Position: Social Worker, Medical (Older Persons)
Service: Dublin South West Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons (ICPOP)
Location: Clondalkin Primary Care Centre
Contract: Full-Time, Agency Contract
Hours: 35 hours per week
Excel Recruitment is currently recruiting a CORU registered Social Worker to join an Older Persons Community Specialist Team, based at Clondalkin Primary Care Centre.
Experience working with older persons is ESSENTIAL for this role.
This is a rewarding opportunity to join a specialist transdisciplinary service supporting frail older people with complex care needs and multiple co-morbidities across community, primary care and acute-care pathways.
Using a case-management approach, you will complete comprehensive geriatric and psychosocial assessments, including assessments in patients’ homes, and coordinate person-centred care with the older person, carers and healthcare professionals.
You will work closely with the Consultant Geriatrician, ICPOP Operational Lead, primary and community care services, acute hospital colleagues, Psychiatry of Later Life, and community and voluntary partners to develop responsive, integrated care pathways.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage a complex caseload of frail older persons using a coordinated case-management approach.
- Complete comprehensive psychosocial and geriatric assessments, including home visits.
- Develop person-centred care plans and support timely communication across care settings.
- Provide specialist social-work input, advocacy, practical support and education to older people and their carers.
- Support pathways that reduce avoidable Emergency Department attendance and respond to escalating care needs.
- Apply the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act, including relevant DSS and DMRR processes.
- Advise on and support applications under the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Fair Deal).
- Undertake safeguarding work with vulnerable adults in line with HSE policy and national legislation.
- Collaborate with HSE primary, community and acute services and with community partners including SAGE Advocacy, ALONE, Family Carers Ireland, the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, local authorities and Gardaí.
- Maintain accurate records, reports and evaluation data, and support colleagues, assistants and students as required.
Essential Criteria:
- Previous professional experience working with older persons is essential. Applications without this experience cannot be considered.
- Current CORU registration as a Social Worker
- Knowledge and practical experience of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act, including DSS and DMRR processes.
- Knowledge and practical experience of the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Fair Deal).
- A full driving licence and access to your own transport are essential, as the role involves travel and home visits.
- Garda vetting and satisfactory completion of all required compliance checks.
- Strong knowledge of older-person safeguarding, community resources and transdisciplinary working.
- Excellent assessment, care-planning, communication, advocacy, case-management and report-writing skills.
- The requisite suitability, professional ability, good character and health to discharge the duties of the post safely and effectively.
Reporting and Clinical Governance:
- Operationally reports to the ICPOP Operational Lead for line management.
- Professionally reports to the relevant Head of Discipline for registration, supervision and clinical assurance.
- Operates under the clinical governance of the relevant Integrated Care Consultant Geriatrician.
Mandatory Training:
- Dignity at Work, Cyber Security, Open Disclosure, Children First and GDPR.
- Hand Hygiene, Patient Moving and Handling, Basic Life Support and Therapeutic Management of Violence and Aggression.
- Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults.
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For more information about this opportunity, please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or contact Charlene by telephone 089-9455139.
Job Title: Senior Medical Social Worker – Acute Medical Ward
Job Type: Full Time, Agency Contract (6-12 months)
Location: Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
Salary: Aligned with HSE Senior Medical Social Worker pay scales
Excel Recruitment is recruiting a Senior Medical Social Worker to join a busy acute medical ward in a hospital, in Blanchardstown. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you will lead out on case management and care coordination, providing patient-centred, high-quality support to patients and their loved ones as they navigate the health system.
The Role
- Work as a Medical Social Worker on an acute medical ward, providing patient-centred, high-quality social work interventions.
- Lead out on case management and care coordination in collaboration with MDT colleagues.
- Support patients and families to navigate the hospital system and the transition back to the community.
- Assess and address psychological, emotional, social and practical barriers to discharge.
- Provide timely signposting and referrals to relevant community-based supports and services.
- Engage in multi-agency collaboration to support safe discharge planning and continuity of care.
- Manage a fluctuating caseload while maintaining a high standard of care and accurate documentation.
- Contribute to quality improvement initiatives and practice development within the service.
Key Requirements
- Recognised qualification in Social Work.
- CORU registration as a Social Worker (essential).
- Strong knowledge of safeguarding, capacity legislation, and ethical practice
- Experience working in a medical, healthcare, or hospital setting.
- Excellent communication, organisation and documentation skills, with the ability to manage a fluctuating caseload.
- A clear commitment to patient-centred care, safe discharge planning and multi-agency collaboration.
- Previous experience in an acute hospital/medical setting.
- Experience supporting complex discharge planning and liaising with community services.
- Experience working with adults and families experiencing illness, disability, or social vulnerability.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and multidisciplinary working skills.
- Ability to manage a varied and complex caseload effectively.
