Social Care Worker

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Social Care Worker for its client at Athlone

What will your responsibilities be?

• Develop and implement Care and Placement Plans, ensuring accurate and timely records are maintained.
• Promote the rights, responsibilities and overall physical, emotional, social and religious welfare of each young person.
• Support young people with education, training, medical appointments and other personal development needs.
• Manage young people’s personal documentation, finances and arrangements, while liaising with families, parents and external agencies.
• Build positive relationships through age-appropriate activities, play and day-to-day support, including physical intervention where required and in line with policy.
• Prepare nutritious meals with young people and support household management, including budgeting, cleaning and general upkeep.
• Maintain accurate written and verbal records, including progress reports and documentation of incidents.
• Attend team meetings and supervision, communicate effectively with management and work collaboratively as part of a wider team.
• Maintain professional knowledge through training and development, keeping up to date with relevant legislation, childcare practice and organisational policies.
• Comply with health and safety requirements, emergency procedures, relevant regulations and sustainable working practices.

Benefits:

• €38,000 - €44,000
• Annual 3% increase on salary
• Training provided
• Pay more than standard pension

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

• QQI Level 7 in Social Care (or equivalent)
• Children's mainstream experience preferred
• A full, clean drivers’ licence, valid in Ireland
• Knowledge of the National Standards in Children’s Residential Centres and Children’s First.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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