The Child and Family Agency was established on 1^st January 2014 and is responsible for a range of statutory functions including provision of child protection, alternative care, specified regulatory services and a range of family support services. The Agency has commenced a major improvement programme with significant focus on Practice, Culture and Structure.

The Agency currently has responsibility for a budget of circa €1.2billion and delivers its

services through over 5,500 people in 259 locations across the Country.

The Child and Family Agency has responsibility for the following range of services:

• Child Protection and Welfare
• Parenting, Family Support and Early Help Services
• Alternative Care
• Birth Information & Tracing and Adoption
• Tusla Education Support Services (TESS)
• Children’s Service Regulation
• Counselling and Therapeutic Supports

Further information is available on www.tusla.ie

Main Duties and Responsibilities Management:

• To identify, emergency accommodation locations for the young people who do not currently have access to an alternative care provision at this time.
• To oversee the emergency provision in accordance with Child and Family Agency policies, guidelines and protocols and with the regulations made by the Minister for Health and Children under the Child Care Act 1991 and other relevant legislation.
• To support social workers in their role of ensuring that Care and Placement Plans are in place, agreed, implemented, and monitored regularly in respect of every young person placed in the centre.
• To participate in on-going planning and strategic development Child and Family Agency Children’s services
• To ensure the appropriate use of available resources.
• To consult with young people placed in the emergency placement, placement staff and external stakeholders as appropriate.
• To provide such reports, statistics to the Line Manager (or other specified person) as required.
• To liaise with the owners of the emergency provision as required
• To ensure compliance in the unit with the provisions of the Health, Safety and Welfare at Work Act, (1989) and other relevant legislation.
• To liaise with local social work areas in the identification of temporary staff for the emergency proavision.
• Such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Line Manager (or other specified person)

Financial Management:

• To support the management of the budget for the emergency provision in compliance with approved budgetary procedures, and to ensure that optimum benefit is achieved from available resources.
• To ensure that expenditure in the emergency provision is controlled within agreed cash limits and in compliance with approved procedures.
• To maintain such records as are required by the Child and Family Agency, or the Minister for Children to ensure that such records are at all times available for inspection by an authorised officer.
• To ensure that appropriate financial information for the emergency provision is provided to the Line Manager (or other specified person)

Staff Management:

• To manage the identification of staff for each emergency provision and to ensure that all staff are provided with adequate professional supervision and support.
• To arrange the duty roster and manage the designated staff resources, ensuring that staff levels and skill mix are appropriate in so far as possible and within the resource allocation.
• To identify in consultation with the Line Manager the training and development requirements for the staff working in the emergency provision.
• To maintain staff records within guidelines laid down by the Child and Family Agency and the Department of Children.
• To participate in relevant professional development and training programmes.
• To attend and participate fully in professional supervision with Line Manager.
• To provide on call support to the emergency provision on a roster basis with 4 other Social Care Managers.

Health & Safety

• Comply with and contribute to the development of policies, procedures, guidelines and safe professional practice and adhere to relevant legislation, regulations and standards.
• Have a working knowledge of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) Standards as they apply to the service for example National Standards for Child Protection and Care and comply with associated Tusla – Child and Family Agency protocols for implementing and maintaining these standards as appropriate to the role.
• To support, promote and actively participate in sustainable energy, water and waste initiatives to create a more sustainable, low carbon and efficient health service.

The above Job Description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office. Please refer to the Candidate Information Pack attached to this campaign for full and further details.

Applicants must by the closing date of application have the following:

• Be registered in the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board maintained by CORU.

Or

• Hold a CORU approved Social Care Worker qualification and have applied for CORU registration (evidence of application will be necessary) (https://coru.ie/health-and-social-care-professionals/education/approved-

qualifications/social-care-workers/)

• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care Practice, Atlantic Technological University
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Care, Atlantic Technological University
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Care, Atlantic Technological University
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care Practice, Institute of Technology, Sligo
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Care, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Care, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care, Dundalk Institute of Technology
• Bachelor of Arts in Social Care, Munster Technological University
• Bachelor of Arts in Social Care, Institute of Technology, Tralee
• Honours Bachelor of Arts (Social Care), National University of Ireland, Galway
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies (Professional Social Care), Quality and Qualifications Ireland, delivered by Carlow College, St. Patrick’s
• Bachelor of Arts in Social Care, Quality and Qualifications Ireland, delivered by The Open Training College
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Professional Social Care Practice, South East Technological University
• Bachelor of Arts in Professional Social Care Practice, South East Technological University
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Studies in Professional Social Care, South East Technological University
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies in Professional Social Care, South East Technological University
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care Practice, South East Technological University
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Care, South East Technological University
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Professional Social Care Practice, Institute of Technology, Carlow
• Bachelor of Arts in Professional Social Care Practice, Institute of Technology,Carlow
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Studies in Professional Social Care,Institute of Technology, Carlow
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies in Professional Social Care, Instituteof Technology, Carlow
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care Practice, Waterford Institute
• of Technology
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Care, Waterford Institute of Technology
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies in Social Care, TechnologicalUniversity Dublin
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Studies in Social Care,Technological University Dublin
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care, Technological University Dublin
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Care, Technological University Dublin
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Care, Technological University Dublin
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies in Social Care, Institute Of Technology, Blanchardstown
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Studies in Social Care, Institute Of Technology, Blanchardstown
• Bachelor of Arts in Social Care, Dublin Institute of Technology
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care Practice, Institute of Technology,Tallaght
• Bachelor of Arts in Social Care Practice, Institute of Technology, Tallaght
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Care, Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies in Social Care, TechnologicalUniversity of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care Practice, Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest
• Bachelor of Arts in Social Care Work, Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care Work, Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Care, Athlone Institute of Technology
• Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies in Social Care, Athlone Institute ofTechnology
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care Practice, Athlone Institute of Technology
• Bachelor of Arts in Social Care Work, Limerick Institute of Technology
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care Work, Limerick Institute of Technology

• Or

   

  Be eligible for registration in the Social Care Workers Register maintained by The Social Care Workers Registration Board maintained by CORU (evidence of application will be necessary)

   

  And

  Have a minimum of 5 years’ experience of working in a Social Care Grade as relevant

  to the role

   

  Health

  A candidate for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

   

  Character

  Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character.