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APPLICATION FORM

Job Reference: NSW/DEC15

Applicant Number: E0010

Closing Date: 12/01/2016 12:00

POST APPLIED FOR: Night Support Worker

SURNAME:Palanisamy FIRST Names:Siva Shankar

Home Address:6 New Row Square

Newmarketdublin 8Dublin8

Address for Communication (If Different)

Home Telephone Number+353894372217

Work Telephone Number+353894372217(will only be used with the utmost discretion)

[email protected]

Mobile+353894372217

Referees

A minimum of 2 references will be required, and the reference from your current/most recent employershould be from your Line Manager.

1st Referee 2nd Referee

Period of Employment Period of Employment

From: 10/10/2015 To: 31/12/2015 From: 09/06/2014 To: 21/08/2015

Name Karthikeyan Name Vasanthi Jayakumar

Occupation / Relationship to you ManagerOccupation / Relationship to you Co-ordinatorin Nam Makkal

Address 50 leinster road, rathminesAddress 17, Janakiammal Layout, Nehru NagarEast, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu India - 641014

Telephone No. +353892451558 Telephone No. +918939902439

Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

May we contact prior to interview? Yes May we contact prior to interview? Yes


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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Please start with your current or most recent employment

Name & Address of Current Employer:

Date Commenced: Date of Leaving:Notice Period: Current Salary:

Position Held:

Reason for Leaving:

Duties and Responsibilities:

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

From/To Employers Nameand Address

Position HeldInclude brief summary

of duties andresponsibilities

Reason for Leaving

10/10/201531/12/2015

DaybreakHaroldsCrossDublin

Store Assistant: Openthe shop, till and lotterymachine. Face offthe products, checkthe price tags andrefill the stocks in

racks, refrigeratorsand cool drinks forevery 20 minutes. Helpcustomers to find aproduct if they couldntget the required onein the store. Takecare of the deliveriesand check the refillingappropriately. Finallytake the waste for

bailing process. Atclosing, sweep and mopthe floor, record the leftover newspapers, cleanthe coffee machine,turn off the lights beforelocking the store, makesure everything is neat,clean and tidy.

Contract expired

09/06/201421/08/2015

Nam Makkal25,

KalapattiRoad,Civil AeroPost,CoimbatoreTamilNaduIndia - 641042

Field Worker:Beprompt and reliable in

reporting for scheduledworkKeep accuraterecord for number ofpersons being metand report supervisor

Higher Studies


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appropriatelyCarryout assignmentsin good spirit byactively embracingall religionsProvidesupport physicallyto move people andsometimes mentallycope them upLiaisewith the governmentofficials for seekingsupport for homelesspeople to settleAssistsupervisor in preparingmonthly reportsAttendthe scheduled trainingand workshops


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Particulars of Voluntary Work

(Maximum 400 words)

During College days, I was a member in NSS (National Social Service) and have performed thefollowing activities Attended in the WORKING WITH DISABLED workshop and have conducted many

programmes for disabled people.Engage students of primary and secondary school during studyholidays and help them to prepare for their exams and tutor them in their lacking subjectsConductawareness campaigns in and around the city for AIDS, CANCER, Cleanliness, Greener EnvironmentetcActively participated in the Blood Donation CampaignsPerformed Street Acts and educated theresidents for decline of traditional art form of dances in India like Karakattam, Oyil Attam, Myil Attam,Poi kal Kuthirai and manyVisit Orphanages and Old Age Homes monthly and provide supplementsrequired

RELATIVES

If you are related to any member of the Board of Directors or any employee of the DepaulIreland please give the name and address of the relative, their relationship to you and the postheld by him/her.

No


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Job Reference: NSW/DEC15

Applicant Number: E0010

Closing Date: 12/01/2016 12:00

SECTION B: COMPETENCY INFORMATION

THIS IS THE ONLY SECTION OF YOUR APPLICATION FORM THAT WILL BE SEEN BY THESHORTLISTING PANEL.

DEMONSTRATE CLEARLY HOW YOU MEET THE CRITERIA BELOW:

EXPERIENCE

Please demonstrate based on your previous experience at least 1 year working in the homelessnessfield or another suitably related area, desirably in a residential setting.

