RQ943 Senior Social Worker – Safeguarding

at  Peamount Healthcare

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

The successful candidate will be expected to meet the following criteria:

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

The Senior Social Worker will be required to maintain a continuous professional development portfolio in line with any registration requirements.
Participate in the training and development of staff in other Departments
Be actively involved in student education and supervision as required by the Principal Social Worker
Participate in social work practice teaching
Keep up to date with developments in social work and socials work practice and with changes in policy and legislation as it impacts on social work Promote clinical research to further social work practice
Participate in social work and MDT research projects
Provide statistical monthly work returns as required by the Principal Social Worker.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIC TO THE POST

Staff are assigned to specialist teams within the Peamount Service. These attachments can be subject to review by the Principal Social Worker according to the needs of the service.

ANNUAL REGISTRATION

With CORU on the Social Work register
The reform programme outlined for the Health Service may impact on this role and as structures change the job description may be reviewed.
The job description is a guide to the general range of duties assigned to the post holder. It i intended to be neither definitive or restrictive and is subject to periodic review with the
employee concerned.

VALIDATION OF QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Any credit given to a candidate at interview, in respect of claims to qualifications, training and experience is provisional and is subject to verification. The recommendation of the interview board is liable to revision if
the claimed qualification, training or experience is not proven.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The above Job Specification is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him / her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

QUALITY, RISK & SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES

It is the responsibility of all staff to:
Participate and cooperate with legislative and regulatory requirements with regard to Quality, Risk and Safety.
Participate and cooperate with external agencies on safety initiatives as required.
Participate and cooperate with internal and external evaluations of hospital structures, services and processes as required, including but not limited to:
National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare.
National Standards for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections.
HSE Standards and Recommended Practices for Healthcare Records Management
Safety audits and other audits specified by the HSE or other regulatory authorities.
To initiate, support and implement quality improvement initiatives in their area which are in keeping with the hospitals continuous quality improvement programme.
It is the responsibility of all managers to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for Quality, Safety and Risk within their area/department