Healthcare Assistant - Usher's Island

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1. 3502426147461;-6.27744579315186;DUBLIN SIMON COMMUNITY , 5 Red Cow Lane , Dublin 7 , D07 PD37

At Usher’s Island, we provide a broad spectrum of homeless-specific health and addiction treatment services. As a Health Care Assistant in our Clinical Services you will support clients as part of a team to ensure their safety during their stay.

Salary: 35,878.58

• To process referrals, admissions and discharges as per referral and assessment procedure according to the unit you’re working in.
• To work in line with your individual score card to achieve the organisational strategy.
• To engage with and build a professional trusting relationship with clients treating them with dignity and respect in order to work within the values of Dublin Simon Community.
• Work closely with Project Worker & Nursing Staff to contribute to supporting service users to work towards the goals set down in their care plan.
• To assist Project Workers with the co-facilitation of all meaningful activity and social programmes.
• Co ordinate social activities for clients, taking into account their individual needs and in conjunction with staff on duty.
• To perform tasks related to the day to day running and maintenance of an effective residential service such as food preparation, hygiene of the home, standards of living, maintaining of building.
• To ensure that a welcoming and friendly environment is maintained ensuring all rooms are prepared for service user arrival.
• Assist the project worker / nurses with regular room searches to ensure units are kept, drug and alcohol free.
• To escort clients to medical and other appointments as requested by the lead nurse& or project worker.
• Maintain positive and mutually beneficial relationships with relevant external agencies in both the voluntary and statutory sector and to effectively liaise with a range of service providers both Voluntary and Statutory (referrals, mental health, occupational therapy and so on) in order to establish or improve services available to service users.
• Ensure service users are consulted and involved in the operation of the project as far as possible through the service users groups in Dublin Simon Community.
• Sector:

• Experienced [Non-Managerial]