Dskww/ / Disabilities Service, Supplementary

Please note the following:

· CV’s will NOT be accepted.

· All correspondence will be via Rezoomo.

Informal Enquiries:

Name: Lydia Oshiokameh

Email: lydia.oshiokameh@hse.ie

Mobile: 086 7810530

Purpose of the Post

There is currently two permanent whole-time vacancy available for each of the Grade VII Disability Service roles listed below:

· Grade VII Liaison Officer

· Grade VII Case Manager

Liaison Officer :

Under the terms of the Disability Act 2005, the Executive has the power to authorise such and so many employees of the Executive as it considers appropriate (referred to in this Act as ‘Liaison Officers’) to perform the functions conferred on Liaison Officers by the Act.

The initial purpose of this post is to arrange appropriate service provision for a person with a disability, in accordance with the assessed needs and having regard to the available resources. To provide the service statement for each applicant and ensure that the services committed to in the service statement are delivered within the time frames specified.

Case Manager:

The main functions of the Disability services post (Case Management) are as follows:

• Case Management of individual cases, particularly those with complex needs.
• Management of the Personal Assistant (PA) allocation process.
• Service Lead/Operational Lead for Agencies contracted to provide disability services.
• Partake on implementing a review of services as may be required by Senior Management.

Case Management: Case management is a system for the planning, co-ordination and delivery of services using individually tailored Care Plans, having a person-centred approach and multi-disciplinary focus. The Case Manager will fulfil the role of a dedicated person who may organise, co-ordinate, and sustain a network of formal and informal supports and activities to optimize the functioning and well-being of people with multiple needs. The Case Manager will be a central point of contact to assist the individual to navigate and negotiate available systems in their community and on discharge from hospital services.

Personal Assistant Allocation Process: With the oversight of the Disability Services Manager, the case manager will be responsible for the acceptance of applications for PA services and for the assessment, prioritisation, allocation of hours, monitoring of delivery of PA services and dealing with all related issues.

Service Lead: The case manager will act as a Service Lead with relevant service providers to deal with day to day operational issues and to ensure that the Service Arrangement Contract in place with HSE is being adhered to.

Flexibility Clause: This job specification is intended as a guide to the general range of duties and is intended to be neither definitive nor restrictive. The range of duties will be subject to periodic review of the post no later than 1 year following appointment and the structure of the post may change as a result. Post holders will be consulted as part of this development. Successful candidates will be accepting the post on the basis of this review and possible restructuring at a future date.

Please see attached job specification for further information.