How to apply:
- For more information about this opportunity, please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or telephone 00353 89 945 5139.
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Job Title: Medical Social Worker
Location: Raheen, Limerick
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent (35 hours per week)
Salary: In line with HSE Medical Social Worker Pay Scales
This is a highly sought after Medical Social Worker job in Limerick, offering the chance to work in a modern, purpose-built 80-bed step-down facility supporting older persons transitioning from acute hospitals back to home or community care.
Excel Recruitment are recruiting a Medical Social Worker, to join a brand new 80 bedded step down facility in Limerick. This is an exciting opportunity to lead, influence, and shape a service, while making a real and lasting impact on patients and their families at a critical stage of recovery.
As a Senior Medical Social Worker, you will be a vital member of the multidisciplinary team, ensuring that each patient’s psychosocial needs are fully assessed and supported. You will take ownership of a complex and varied caseload, working closely with patients, families, and healthcare professionals to deliver safe, effective, and person-centred discharge plans.
You will be a key member of the Multi Disability Team, ensuring that each patient’s psychosocial needs are fully assessed, addressed, and incorporated into safe, robust discharge planning.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality medical social work assessment and intervention to patients and families experiencing illness, trauma, or functional decline.
- Support patients in adjusting to illness, injury, or changes in independence, offering emotional, practical, and psychosocial support.
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to support holistic care planning and safe, effective discharge planning.
- Assess social circumstances, family dynamics, housing, safeguarding concerns, and support needs.
- Advocate on behalf of patients and families to ensure access to appropriate community supports, services, and resources.
- To develop robust and comprehensive patient care plans/discharge plans in partnership with the patient, their family and the multi-disciplinary team to effect detailed and safe transfer to the community setting.
- Carry a caseload that incorporates for example cases that are a mix of complex, urgent, emergency, priority, routine, generic, episodic, and acute and many more.
- Maintain awareness of the primacy of the patient in relation to all activities.
- Participate in regular and routine supervision incorporating the functions of supervision including case management, accountability, and role in the agency, professional development/research, reflective practice and mediation amongst other aspects of the process.
- To provide a comprehensive social work and counselling service to all patients and their families.
- To develop strong co-working multi-disciplinary professional relationships that foster person centre patient care collaboratively.
- Support patients and families with complex decision-making, including capacity, consent, and care planning where required.
Essential Requirements:
- Recognised qualification in Social Work.
- CORU registration as a Social Worker (essential).
- Strong knowledge of safeguarding, capacity legislation, and ethical practice
- Experience working in a medical, healthcare, or hospital setting.
- Experience working with older persons (desirable)
- Strong assessment, intervention, and advocacy skills.
- Experience working with adults and families experiencing illness, disability, or social vulnerability.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and multidisciplinary working skills.
- Ability to manage a varied and complex caseload effectively.
Why Join This Service:
- Permanent, full-time role within an HSE-supported service.
- Opportunity to work in a modern, patient-centred transitional care environment.
- Be part of a collaborative and supportive multidisciplinary team.
- Make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes, wellbeing, and safe discharge.
- Access to supervision, CPD, and professional development opportunities.
How to Apply
For further information or to apply, please contact Charlene Cooke at Excel Recruitment on 089 945 5139 for a confidential discussion.
Job Title: Medical Social Worker
Location: Raheen, Limerick
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent (35 hours per week)
Salary: In line with HSE Medical Social Worker Pay Scales
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a modern 80 bedded step-down facility, to support older persons transitioning from acute hospital care to home or community settings.
This service focuses on rehabilitation, reablement, and safe discharge planning in a warm, homely, single-occupancy ensuite environment. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the social work service from the outset and making a real, lasting impact on patients and families at a critical stage in their recovery journey.
This role will suit a Medical Social Worker who:
- Is confident working autonomously and taking ownership of complex cases
- Has a genuine passion for older persons services
- Values multidisciplinary collaboration while maintaining professional independence
- Wants to be part of building a new service from the ground up
You will be a key member of the Multi Disability Team, ensuring that each patient’s psychosocial needs are fully assessed, addressed, and incorporated into safe, robust discharge planning.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality medical social work assessment and intervention to patients and families experiencing illness, trauma, or functional decline.
- Support patients in adjusting to illness, injury, or changes in independence, offering emotional, practical, and psychosocial support.
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to support holistic care planning and safe, effective discharge planning.
- Assess social circumstances, family dynamics, housing, safeguarding concerns, and support needs.
- Advocate on behalf of patients and families to ensure access to appropriate community supports, services, and resources.
- To develop robust and comprehensive patient care plans/discharge plans in partnership with the patient, their family and the multi-disciplinary team to effect detailed and safe transfer to the community setting.
- Carry a caseload that incorporates for example cases that are a mix of complex, urgent, emergency, priority, routine, generic, episodic, and acute and many more.
