3. PERSON REQUIREMENTS

• 1 years’ paid experience of working with service users with enduring major mental health issues, learning disabilities and/or offending histories (preferably in a residential setting)
• Experience in similar areas of work may be considered in particular experience in working in high risk environment, i.e. domestic violence service.
• Good standard of education
• An understanding of enduring mental health issues and the impact it has on the individual
• An understating of harm reduction and low threshold working
• An understanding of risk management principles
• Capable of responding calmly in crisis and use your own initiative to deal with incidents as they may arise
• Be able to work as part of team understanding the importance of team communication
• An understanding of Health and Safety and the health safety requirements within a residential setting working with homeless people
• Knowledge of and commitment of the vision, mission and values of Depaul

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to provide support to our organisation’s central services team in Dublin. Depaul is a values-led organisation working with a number of services throughout Dublin and Belfast. This role will report directly to the Local Management Team and will be responsible for responding effectively to service user needs and to security alerts and ensure that the safety, welfare and well-being of service users are protected throughout the night. This role is within a service which is an accommodation-based step down unit for service users who have been residents in a long-term hospital accommodation and who are now preparing to move on to more independent living. The staff team work with a service user group who have stabilised their mental health issues and have moderate to good functioning skills and are working to re-integrate back into the community and combatting institutionalisation as a result of long stay in psychiatric hospital services. This is an exciting opportunity to join a diverse team of talented individuals.