Project Worker - Suaimhneas Recovery Service

About the role

Depaul is recruiting a Project Worker for its Suaimhneas service in Dublin, a 6-bed recovery model supporting women in early recovery from addiction issues. The role focuses on promoting the wellbeing of women in recovery and is open only to female applicants because of the service's circumstances. It is a permanent position of 35 hours per week on a 7-day rota, paid at €39,872.09 per year.

Key responsibilities

• Support users' practical needs such as independent living skills, cooking, cleaning, laundry, budgeting, meaningful use of time and self-care, in a safe and secure high-threshold setting
• Assess users' needs and refer them to appropriate agencies
• Provide key working to residents, record it, advocate for them and update the line manager and team on progress
• Liaise with external agencies, recovery day programmes, health boards and county councils
• Follow quality assurance policies and procedures, and Depaul's policies on health and safety, professional boundaries, code of conduct and confidentiality
• Take part in handovers, supervise relief workers and volunteers, and take part in supervision, annual appraisals and professional development

Required profile

• 2 years' paid experience in a drug-free or recovery model setting (residential, desirable)
• Experience of care planning and keyworking that can be evidenced
• Recovery coaching qualification and experience
• Understanding of recovery models such as 12 Steps
• Good knowledge of risk assessment processes (S/U risk, lone working, activity risk assessments)
• Understanding of harm reduction, low-threshold working and the issues faced by people who become homeless
• Knowledge of statutory and voluntary resources for homeless people
• Good communicator, computer literate, and respectful of Depaul's values

What we offer

• Annual leave of 25 to 30 working days depending on length of service, plus 10 public holidays
• Pension matched by the employer
• Health assistance cash plan and life assurance of four times salary
• Maternity and paternity leave, sick pay from day 1, and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Training including mandatory courses and an Emerging Leaders programme