Description:
Medforce are proud to bring to market this exciting staff grade social worker role with a social work service that provides a wide range of health and social services to adults with additional complex needs as a result of their disability. This position is based in Bray, Co Wicklow and is a full time role.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Work as part of the Disability service Team
- Develop relationships and structures with the relevant stakeholders responsible for provision and delivery of services to ensure maximum service provision.
- Develop links to the service development process to inform the prioritisation of developments where service gaps have been identified.
- As required appraise and develop service options / proposals for individual clients who present as requiring service in conjunction with the client and / or family member / advocate, relevant professionals, agencies and management
- Develop and present a costed business case for provision of services to individual clients as deemed necessary
- Convene, co–ordinate and / or attend multi /trans disciplinary case management reviews as required
- Develop and promote multidisciplinary, interagency, intersectoral links with relevant statutory, voluntary and private service providers as appropriate
- Deputise for the Disability Manager when required
- Act as Assessment / Liaison Officer (LO) role is set out under Section 11 Disability Act (2005) as service needs require.
- Maintain appropriate, up to date written and electronic records and activity data in accordance with professional service standard and provide reports and data as required
- Ensure that all administrative systems are in accordance with guidelines and to the highest standards
- Efficiently and effectively manage and monitor budgets / expenditure and resources as may be assigned, and to prepare financial management reports as may be required
- Adhere to Policies with regard to procurement of services
- Be responsible for the provision of statistics as requested
- Provide such reports as may be necessary in relation to complaints
- Participate in research and development as appropriate
Qualifications and Experience
- Significant experience of working in Disability Services, as relevant to this role
- Significant experience of Case Management or significant elements of case management processes such as placement, discharge liaison, co-ordination of packages of care etc, as relevant to this role
- Significant experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in Disability Services