Social Worker Primary Care services, West Dublin

Social Worker required for locum role working in adult services in primary care. The post holder would initially be based in Ballyfermot Primary Care centre and will later work between Ballyfermot and Inchicore.

Access to their own transport to complete domiciliary visits is necessary.
Primary Care offers a generic cradle to grave service for clients in the region, assisting people to deal with difficulties, access services and develop community supports.

Duties of the position.
•Provide a direct point of access for the local community area and offer initial and holistic social assessment and intervention to individuals & families.
•Provide an initial assessment service to all care groups and to develop referral procedures with other social work networked services.
•Identify service users’ individual and collective needs in partnership with them and co-create early interventions and/or social action strategies to meet those needs.
•Manage and prioritise a caseload appropriate to the post.
•Provide supportive counselling, emotional and practical support, and information to service users and their families.
•Adopt a holistic approach aimed at enhancing the quality of life, health and social well-being of all persons within the designated service area.
•Promote independence, self-reliance, self-determination and empowerment with persons in their environment, with families and local groups.

The Candidate:
•A recognised qualification as a Social Worker and CORU registration
•Some post graduate social work experience will be desirable in a similar service.
•A placement within primary care or similar service will be considered.
•Access to a car and a full drivers licence

For further information, please forward your CV to  Apply or call Brian in confidence on Apply