Post: Outreach Case Worker, Ballymoney – Maternity Cover (6 - 9 months) Ref: OCW/BM/MAR/18/ Thank you for your interest in the above post. Short listing will be completed on the basis of the information you provide on the application form, therefore please ensure you complete all relevant sections to help us make our decision. Please note that we do not accept CV’s. Please find enclosed the following: - Our Mission and Values Job Description Personnel Specification Outline of Terms and Conditions Guidance Employment Application Form and Monitoring Form (for completion). We request that you complete and return this for statistical monitoring purposes. For information on WAVE, please visit our website . If you intend to complete and return the Application Form, please also complete and return the enclosed MONITORING QUESTIONNAIRE and place in an envelope. This will be treated in confidence. We request this information to help WAVE promote equality of opportunity in employment. Our recruitment policy operates on the merit principle i.e. we select the best person for the job, regardless of religious affiliation, political opinion, belief, age, race, gender, marital status, sexual orientation or disability. We would like you to know that: - Only the Application Form is considered by our Recruitment Panel, who shortlist and interview for vacancies. The Monitoring Questionnaire is confidential to our Monitoring Officer who uses it for compiling statistical information and is not seen by the Recruitment Panel. If you have any questions regarding the information enclosed, please do not hesitate to contact us. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully Tracey Shirlow HR Manager PLEASE NOTE: CLOSING DATE: Friday 23rd March 2018 at 3.00 pm Hard Copy Completed forms should be returned to: HR Manager, WAVE Trauma Centre, 5 Chichester Park South, Belfast, BT15 5DW. WAVE: Who we are? WAVE, established in 1991, is a voluntary, cross community charitable organisation which offers care and support to anyone bereaved, traumatised or injured as a result
Volunteers External contacts: Other community and voluntary organisations Statutory agencies Job Purpose: Responsible for the continuous assessment of needs for individuals and/or families bereaved, traumatised or injured as a result of the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland on a cross community basis. Key Responsibilities: Service Delivery To build and develop trusting and professional relationships with individual clients and/or their family members in all settings. To complete a comprehensive assessment of for individual and families’ in line with WAVE’s model of practice. Design an individual and/or family care support plan in consultation with the individual which addresses their identified needs and which facilitates independence and increases resilience. Continually review and monitor care plans in conjunction with the client. Respond to client requests for assistance by continuously assessing needs and providing information and referral services as appropriate. Follow up on client referrals to WAVE in order to assess outcomes and provide additional services as required. Ensure that the focus of your work is in response to identified need and liaise with members of the Centre team, other WAVE Centres and contractual service providers in providing a seamless range of support services to meet these needs. Work in partnership with sector and statutory agencies as required and where appropriate in response to individual’s needs. Where needs identified are not within the remit of WAVE provide a ‘signpost’ to appropriate service providers. To undertake a minimum of 30 one to one outreach client support visits per month. Programme Delivery Develop and plan a range of psycho-social and psycho-educational programmes to meet the needs of clients. Evaluate the effectiveness of the design and delivery of programmes of work with clients and/or families and adapt these to improve service delivery based on learning acquired through this process. Deal with aspects of tendering and procurement in accordance with organisational policies and procedures under the direction of the Centre