Support Worker- Wicklow

33,500\.00 \~ 38,250\.00 EUR annually

Location
Kilmartin Wicklow Ireland*This job ends on Wednesday*

About Us: At Dublin Simon Community, we’re dedicated to making home a reality. We empower individuals to access and sustain housing through services like prevention, addiction treatment, emergency response, and targeted interventions, in collaboration with our partners.

If you share our values and want to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you. We’re looking for client\-focused, friendly, and adaptable individuals to join our team.

We prioritise best practices in HR, including staff training, communication, and involvement in decision\-making, to create a supportive and effective work environment. About the role *Contract:* Full\-Time Permanent.

*Working Hours*: Day shifts are mandatory, 37\.5 hours per week, 7\-day availability –

Monday to Sunday.

*Salary*: From 33,500 \- 38,250 depending on experience.

*Location:* Kilmartin– Wicklow

As a Support Worker, you’ll help to support clients in their daily needs. You will

contribute to ensuring effective and consistent best\-practice standards are followed in

the Dublin Simon Community accommodation services. From facilitating participation

initiatives to working with the wider team to discuss and plan how to best support the

clients with their goals, each day you’ll help clients to achieve their goals and change

their lives. As well as our induction program, you will be provided with 10 training days

throughout the year, ensuring you have the support and training to succeed in this role. Your responsibilities:* Support the project/key workers and management in the implementation of

operational and strategic goals; including following up on support plan actions,

supporting the service user to achieve their goals.

• Building professional relationships of trust with all service users and residents.

Treating all service users and residents with dignity and respect.

• Therapeutic and diversionary interventions providing emotional and motivational

support, promoting positive mental health attitudes, self\-esteem and self

respect.

• Liaise with a range of service providers in the voluntary and public sectors (e.g.

housing providers, health care professionals \& social welfare). Establish and

expand the services to meet physical and mental health needs.

• Deliver the personal, professional, and social development programme.


• Assistance in managing medication/health regimes, accessing primary and

secondary healthcare, liaising with GP and Pharmacists, methadone providers,

arranging doctor’s/healthcare appointments and accompanying them to

appointments.

• Process all incoming enquiries and referrals to accommodation of service users.


• Support service users to liaise with landlords and facilitate when moving

location.

• Conduct harm reduction interventions; overdose prevention, stabilisation.


• Completion of daily duties which may include assisting clients and supporting

them around their mental and physical health, addiction issues, ensuring that

physical needs such as bathing and washing clothing are carried out and general

upkeep of building by cleaning.

• Support the safe and healthy functioning of each building to ensure the safety of

and the service users/residents in that building, procedures relating to fire safety,

hazard management, building checks, sharps disposal, and management of

challenging behaviour.

• Managing complex and challenging behaviour and conflict management and

ensuring residents adhere to accommodation agreements.

• To carry out all administrative duties such as: managing petty cash, record

keeping (electronic), record keeping (paper), filing, answering queries via phone.

• Ensure consistent handovers, diary, incident reports, and follow\-ups, in

accordance with organisation policies.

• Ensure services and projects are compliant with organisational policies,

procedures, and guidelines in the following areas: Fire Safety, Confidentiality,

Child Protection, Data Protection, Admissions, Case Management, and

Disengagement, etc.

• Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by your line

manager. Essential for the role:* Level 6,7 or 8 in a relevant field with 6 months of experience in a similar setting

(including voluntary work and college placement)

Or* Level 5 in relevant field with 12 months experience in a similar setting (including

voluntary work and college placement)

• A Passion for helping people.


• Flexibility to work in an agile environment.


• Willingness to learn.


• Experience in carrying out Health \& Safety inspections and audits.

Benefits to working with Dublin Simon Community:* 25 days annual leave

• 5% matched contribution to your pension


• Paid Sick Leave Policy


• Paid Maternity Leave Policy


• Bike to Work Scheme


• Commuter Travel Tax Savers Ticket


• 1st\-week Comprehensive Training


• Progression Opportunities

Shortlisting will be in progress throughout the period that the vacancy is live, so you

may be called for interview and/or the vacancy may be filled before the closing

date. Please note: If you are unsure of any of the requirements, please contact the Recruitment Team at (01\) 6354860\. Shortlisting will continue throughout the recruitment process.

Dublin Simon Community is an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.

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