Project Worker (specified-purpose) - Chester House

at  Dublin Simon Community

ABOUT US

At Dublin Simon Community, we are passionate about making home a reality. Our aim is to empower people to access and retain a home by providing housing, prevention, addiction treatment, emergency response, and other targeted interventions, through advocacy and partnership.
If you share our values and want to make a difference then apply for this role with Dublin Simon Community and join the team!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deliver a quality effective service, ensuring the progression and sustainability of all residents.
• Manage a caseload as part of a diverse and motivated team working to achieve service targets and individual goals.
• Work in collaboration with clients to create support plans, inclusive of referral to services and accommodation move-on options, where appropriate.
• Implement and work within care and case management systems and protocols.
• Work in partnership with other agencies, both voluntary and statutory, ensuring good communication and cross-agency working practices to minimise obstacles to a person getting access to supports, services and/or accommodation.
• Carry out ongoing assessment and reviews in order to provide a quality evidence-based service, facilitating movement towards suitable living and improved quality of life, in accordance with Simon Community’s policies and procedures.
• Crisis and conflict management of risks to try and ensure the protection of all staff and residents.
• Ensure residents are consulted and involved in the operation of the project as far as possible.
• Provide care interventions, including daily living skills support, relapse prevention support.
• Therapeutic and diversionary interventions, providing emotional and motivational support, promoting positive mental health attitudes, self-esteem, and mutual respect.
• Carry out front-line duties such as cleaning and room turnover, to ensure the smooth running of the service.
• Maintain knowledge and awareness of mental and physical health and addiction issues and services, with good practice and knowledge to best support residents.
• Engage with and build a professional trusting relationship with residents and staff, treating all with dignity and respect, in line with the values of the Dublin Simon Community.
• Thorough record-keeping, consistent handovers, preparation of reports, statistics and other information as required in order to inform future strategy and responses.
• Work towards the achievement of individual and service goals as determined by the local scorecard and organisational strategy.
• Participate in regular supervision and performance review, contributing to the identification of own job related targets, progression and training needs.

ESSENTIAL FOR THE ROLE:

• BA/BS degree (level 7 or 8) in Psychology, Community Development, Counselling, Social Care, Social Work, or similar.
• 2+ years experience working in a social or caring setting.
• Understanding of why people become homeless and the needs they have.
• Keyworking and advocacy skills, carrying out assessments, care planning and review for individuals with a focus on outcomes.
• Commitment to promoting choice, independence, health, and wellbeing.
• Ability to contribute to the prevention and management of challenging behaviour.
• Commitment to Health & Safety
• Recordkeeping, report writing.
• Client-focused, adaptable, accountable, resilient individual.
• Excellent communicator, with the ability to advocate on the client’s behalf.

DESIRABLE FOR THE ROLE:

• Knowledge of mental health diagnoses, treatment services and mental health interventions.
• Understanding of addictions, trauma, behaviours and other presenting issues.
• Full driver’s license
• Passion for helping people, with the ability to work in an agile environment.
• Flexibility and openness to change.
• Planning, organising and adept at problem-solving.
• Effective team working and developing external relationships
• Resilience and positive outlook