teams, support families with referrals, and maintain accurate records. A background in homelessness services and Children First principles is preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in the homeless sector or similar field.
• Experience responding to crisis and using initiative to support others.
• Excellent knowledge of Children First principles.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Understanding of statutory and voluntary sector resources available to homeless people.

Responsibilities

• Participate in family pre-admission meetings and review documentation related to family referrals.
• Devise specific child-focused support plans, including appointments with doctors, in agreement with the mothers.
• Participate in incident reviews related to child welfare/protection.
• Liaise with social workers, external family support workers and Gardai when required.
• Support families with referrals to external services.
• Develop community relationships with key supports and make referrals as required.
• Accompany service users to appointments, including hospitals, prisons or courts when necessary.
• Identify a caseload requiring more intense family support and manage it with a case management approach.

Skills

Crisis response

Communication skills

IT literacy

Teamwork

Education

Childcare or social work qualification

Job description

Child Support Worker - Maternity Cover

Location: Dublin

Hours: 35 Hours Per week across a 7-day rota

Salary: €39,872.09 per annum

Scope of Responsibility

This post holder will be responsible for providing specialist family support in relation to children. The person will take on the role of the case manager in assigned cases and lead on development of relevant supports with specific focus on children needs.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Participate in all Family Pre-Admission meetings and reviewing all documentation related to Family referrals
• Devise specific support plans (if required) related solely to the children (including appointments to doctors etc) in agreement with the mothers.
• Participate in all Incident reviews, directly related to child welfare/ protection.
• Liaise directly with Social workers/ external family support workers/ Gardai (when required).
• To support families with referrals to appropriate external services.
• Develop community relationships with key supports such as PHN, ELI, Home from home programme etc and make referrals as required
• To accompany service users to appointments when necessary; this may include hospitals, prison, courts etc.
• In conjunction with the management and project team identify a working caseload where more intense family support is required and work proactively with this case load from a case management approach
• The above list is not exhaustive; additional areas of responsibility may be added over time.
• The above list is not exhaustive; additional areas of responsibility may be added over time and flexibility to cover for other staff roles is required from time to time.

Person Requirements

Experience

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience working in the homeless sector or similar field
• Experience responding to crisis, knowledge of appropriate actions and use of initiative to support others

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of Children First principles
• A qualification in childcare, social work or other related areas would be desirable.
• An understanding of why people become homeless and the issues they experience, particularly in relation to childcare.
• The ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• An ability to liaise effectively with other service providers and represent the organisation externally
• An understanding of the statutory and voluntary sector resources available to homeless people

Attitude

• Respect for the vision, mission and values of Depaul
• All tasks should be completed in an accurate manner and supported by a clear electronic and hard copy filing system.
• Proficient use of IT required in role, including email in a professional capacity.

Benefits

• Annual Leave Up to 3 years' service: 25 days per year
• 3 years' up to 5 years' service: 27 days per year
• Over 5 years' service: 30 working days per year (Exclusive of bank and statutory holidays)
• 10 public holidays each year with Good Friday as discretionary day.
• Day off and day pay for Christmas Day, St.Stephen's Day, and New Year's Day worked for shift workers.
• Non-Shift Workers: Paid day off on public holidays.
• Shift Workers: Expected to work on public holidays; receive an additional day of annual leave in lieu.
• Non-Rostered Employees: May be entitled to one-fifth of the normal weekly rate of remuneration for the public holiday.
• Pension Matched by the employer
• Health Assistance Each staff member gets access to a health cash plan so you can claim money back, up to set limits, on a number of treatments. This includes dental, optical, acupuncture and many more. Your children under 16 are also included on the plan.
• Life Assurance Four times salary
• Maternity /Adoptive Leave 18 weeks full pay
• Paternity Leave 2 weeks full pay
• Sick Leave Entitlement to sick pay starting from day 1 with level of entitlement increasing with length of service (subject to policy terms)
• Employee Assistance Program EAP is a confidential counselling service that provides support to company employees and their family. It is available 24/7,365 days a year covering; Counselling, legal advice, financial information, career guidance, life coaching, mediation, health information, cancer support, autism support, infertility and pregnancy loss, elder care support, parent coaching and international employee support.
• Learning and Development Depaul’s Vision, Mission and Values course, this involves travel to meet the Depaul International family.
• Emerging Leaders, supporting workers that would like to develop their leadership skills and to progress to a management role.
• Online learning resources within Depaul’s award nominated online learning platform, Moodle. Mandatory training including, MAPA, Health and Safety, Child Protection, Fire Safety, and First Aid

Equal Opportunities

Depaul strives to create a diverse and inclusive programme and is committed to ensuring equality of access to our opportunities and equality of treatment for our staff in all our policies and practices. We welcome applications from individuals aged 18 and over from a diverse range of backgrounds.