Providing professional and caring support to individuals and families throughout County Clare

Clarecare is a professional social enterprise with charitable status, providing a range of people centred social services to individuals and families in County Clare for over 50 years. Current services provided include Family Support, Older Persons Services, Counselling and Bushypark Residential Addiction Treatment Centre. Clarecare’s headquarters are based in Ennis with local offices in Bushypark, Shannon, Kilrush, Killaloe and Ennistymon. Further information is available on www.clarecare.ie www.bushypark.ie

Clarecare is supported by a partnership with TUSLA, Health Service Executive, other Government Departments, by charitable funding and by the Diocese of Killaloe.

Clarecare Family Support Services, funded by TUSLA , offer a range of interventions to vulnerable children, including children subject to Safety Plans and/or open case to TUSLA, Child & Family Agency. We work in partnership with service users and professional colleagues in the provision of individual and group-based supports.

Social Care Worker – Family Support Service

1 x full-time, fixed term contract of employment – 1 year
1 x part-time (2.5 days), fixed term contract of employment – 1 year

DESCRIPTION OF ROLE:

Working from the Clarecare Family Support Service practice model, which is based on the Tusla National Practice Model - Meitheal, the role of the Social Care Worker is to:

• Deliver quality and innovative interventions to (a) children and young people in the community who may be the subject of child protection and welfare plans, and (b) children and young people identified as in need of support in relation to emotional and behaviour issues arising at home, school or in their community.
• Deliver individual and group support interventions to parents to enhance their parenting skills and relationships with their children.
• Carry out strengths and needs assessments in collaboration with children and parents and to formulate agreed outcome focussed interventions which are reviewed regularly.
• Undertake the responsibilities of a Lead Practitioner in cases involved in the Tusla Meitheal process.
• Actively participate in Tusla Child Protection and Welfare Conferences. This involves information gathering and report writing.
• Provide targeted populations of children with opportunities to participate in community activities and facilitated groups. The groups may include; personal development groups for children, parenting groups, summer activity programmes etc.
• To encourage child and youth participation in the design and quality of services which is fundamental to ensuring a child centred, rights-based approach when working with children and young people.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to maximise and enhance outcomes for children. This will include regular monitoring and reviewing one’s own work and engaging in formal supervision and continuous professional development.

Please see Job Description attached below.

To Apply:

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Closing Date is 5pm on Wednesday, 18th September 2024