Social Care Assistants Bright Horizons Day Service, Bohola, Co. Mayo

at  Western Care Association

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Ensuring a person-centred approach to service delivery based on the priorities for each individual
• Experience supporting individuals with high medical needs and behaviours of concern is required
• Ensuring each person supported receives a high quality, safe service, based on each person’s assessed needs
• An understanding and appreciation of equality and life quality for all people
• Developing and building relationships with services users, families, advocates and the wider community
• Knowledge of New Directions
• Experience working in a person and family centered manner
• A genuine interest and enthusiasm to stay true to the ethos of the services
• An understanding and appreciation of equality and life quality for all people
• Ability to problem-solve and be creative around service responses
• Flexibility will be required from time to time to respond to individuals needs

Other duties involved - (duties included but are not limited to the following)

• Contribute to and participate in the local service planning process and the creative development and ongoing changing needs of the service
• Provide personal care and support to service users where required
• Ensure a safe place of work, incorporating Western Care Association’s Dignity at Work Policy and Health & Safety requirement
• To promote safety in all environments, in line with the Association’s practices
• Use positive approaches to support people who may have challenging behaviour in line with Organisational practice

QUALIFICATION DETAILS

No minimum level required for Social Care Assistant positions

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Full driver’s license is essential
• All applicants will be subject to Irish Garda Vetting & Reference checks
• All applicants from Countries outside the E.U. will be required to provide relevant work authorization to take up employment in Republic of Ireland. This must be submitted along with Application.
• All applicants will be required to access Overseas Police Clearance if they have lived outside of the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland more than 6 months since the age of 18 years

HEALTH

Applicants must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to this post and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service
Full job description available by contacting hr@westerncare.co

• Contribute to and participate in the local service planning process and the creative development and ongoing changing needs of the service
• Provide personal care and support to service users where required
• Ensure a safe place of work, incorporating Western Care Association’s Dignity at Work Policy and Health & Safety requirement
• To promote safety in all environments, in line with the Association’s practices
• Use positive approaches to support people who may have challenging behaviour in line with Organisational practic