Senior Social Worker

at  Enable Ireland

Would you like to work for a great employer? Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland’s Irish Independent 150 Best Employers 2023.
We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Senior Social Worker to join our team in CHO7 CDNT 2 Ballyboden (currently based in Tallaght)

APPLICATIONS MUST BE MADE ON THE ENABLE IRELAND APPLICATION FORM ONLY. CVS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

To apply, please download the job description, person specification and application form below.

OVERVIEW OF DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsibility for the delivery of social work supports in keeping with evidence based professional practice and subject to agreed policy directives and priorities.
• Provide supportive counselling, emotional and practical support, and information to service users and their families.
• Manage a social work caseload which will include a greater complexity of individual/family need
• To promote and deliver supports within the ethos and philosophy of Enable Ireland and within the principles of Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People. This includes working as part of an interdisciplinary team providing family centred services in line agreed national and legislative policies.
• To provide clinical supervision to professionally qualified social workers on the Children’s Disability Network Team as required.
• To identify and prioritise the social work needs within the team and advise/ recommend appropriate actions to the relevant Children’s Disability Network Manager or the identified Principal Social Worker.
• Provide training to parents, students and others as required and act as a resource by participating in the education and training of social work colleagues and other health professionals as required.
• Attend and participate in relevant meetings and case conferences/ Individual family Service Planning meetings and to chair these meetings as required.
• Act as a resource to the CDNM and team on child protection issues and provide relevant training.

iv. Must have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability, professional and managerial ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office

• Eligible to work in the state
• Valid driving licence for within the state / jurisdiction with access to own transport in order to deliver services across a large geographical are