Our client Depaul is a leading charity operating across Ireland, supporting individuals, couples, and families experiencing homelessness.
Depaul is a cross\-border charity dedicated to supporting some of the most marginalised individuals, couples, and families experiencing homelessness. Our mission is to end homelessness and transform lives.
Depaul currently seeking an experienced Project Worker for their Dublin operation.
Client name: Depaul
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full\-time, 35 hours per week
Shifts: Day and evening shifts, including weekends
Salary: â¬39,090.33 per annum
Responsibilities
- To ensure the practical needs of our services users are met i.e.
- Supporting independent living skills, cooking, cleaning, laundry, budgeting, meaningful use of time and self care while ensuring a safe and secure environment in a high standard service.
- To assess the needs of service users and to refer them to appropriate agencies.
- To provide key working to a number of residents, recording this work, advocating for them and updating line manager and the team on progress.
- To liaise with external agencies, health boards and county councils.
- To ensure all quality assurance policies and procedures are adhered too.
- To be a team player taking a role in handovers, supervising Volunteers and supporting your team members in ensuring all decision making is consistent
- To participate in supervision with your line manager and annual appraisals and identifying your own professional development within your role.
- To ensure all Depaul Policies and Procedures are adhered to particularly Health and Safety, code of Conduct and Confidentiality.
- To at all times undertake your role in a professional manner maintaining a high quality standard of work in line with Depaul Values and ethos.
Requirements
- 2 yearâs paid experience working in a drug free/ recovery model setting (residential setting, desirable)
- Must have experience of care planning and keyworking and be in a position to evidence this.
- A solid understanding of the recovery models such as 12 steps Recovery Coaching qualification and experience would be beneficial but not essential.
- Good working knowledge of risk assessment processes and systems (i.e. S/U Risk assessment, Lone Working, Activity Risk Assessments)
- Process an understanding of harm reduction and low threshold working
- Process an understanding of why people become homeless and the issues they present with, understanding what supports can be offered in homeless services to service users with complex support needs
- Have experience working with needs assessment, keyworking and support planning for people in recovery from various addictions.
- Have a knowledge of the statutory and voluntary sector resources available to homeless people â
- Understand the importance for Health and Safety in a residential setting.
- Be a good communicator and computer literate Knowledge and understanding of Depaul vision mission and values.
- Proficient use of IT required in role, including email in a professional capacity
Benefits
Depaul is a cross\-border charity dedicated to supporting some of the most marginalised individuals, couples, and families experiencing homelessness. Our mission is to end homelessness and transform lives.
We are a values\-led organisation, and our work reflects four key principles:
Celebrating the potential of people
Putting words into action
Taking a wider role in civil society
Upholding rights and responsibilities
Benefits of Working with Depaul:
Salary Scale: Based on length of service.
Annual Leave: 25 days (up to 3 years), 27 days (3â5 years), 30 days (5+ years), excluding bank holidays.
Pension: Employer\-matched contributions.
Health Assistance: Staff health cash plan covering treatments for staff and children under 16.
Life Assurance: Four times annual salary.
Maternity / Adoptive Leave: 18 weeks full pay.
Paternity Leave: 2 weeks full pay.
Sick Leave: Entitlement from day 1, increasing with service length.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP): 24/7 confidential support for counselling, legal, financial, career, and family guidance.
Learning & Development: Leadership courses, online learning via Moodle, and mandatory training (MAPA, Health & Safety, Child Protection, Fire Safety, First Aid).
Flexible/Hybrid Working: Options available according to role and location.
Depaul offers a supportive environment where staff can develop professionally while making a meaningful difference in peopleâs lives.
