Social Care Leader

What you can expect

• Highest paid rates in children’s residential
• €1k joining incentive*
• €300 quarterly bonus paid in a voucher if no sickness during the period
• Higher rate for a Sunday
• Paid training and induction
• Annual pay review
• Family run company that believes in doing the small things right
• Dedicated and competent management team
• Each of homes are finished to a very high standard (check our webpage!)
• Continuous training and development
• Free meals in the homes when on shift
• Team building days

Principal responsibilities

• To work directly with the young people in a home like setting, developing a therapeutic, professional, and caring relationship to ensure that their physical, psychological, social, and emotional needs are met.
• To assist the management team in creating and maintaining a caring, safe, stable, and professional environment for both the young people to live in and the staff to work in.
• To assist in the development of educational plans and support participation in recreational activities
• To keep accurate and up to date records and reports in respect of individual young people and the daily activities of the home.
• Oversee budgets for young people including clothing budgets, holiday budgets, school budgets and family access budgets.
• Attend and contribute at meetings such as Child in Care Reviews / Looked After Reviews, Placement Planning Meetings and other relevant multi-disciplinary meetings.
• Oversee, write, and edit all reports when submitted for meeting and reviews.
• Take responsibility for the effective and efficient running of shifts.
• Oversee, supervise, and develop the skills of staff in their daily working practice.
• Support management with the in-house induction of new staff and complete supervision both formal and informal with new staff
• Promote and actively encourage the delivery of a safe, structured, and nurturing environment.
• Complete identified pieces of monitoring work as directed by management.
• Complete internal audits on key work files to ensure all is in line with National Standards and company policy and procedures.
• Undertake role of Designated Liaison Person (DLP) for Child Protection within the home
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team both within the home and with external agencies
• Ensure and undertake supervisory responsibilities, including the written supervision of care team support workers, within legislative time scales.
• To comply with relevant Health and Safety including Fire Safety policy and procedures
• Participate in training and continued professional development undertaking all relevant training as required.
• Ensure the delivery of all key worker areas and responsibilities.
• Participate in shift patterns which will include, evenings, weekend, and sleepovers. There may be occasions where there may have to be waking nights depending on the needs and risks presented by the young people.
• Participate in the on-call rota as and when required.

Qualifications Required

Level 7 qualification (degree) or above in one of the following:

• Social Care
• Social Work
• Health and Social
• Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy
• Youth & Community
• Teaching
• Nursing
• Social Science
• Addiction Counselling
• Counselling / Psychotherapy
• Family Support
• Disability Studies
• Applied Behavioural Analysis
• Early Years Care

Level 8 qualification (Honours degree) or above in one of the following:

• Psychology

Other qualifications:

• Higher Certificate in Custodial Care (Irish Prison Service)

Experience Required:

• 2 years relevant experience working with children/young people from challenging backgrounds.
• Successfully completed Key working roles (or equivalent) for a minimum of 6 months
• Up to date knowledge of legislation surrounding Residential Childcare and Safeguarding
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working with a range of professionals in the industry
• Ability to deliver reports and meet deadlines.
• Full driving licence
• Flexible approach to meet business needs.

We reserve the right to enhance the criteria at shortlisting stage

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer