Social Care Worker

The Role

Dídean provides a community based social care alternative for person’s seeking international protection. We provide high quality and social care supports within normal community settings.

At Dídean, we deliver great understanding and exceptional care for our residents and staff alike. With a highly diverse, knowledgeable and inclusive team, a prevailing sense of community signifies our companies culture.

We are recognised and accredited with the Great Place to Work® certification.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Deliver high quality, safe, effective, person-centred care and services to all residents
• Ensure all Family Integration Plans (FIP’s) are developed, implemented, updated and evaluated to meet the needs of the individual residents and assisting residents in ensuring that the goals and objectives are met in accordance with their needs
• Establish and maintain relationships with residents based on respect and equality
• Support residents to integrate into their new communities – register them with GP’s, find schools for children, support them to enrol in english language classes, to obtain their PPSN numbers and medical cards
• Support residents to complete activities of daily living and identify social clubs aligned to their interests e.g. rugby, football, art, dance, drama etc.
• Empower residents to exercise their autonomy and independence, including proactively supporting their independence through assisting their ongoing education, training and employment
• Complete key working duties as assigned by the Social Care Leader
• Engage in professional supervision with the Social Care Leader and MDT team as required
• Participate in the development and implementation of Dídean’s Quality and Safety Management System (incident, accident, risk and complaints management, audits, quality initiatives etc.)
• Maintain a safe environment for residents, staff and visitors
• Participate as a team member of the multi-disciplinary care team in all aspects in the delivery of resident care
• Be aware of the confidential nature of the work and in particular, the right to resident’s confidentiality. To this end, Dídean’s residents shall not be discussed with people outside of Dídean
• Adhere to the Safety, Health and Welfare at work policy of the organisation
• Keep up to date with Dídean’s policies and procedures and guidelines and that these are adhered to at all times
• Undertake such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Social Care Leader
• Have a positive ‘can do attitude’ towards your work at all times and have a high level of ownership of your area of responsibility within your work
• Display initiative by thinking of and recommending suitable improvements to programmes
• Maintain written procedural records and make verbal reports on each resident to ensure that the appropriate handover between the individual staff members is carried out
• Maintain all such files and records appropriate to the area of work as deemed necessary by management
• The list of key duties is not exhaustive.

Requirements

• A Third Level Qualification in Applied Social Studies in Social Care or equivalent qualification that is relevant to the care industry.
• Knowledge of legislation that guides social care
• Full, Clean Driver’s License
• Prior experience in a similar role
• Experience in caring for people
• Experience of report writing and personal support plans