About Us: At Dublin Simon Community, we’re dedicated to making home a reality. We empower individuals to access and sustain housing through services like prevention, addiction treatment, emergency response, and targeted interventions, in collaboration with our partners.
If you share our values and want to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you. We’re looking for client-focused, friendly, and adaptable individuals to join our team.
We prioritise best practices in HR, including staff training, communication, and involvement in decision-making, to create a supportive and effective work environment.
About the Job:
As a Support Worker, you’ll provide a low threshold, community based, addiction treatment and relapse prevention programme. From developing strong relationships with clients, to working with the wider team to discuss what’s best for the service user, you’ll help to change the lives of our clients. As well as our induction program, you will be provided with 10 training days throughout the year, ensuring you have the support and training to succeed in this role. You’ll report to the Recovery Service Manager.
Location: Ushers Island, Dublin 8
Working Hours: 22.5 hours per week, 7-day liability (mainly nights and weekends)
Salary: 17.18 euros per hour
Contract Type: Permanent
Responsibilities:
· Process all incoming referrals and discharges for the recovery services.
· Support the project/key workers and management in the implementation of operational and strategic goals.
· Work closely with recovery project workers to support service users to achieve the goals.
· W orking with the team in the delivery of the “Recovery Model” of treatment through CBT and CRA.
· Implementing and following-up on support plan actions to help clients with relapse prevention, life-skills plans and to help them progress towards independent living .
· Input and update Salesforce 360
· Maintain strong relationships with relevant agencies (referrals, mental health, occupational therapy and so on).
· Perform daily tasks to ensure an effective service; health and safety checks, service hygiene, following-up on maintenance issues, en suring all rooms are prepared for service user arrival, offer support to clients around court dates and legal information.
· Ensure consistent handovers, diary, incident reports and follow-ups, in accordance with organisation policies.
· Carry out regular and accurate, urine/breath testing, to ensure unit is kept drug and alcohol free.
· Develop and co-facilitate with the social programme, ensuring structured therapeutic days and weeks are organised for all clients.
· Prepare reports and statistics as needed and carry out administrative and financial procedures in accordance with organisation policies.
Required Qualifications:
· BA/BS degree (level 7 or 8) in Psychology, Community Development, Counselling, Social Care, Social Work, CRA, CBT or similar.
· 2 years experience working in a social or caring setting.
· 1 year experience in direct homelessness and/or addiction service provision.
· Understanding of why people become homeless and the needs they have.
· Record keeping, report writing
· IT skills including Microsoft, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook
· Client-focused, adaptable, accountable, resilient individual.
· Excellent communicator, with the ability to advocate on the client’s behalf.
· Ability to assist with assessment, planned support, key working with vulnerable people , whilst being respectful and professional.
· Knowledge of addiction, treatment approaches and understanding of mental health and domestic violence issues.
Desired Qualifications:
· Certification or higher in addiction studies.
· Passion for helping people, with the ability to work in an agile environment and problem-solve.
· Experience of working with vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.
· Experience of carrying out Health & Safety inspections and audits.
Please note: If you are unsure of any of the requirements, please contact the Recruitment Team at (01) 6354860. Shortlisting will continue throughout the recruitment process.
Dublin Simon Community is an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.
