Night Support Worker - Chester House

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

About the Job:

Working Hours and Location: 7-day liability. 37.5 hours per week. Phibsboro, D7.

• Provide support to the clients at night, recording on support plans, updating PASS and nights.
• Bed list, encouraging sleep hygiene.
• Carry out health and safety checks as per local policy and recording of same.
• Provide care interventions, including daily living skills support, relapse prevention support.
• Ensure all new clients receive a robust induction to the service and are aware of their rights and responsibilities.
• Ensure building is secure at night and that all systems are working (alarms, CCTV, emergency response details) and adhering to the lone working policy.
• Therapeutic and diversionary interventions, providing emotional and motivational support, promoting positive mental health attitudes, self-esteem, and self-respect.
• Support the manager in the implementation of the strategic and operational action objectives.
• Taking responsibility for developing and implementing strategic and operational goals.
• Provide care interventions and daily living skills support including showering, incontinence support and toileting, laundry, cleaning, etc. (only required for some roles).
• Assistance in managing medication/health regimes.
• Committed to providing residents with a clean-living environment.
• Preparations of rooms for service user intake to ensure standards are maintained.
• Crisis and conflict management.
• Ensure consistent handovers, diary, incident reports and follow-ups, in accordance with organisation policies.
• Accommodation management: ensuring routine maintenance is carried out, cleaning, security inspections and bedroom health and safety inspections occur, in line with operational procedures and standards.
• Ensure neighbourhood policy is implemented and always managed.
• Active interventions; harm reduction, overdose prevention.
• Interpersonal skills development, dealing with relationships, family liaison and behavioural management issues.

• BA/BS degree (level 7 or 8) in Psychology, Community Development, Counselling, Social
• Care, Social Work, or similar.
• 1-year experience working in a social or caring setting.
• Understanding of why people become homeless and the needs they have.
• Record keeping, report writing.
• Client-focused, adaptable, accountable, resilient individual.
• Excellent communicator, with the ability to advocate on the client’s behalf.
• Sector:

• Experienced [Non-Managerial]