Lead Social Care Practitioner

Tusla - Child and Family Agency; Munster; On-site; EUR 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Tusla - Child and Family Agency is seeking to strengthen services across Child Protection, Welfare and Family Support, with roles supporting Meitheal practice and early intervention initiatives. The post emphasises collaboration with families, carers and other practitioners to identify needs and realise rights.

Role requires engagement in planning, safeguarding, and multi-agency work, with opportunities to contribute to child-centred outcomes and development within Tusla’s framework.

Qualifications

• To support the implementation of Tusla’s Prevention, Partnership and Family Support; Child Protection and Welfare; and Alternative Care Strategies.
• Promote a culture where young people are treated with dignity and respect, promoting a culture of unconditional positive regard at all times.
• Promote physical, emotional, social, cultural, ethnic, spiritual and religious welfare of each service user.
• Advocate on behalf of the service user.
• Compliance with relevant Tusla policies.
• Attend court as required.

Responsibilities

• To identify the needs and strengths of Children/Young People/Families/Carers and to work in partnership with them, their families and other practitioners to meets their needs, realise their rights and achieve desired outcomes.
• To promote and support the implementation of the Meitheal National Early Intervention Practice Model including undertaking the role of Lead Practitioner.
• Participate in the completion of preliminary screening and assessments, safety planning as required under Children’s First in line with Standard Business Processes, this should be done in consultation with the relevant line manager.
• Support the completion and implementation of Child plans such as, Children in Care Plans; Child Protection and Welfare Plans; Social Work led Safety Plan; Meitheal Support Plans; Single Agency Family Support Plans.
• Support the implementation of creative community alternatives to care.
• To work at an individual, group and community level with children in conjunction with local statutory and voluntary partner agencies.
• To support children and young people in alternative care and promote reunification or permanency planning as appropriate.
• Liaise with accommodation, welfare, education and training resources to source appropriate service for service users.
• To promote the participation of children and young people in decision making on issues that affect their lives at both individual and collective levels.
• To work directly with children to prevent or mitigate adverse childhood experiences and to capitalise on strengths and build resilience.
• The Social Care Leader may also have additional supervisory duties of Social Care Workers or Family Support Practitioners and others that may be required
• To undertake, supervise and support access visits to children in care with their parents and extended family and access visits arranged on court orders

Job description

Tusla - Child and Family Agency is seeking to strengthen services across Child Protection, Welfare and Family Support, with roles supporting Meitheal practice and early intervention initiatives. The post emphasises collaboration with families, carers and other practitioners to identify needs and realise rights.

Role requires engagement in planning, safeguarding, and multi-agency work, with opportunities to contribute to child-centred outcomes and development within Tusla’s framework.