Social Care Worker - Residents Services (Hcjf Dublin Oct 2025)

Role Purpose

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain relationships with service users based on equality and respect.
• Ensure that service users receive the highest quality standards of education, training, development and care in accordance with the organisations policies.
• Ensure compliance with organisational policies, procedures, national policies and legislation, HIQA standards and any other applicable standards/policies/legislation.
• Reporting to the Person in Charge on a regular basis on the effective operation in their work location.
• Support the Person in Charge to ensure high quality care in accordance with HIQA standards as required to support strong governance of Designated Centre(s)
• Act in such a manner as to ensure a safe and effective work and living environment.
• Ensure that the basic health care needs of the service user are being constantly met.
• Supervise or support any service user to carry out an activity as required.
• Encourage active participation of service user’s family and friends in social activities both inside and outside of the house.
• Maintain full and effective communication with families and anyone else involved in supporting and caring for the service user.
• Develop contacts within the local community based on the interests of the service users that you support, encouraging community integration.
• Be a proactive advocate on behalf of the service users that you support.

The Person

• CORU approved Level 7 Degree in Social Care or currently in the process of registering with CORU.
• Ability to demonstrate a strong commitment to the values of Stewarts Care to improve the lives of our service.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Experience of working with people with complex need in a variety of different situations.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• High initiative and integrity.
• Must have knowledge of all relevant legislation and HIQA standards and a proven ability to implement same.
• Excellent IT skills and report writing skills.
• Demonstrate a genuine interest in supporting the rights and needs of people with an intellectual disability.
• Ability to make clear and concise reports regarding service users, either verbally or in writing.
• High level of flexibility, a willingness and an ability to develop new approaches to their work as service users’ needs change.
• A full clean driving licence is an advantage.