Social Care Worker- Working with Children in Care

6 days ago

Macedon, Australia Three Steps Full time
Overview

Three Steps is a social care based, trauma and attachment informed, clinically supported residential care service provider. We work closely with the HSE, Tusla (Child and Family Agency) and the Northern Ireland Trusts and have a number of centres for children and adults with disability. We also provide residential care services for children and young people in care. All our services are currently located in Meath and Dublin. We are seeking qualified Social Care Workers to join our team in Ashbourne Co. Meath.

About the team and role

Three Steps care team members work with all our partners to provide safe, compassionate, and professionally informed care to the children, young people and adults placed in our centres. Together, we work hard to improve the quality of care we provide every day. We put the children, young people and adults in our care first in everything we do, and as a company, we invest heavily in our care teams to ensure they have the skills, support and encouragement they need to achieve our shared aims.

Contract options

Our contract options can be tailored to your availability, with both full-time or part-time options available.

Benefits
  • Comprehensive Training Programme
  • Detailed Induction process
  • Strong team support structures, including regular professional supervision and an established on-call process
  • Independent Employee Assistance Programme
  • Option to work fulltime or parttime
  • 3 weeks paid sick leave per year
  • Enhanced annual leave for long-serving team members
  • Attractive salary, ranging from €38,700 to €44,800
  • Onsite parking

If you are able to care for vulnerable children, young people and adults and are willing to work hard, to learn and develop as a Social Care practitioner, we would like to hear from you.

Qualifications and experience

If you are interested in joining our team, you will need to have the following qualifications and experience:

  • A Level 7 qualification in Social Care / Applied Social Studies (preferred) or in a relevant field.
  • No qualification or non-relevant qualification but holder of CORU registration as a Social Care Worker.
  • Related relevant qualifications include: Psychology (Level 8), and Level 7 in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Counselling / Psychotherapy, Addiction Counselling, Applied Behavioural Analysis, Youth and Community Work, Family Support, Social Work Professional Practice, Social Sciences / Social Studies, Disability Studies, Early Years Care (U12 centres only), BA Applied Policing, Higher Certificate in Custodial Care, Teaching and Nursing (not exhaustive). Note: Students in the final year of a L8 degree in Social Care are also welcome.
Other requirements
  • The ability to relate to and care for vulnerable children, young people, and adults and to demonstrate a genuine respect for them, their parents and families.
  • To hold a full clean manual driving licence.
  • To be flexible regarding working hours.
  • To be fluent in written and spoken English and eligible to work in Ireland.

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