Niamh Moloney

• Work within the overall objectives and values of Focus Ireland.
• Operate as part of a team in line with project policies and procedures.
• Provide a safe, home-like environment for young people in accordance with National Standards for Children’s Residential Centres.
• Lead shifts with Social Care Workers, ensuring tasks are completed competently and professionally.
• Report issues or incidents to the Deputy Social Care Manager or Social Care Manager, and advise on areas of concern regarding staff or young people.
• Ensure staff implement current policies and procedures, and are familiar with emergency procedures.
• Assist in day-to-day administration and operations of the service.
• Maintain professional confidentiality and comply with data protection and Freedom of Information legislation.
• Cooperate with external monitoring and statutory inspections, implementing recommendations.
• Record and maintain all client and project-related documentation according to statutory and health & safety requirements.
• Participate in team, review, and agency meetings; engage in regular supervision sessions.
• Support implementation of Focus Ireland’s settlement policies and strategies, liaising with other projects as required.
• Observe all Health, Safety, and Welfare at Work regulations and report risks or concerns.
• Participate in a 7-day, 24-hour roster and undertake other reasonable duties assigned in consultation with management.

Provided support with social activities, sports and hobbies and general household duties such as assisting service users with cleaning and cooking, enhancing day to day life of the service users.

Delivered sensitive, individualised support and care to service users, fostering meaningful, trusting relationships.

Coordinated shifts and delegated responsibilities, ensuring staff were supported accordingly.

Liaised with behavior specialists, OT's and SLT's to create cohesion across a multi disiplinary team, maintaining holistic care for service users.

Developed and delivered therapeutic interventions, enhancing quality of life and reducing distress.

Educated residents and their families regarding other community services.

Managed service users caseload; including crisis intervention and care planning.

Co-ordinated shifts and delegated responsibilities, ensuring the service users were supported accordingly.

Supported and assisted service users with taking required medication, safegaurding physical and mental well being.

In the absense of Team Lead, stepped up to Team Lead duties inclusive of;

Developed rotas in line with the needs of service users throughout low staffing levels due to Covid 19 pandemic.

Annual leave management.

Carried out weekly enviromental checks and support file audits.

Ensuring that the service is of the highest health and safety standards through weekly house inspection and weekly vehicle inspections.

Assisting PIC on a daily basis with various tasks.

Competent in completeing and submitting weekly and monthly payroll, including expenses and supplementary timesheets.

Familiarity with risk assessment process and understanding of restrictive practice and incident database.

Placement Experience

Student Placement 01/2018 to 12/2018
Spafield Family Resource Centre – Cashel, County Tipperary
-Facilitated various programs which included: parent and toddler group, womens group, roots of empathy,
- delivering a breakfast club and after schools club for young people of the locality.
-Successfully organised an information workshop, with regards to changes to legislation unmarried parents through the organisation Treoir.
- Completed Meitheal training.
-co-ordinate and prepare relevant documents for the childcare ECCE scheme.
- Co-facilitated a Parents Plus Course, that ran for 8 weeks, that focused on creating more open communication with adolescents and there carers.

Roots of Empathy Instructor 09/2018 to 06/2019
Barnardos Roots of Empathy – Dublin
- Delivering 27 classroom visits over the course of a school year (30-40 minutes per class).
- Scheduling an information session with school principal and classroom teacher to introduce and outline the program concepts and secure their commitment.
- Establishing ongoing communications and scheduling visits with the classroom teacher.
- Establishing ongoing communications with the roots of empathy family and preparing the parent for their visits over the course of the year.

- Completing and submitting annual program information forms and facilitating the completion of year end feedback forms from students, teacher and participating parent.