Job Title:
Social Care Worker – Limetree
Job Title:
Social Care Worker – Limetree
Job type:
Full Time
Salary:
Aligned to the HSE Consolidated Pay Scales March 2023
Location:
Childhood Matters, Blackrock, Cork
Closing date is:
5pm Friday 2nd May, 2025
Reporting to:
Family Support Service Manager
Limetree Responsibilities will Include;
Essential Requirements
Person Specification
This job description indicates the main functions and responsibilities of the post and is subject to review and amendment in the light of service developments and changing circumstances and may include other duties and responsibilities as may be determined from time to time by Childhood Matters Management.
Social Care Worker –Limetree
Person Specification:
Essential | Desirable | |
Experience | · Three years experience in child/ family support/social work | · Group work with children and families |
· Experience in conflict resolution and mediation | · Experience of working therapeutically with clients | |
· Experienced in record keeping and report writing | · Experience of legal responsibilities with regard to child protection and child care | |
Skills, knowledge and abilities | · Ability to work in a people centered and needs led manner | |
· Knowledge of child development and family dynamics | ||
· Understanding of the relevant legislation, best practice and issues relevant to the area of Children’s services and Family Support | ||
· Ability to network and develop links and engage with statutory sector and local community | ||
· Excellent communication, IT and report writing skills | ||
· Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team | ||
· Adaptable and flexible with regard to service developments and working hours | ||
Qualifications | · Recognised qualification in Social Care, Social Work, Social Science, (Level 7) | · Post-graduate qualification in , Social Care, Social Work, |
· Verification of Garda Clearance | ||
· A full current driver’s license |
To apply please email your CV and a brief cover letter to hr@childhood-matters.ie, subject title “Limetree Full-time” by 5pm Friday 2nd May, 2025.
Job Title:
Clinical/Counselling/Educational Psychologist (Staff Grade)
Job type:
Full Time
Salary:
Aligned to HSE consolidated pay scale dependent on experience.
Location:
Childhood Matters, The Bessborough Centre, Blackrock, Cork
Closing date is:
5pm on Friday 25th April 2025.
Childhood Matters is seeking to recruit a Clinical/Counselling/Educational Psychologist to join our MDT and work across our Tusla-funded specialist teams.
Interventions across all services are attachment and trauma focused, and incorporate dyadic and systemic ways of working with the child, carers and team around them. We use a relational approach and draw on models such as Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP); Theraplay; Mentalisation-Based Treatment (MBT); Sensory Attachment Intervention (SAI) among others. Our Multidisciplinary Teams are currently comprised of clinical psychologists, occupational psychologists, play therapists, child art psychotherapists, social workers and social care workers.
The successful candidate/s will play a key role in contributing to MDT discussions of each child or family’s needs as well as those of the system around them, formulating the presenting difficulties and considering appropriate intervention. The clinician/s joining our organisation will provide both direct and indirect therapeutic input. They will liaise with partner agencies to endeavour to achieve positive outcomes for children in care, or on the edge of care, and their carers, working to build/restore placement stability and enhance key relationships in the child’s family/support network.
Childhood Matters is a trauma-informed and equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to embedding an evidence-based culture of trauma-informed care and therapeutic practice and therefore keen to continually assess the effectiveness of our service. We strive to be a positive place to work, providing staff with reflective practice, regular supervision and a training budget. We offer competitive salary packages as well as benefits including enhanced maternity leave; pension contribution scheme; health care plans; flexible working hours; internal and externally provided training opportunities, and competitive annual leave entitlement.
Job Description:
Person Specification
Qualifications:
Experience:
Essential Skills & Knowledge
Desirable Skills & Knowledge
To Apply
To apply submit your CV and covering letter to hr@childhood-matters.ie by 5pm on Friday 25th
April. Interviews are planned to take place w/c 5th May 2025.
For further information or to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Dr Rachel Falk, Clinical Director, via email on rfalk@childhood-matters.ie or call 021-4357730 or visit www.childhood-matters.ie
Employees of Childhood Matters have been supported through the organisation to gain undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level qualifications in psychology, social care, child protection, infant mental health and early years from:
We are also open to third level placement students in areas of psychology, social care and social work.