- Performance management systems are part of the role and you will be required to participate in the Group’s performance management programme and this will be undertaken on a regular and routine basis as directed by the Director of Clinical Services and the Principal Social Worker.
- Maintain awareness of the primacy of the patient in relation to all activities.
- Participate in regular and routine supervision incorporating the functions of supervision including case management, accountability, and role in the agency, professional development/research, reflective practice and mediation amongst other aspects of the process.
- To provide a comprehensive social work and counselling service to all patients and their families.
- To develop strong co-working multi-disciplinary professional relationships that foster person centre patient care collaboratively.
- Support patients and families with complex decision-making, including capacity, consent, and care planning where required.
Essential Requirements:
- Recognised qualification in Social Work.
- CORU registration as a Social Worker (essential).
- Strong knowledge of safeguarding, capacity legislation, and ethical practice
- Experience working in a medical, healthcare, or hospital setting.
- Experience working with older persons (desirable)
- Strong assessment, intervention, and advocacy skills.
- Experience working with adults and families experiencing illness, disability, or social vulnerability.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and multidisciplinary working skills.
- Ability to manage a varied and complex caseload effectively.
Why Join This Service:
- Permanent, full-time role within an HSE-supported service.
- Opportunity to work in a modern, patient-centred transitional care environment.
- Be part of a collaborative and supportive multidisciplinary team.
- Make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes, wellbeing, and safe discharge.
- Access to supervision, CPD, and professional development opportunities.
How to Apply
For further information or to apply, please contact Charlene Cooke at Excel Recruitment on 089 945 5139 for a confidential discussion.
Job Title: Medical Social Worker
Location: Raheen, Limerick
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent (35 hours per week)
Salary: In line with HSE Medical Social Worker Pay Scales
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a modern 80 bedded step-down facility, to support older persons transitioning from acute hospital care to home or community settings.
This service focuses on rehabilitation, reablement, and safe discharge planning in a warm, homely, single-occupancy ensuite environment. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the social work service from the outset and making a real, lasting impact on patients and families at a critical stage in their recovery journey.
This role will suit a Medical Social Worker who:
- Is confident working autonomously and taking ownership of complex cases
- Has a genuine passion for older persons services
- Values multidisciplinary collaboration while maintaining professional independence
- Wants to be part of building a new service from the ground up
You will be a key member of the Multi Disability Team, ensuring that each patient’s psychosocial needs are fully assessed, addressed, and incorporated into safe, robust discharge planning.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality medical social work assessment and intervention to patients and families experiencing illness, trauma, or functional decline.
- Support patients in adjusting to illness, injury, or changes in independence, offering emotional, practical, and psychosocial support.
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to support holistic care planning and safe, effective discharge planning.
- Assess social circumstances, family dynamics, housing, safeguarding concerns, and support needs.
- Advocate on behalf of patients and families to ensure access to appropriate community supports, services, and resources.
- To develop robust and comprehensive patient care plans/discharge plans in partnership with the patient, their family and the multi-disciplinary team to effect detailed and safe transfer to the community setting.
- Carry a caseload that incorporates for example cases that are a mix of complex, urgent, emergency, priority, routine, generic, episodic, and acute and many more.
- Performance management systems are part of the role and you will be required to participate in the Group’s performance management programme and this will be undertaken on a regular and routine basis as directed by the Director of Clinical Services and the Principal Social Worker.
- Maintain awareness of the primacy of the patient in relation to all activities.
- Participate in regular and routine supervision incorporating the functions of supervision including case management, accountability, and role in the agency, professional development/research, reflective practice and mediation amongst other aspects of the process.
- To provide a comprehensive social work and counselling service to all patients and their families.
- To develop strong co-working multi-disciplinary professional relationships that foster person centre patient care collaboratively.
- Support patients and families with complex decision-making, including capacity, consent, and care planning where required.
Essential Requirements:
- Recognised qualification in Social Work.
- CORU registration as a Social Worker (essential).
- Strong knowledge of safeguarding, capacity legislation, and ethical practice
- Experience working in a medical, healthcare, or hospital setting.
- Experience working with older persons (desirable)
- Strong assessment, intervention, and advocacy skills.
- Experience working with adults and families experiencing illness, disability, or social vulnerability.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and multidisciplinary working skills.
- Ability to manage a varied and complex caseload effectively.
Why Join This Service:
- Permanent, full-time role within an HSE-supported service.
- Opportunity to work in a modern, patient-centred transitional care environment.
- Be part of a collaborative and supportive multidisciplinary team.
- Make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes, wellbeing, and safe discharge.
- Access to supervision, CPD, and professional development opportunities.
How to Apply
For further information or to apply, please contact Charlene Cooke at Excel Recruitment on 089 945 5139 for a confidential discussion.
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