Ireland
- Conducting social work assessments in the interest of safeguarding the elderly and other vulnerable adults from the various forms abuse within the community. - Providing supportive counselling, emotional and practical support, and information to service users and their families. - Adopting a holistic approach aimed at enhancing the quality of life, health and social well-being of the elderly and vulnerable adults within the CHO 7 service area. - Advocating for the elderly and other vulnerable adults, ensuring their voice is heard and their rights are upheld in all decision-making processes whenever the person(s) had capacity and could provide informed consent. - Delivering social work service in collaboration with other disciplines/agencies as required, and within appropriate settings reflecting the needs of service users. - Working within current legislation, relevant social policies and procedures, guidelines and protocols. - Maintaining high standards of practice and levels of professional knowledge by participating in continuous professional development initiatives and attendance at courses as appropriate. - Keeping up to date with advances in Social Work research, and ongoing review and evaluation of literature relevant to the assigned area. - Working on the Adult Safeguarding and Protection Duty system to screen referrals from professionals and members of the public to determine if the concerns met the threshold for allocation. - Screening online referrals on the Adult Safeguarding and Protection Portal as part of an oversight role in ensuring a high level of care and protection was offered and adhered to by HSE-funded organisations and private nursing homes. These were sometimes necessitated by issuing Formal Safeguarding plans when reasonable grounds of concern were significant. - Making mandated reports to HIQA when necessary and screening safeguarding concerns in light of poor reviews of services by HIQA inspections.
Conducted Emergency Section 36 Assessments in the interest of identifying safe and appropriate placements and carers for vulnerable babies, children, and teenagers. Provides supportive counselling, emotional and practical support, and information to service users and their families. Adopted a holistic approach aimed at enhancing the quality of life, health and social well-being of the children and carers within the service area. Advocated for the best interests of the child by ensuring their voice was heard and their rights were upheld in all decision-making processes. Promotes the independence, self-reliance, self-determination and empowerment of children within their environment, with families and local groups. Delivered a social work service in collaboration with other disciplines/agencies as required, and within appropriate settings that reflected the needs of service users. Monitored fostering placements and evaluated outcomes of person-centered care plans for individual service users. Worked within current legislation, relevant social policies and procedures, guidelines and protocols. Maintained high standards of practice and levels of professional knowledge by participating in continuous professional development initiatives and attended courses as appropriate. Kept up to date with advances in social work research, and ongoing reviews and evaluations of literature relevant to the assigned area. Worked on the Fostering Duty system to facilitate respite care, placement requests, and new Section 36 Assessments as they arose.
Sorted and processed letters and parcels in accordance to geographic destinations within Ireland and aborad, and in accordance with priority levels. Engaged in manual handling of heavy and dangerous loads and items, including chemically and biologically hazardous materials. Operated and maintained machinery as appropriate and in accordance to volume levels of mail being delivered. Supervised and trained new staff as appropriate. Worked in accordance to existing health and safety policies and laws and ensured items were processed and delivered in accordance to the Postal & Telecommunications Act (1983), and Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act, 2011. This ensured that confidentiality of senders and addressees was protected according to existing GDPR laws. Worked alongside and assisted Irish Tax and Customs Agents in processing unusually large loads and underpaid letters. This occasionally involved the use of scanning and x-ray equipment to investigate suspicious packages from flagged nations in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and South America. Any suspicious items or illegal contraband was seized and Gardaí were notified.
Completed a Social Work placement position that was split between the Fostering, Family Support, and Duty & Intake teams.
Completed a Social Work placement within the context of Adult Mental Health Social Work.