Senior Social Worker

Coolmine; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Coolmine Therapeutic Community in Dublin is seeking a Senior Social Worker to join the Housing First MDT team. The role focuses on safeguarding social care needs within a person-centred, evidence-based approach to move people into permanent housing.

Hours: 35 per week with occasional out of hours work. Closing date: 23 April 2026. Coolmine is an equal opportunities employer and may form a panel for future vacancies.

Qualifications

• Senior Social Worker to work within the health MDT to uphold social care needs per Housing First.
• Housing First programme is person-centred and evidence-based.

Responsibilities

• Senior Social Worker to work within the health MDT to uphold social care needs per Housing First.

Job description

Hours: 35 hours per week. Some out of hours work may be required.

Purpose: The Housing First programme is a person-centred, evidence-based approach that supports individuals with complex health and social care needs who have experienced homelessness to move directly into permanent housing, without preconditions. Delivered through a multidisciplinary team (MDT) model and Case Management support, the programme provides intensive, flexible, and integrated support to enable sustained tenancies and improved health and wellbeing outcomes.

The Housing First Model in Dublin brings together the Health MDT and the Intensive Case Management Team to ensure accessible and person-centred supports are delivered to people living in Housing First Tenancies Across Dublin City and County. The Senior Social Worker will be a key role working within the health MDT to ensure the social care needs of all participants are upheld within the fidelity of the Housing First model and the highest standards of clinical practice.

The closing date for applications is Thursday the 23 rd of April 2026.

Coolmine Therapeutic Community is an equal opportunities employer.

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 within Coolmine Therapeutic Community.