Dskww/ / Social Worker Senior Medical

CV’s will NOT be accepted.

· All correspondence will be via Rezoomo.

Informal Enquiries

Name: Gillian Dempsey

Role: KWW ICPOP Operational Lead

Email: gillian.dempsey2@hse.ie

Phone: 0877170575

Name: Ann Crawford

Role: Principal Social Worker, Dublin West, Kildare West Wicklow, Dublin South, Kildare West Wicklow Community Healthcare

Email: ann.crawford1@hse.ie

Phone: 086-7810201

Location of Post

There is currently one permanent whole-time vacancy available in Kildare West Wicklow Integrated Care Team for Older Persons.

Initial base: St. Mary’s Community Services building, Craddockstown Road Naas, Co Kildare.

A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration in ICPOP or other Older Persons Services may be filled.

Purpose of the Post

The purpose of the post is to manage the provision of a social work service within a trans /multi-disciplinary context and in so doing, ensuring a person centred service to individuals and families.

Details of the Service

A significant programme of reform is underway in Services for Older Persons and Chronic Disease supported by the strategic direction set out under Sláintecare (2017), the Enhanced Community Care (ECC) business case (2019), HSE Corporate Plan (2020), National Service Plan (2021) and the National Clinical Programmes.

The Enhanced Community Care Reform Programme (ECC) is focused on the transformation of community care with an emphasis on establishing Community Health Networks and Specialist Community Teams working within Ambulatory Community Hubs. These plan and organise services for a defined population, enable integrated care to be implemented, shifting the focus away from acute hospitals towards a new model of specialist care in the community. The redesign of services allow new pathways to be developed between hospitals, community services, primary care, health & wellbeing and voluntary sectors to develop new networks of care for Older People and people with Chronic Disease.

The Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons (ICPOP) is a specialist transdisciplinary service primarily targeting and managing the complex care needs of the older person with multiple co-morbidities across a continuum of care.

The development of an Early Supported Discharge team as part of the ICPOP team aims to support and facilitate Early Supported Discharge of Older persons in the Kildare West Wicklow area

The overall aims of the service are to:

· Support and facilitate Early Supported Discharge of Older People with complex needs to the community setting.

· Provide a specialist geriatric opinion using a trans-disciplinary approach to support older people with complex care needs.

· Develop a person-centred care planning approach that supports robust and timely communication across care settings.

· Support appropriate and timely reduction of Emergency Department (ED) attendance through the development of care pathways that support GPs and others in assessment of older people with escalating care needs.

· Provide support and education to the older person, carers and healthcare professionals.