The interest towards the society and people have started in me after joining NSS (National SocialService) as Volunteer during my college days. I learnt that the community I live is the most importantsector of all and needs more and more engagement with them.This approach in me has directedmy inner self towards taking a full time job in "NAM MAKKAL". It mainly concentrates on thedevelopment of people in rural areas, especially accommodating such homeless people for nightstays. During the work, I literally saw people who are poor, weak, illiterate, abandoned by theirfamilies or lost their families living in the streets, roadsides or riversides. We as a team go to thesuch areas and speak with the people and understand their situation for living in streets. It is really

dreadful to hear such stories from each one, some cry when I attempt to ask, some may hesitate toshare and even I faced people who shouted at me. I see them beyond their behavior and I couldsee their wounds in their hearts which made them to act like that. Once I reached Dublin for myhigher studies, I was homeless for two weeks. I managed to surpass each night dreadfully in eachone of my friend's home. It has given me a deeper understanding of being homeless and later suchexperiences turned into confidence and energy and made me stronger than before.I have a clearunderstanding why people are thrown out of their homes and their situation and mental state. Ican understand the pain they hold and can console them and counsel. They are from my workingexperiences as well as my own experiences here in Dublin. Moreover, I had only 15 months of suchexperiences and now am very much eager to join Depaul and work for people here. Though thelanguage, culture, customs differ widely when compared to India, people and their hearts are one

and same and am sure I could touch their heart with my care and love.


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Please outline any qualification or training you may have that you feel is relevant to this role

The following are the training I have participated which I consider important for the current role ofemployment. Working with Disabled - A workshop attended during my college days. The workshopdetailed about the types of disabled persons, reasons for such disability. During the course, weinvolved with disable persons to conduct programmes for them and found their ability. Course guide

has explained the difficulties faced by such group in the public acceptance and gathered our supportto fight for that community in terms of equal rights and accessibility. Finally, we are asked to turnoptimistic about them and asked to call as DIFFERENTLY-ABLE instead of DISABLED. Camp inRural India - A training organised by NSS and NCC together and we as student troops camped inthe rural areas of the state. We had a great learning of the people's living condition, health status,understanding of the environment etc. Continuous Training and workshops during my employmentin Nam Makkal:During the employment period in Nam Makkal in India, I was nominated for attendingvarious training, workshops and guest lectures by eminent social workers. Those training werepredominantly based on the understanding of people's behavior during crisis like bankruptcy,loss of life, abandons, refugees, homelessness, inner awakening, spiritual growth etc. And alsoundertook training for leadership, humanitarian principles, staff safety and protection.


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KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILTIES

Please outline your understanding of harm reduction and low threshold working.

A harm reduction approach focuses on reducing the harm that users cause to themselves andto their families. It focuses on minimizing the health, personal and social harms associated withdrug-use such as the spread of blood-borne diseases. Harm Reduction has to be cared with non-judgmental approach. It is the care that allows those who seem unable or unwilling to changein their behavior patterns. Humility and a willingness to accept people as they are will be thevaluable professional skills. Anything which encourages them and facilitate anything that lessensharm. It require patience, tolerance and the willingness and ability to work in a stressful situationdealing with difficult behavior.A calm and consistent approach works best. A low threshold servicelooks to maintain services to people who would otherwise not be in a position to access such aservice. Usually this means service users present with a complexity of behaviors that are oftenchallenging. Low threshold services recognize that quite often service users who are denied access

to services are generally the ones who need it the most.

Please outline your understanding of why people become homeless and the issues they presentwith, and what supports can be offered in services to service users with complex needs

Housing is a basic human need. Adequate and appropriate housing is a key component ofestablishing and maintaining human wellbeing. Homelessness means sleeping rough, staying in

emergency accommodation, shelters, or temporary bed and breakfast accommodation or staying inovercrowded accommodation with friends and relatives, when there is nowhere else to go. Peoplewho fall into this category may have insecure housing with a high risk of becoming homelessbecause of disability, health or mental problems, economic difficulties inability to manage rent /mortgage, poverty, inequality, lack of affordable housing, previous experience of homelessnessand/or the threat of violence / abuses.These experiences can leave people severely traumatized,impacting on their mental and physical health, as well as their ability to trust others and formhealthy relationships. It can also have a effect on their housing situation, making it difficult to liveindependently, manage a household, or sustain a tenancy.Services available for the homelessmust be aware of the complexity of people's problems and also respect their right to make theirown decisions. Services can offer soup runs, hostels that cater for low, medium, and high support.

Support housing for those that can no longer live alone, supports to live independently again,education on safe using practices for drug users, all these services should meet the person wherethey are at and try and make their life in some way better in that moment. The most important piecein all services is to maintain a genuine, open and non-judgmental approach to all service users.


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Please outline your understanding of risk management principles and any experience you have inthis area.

Risk management is the process of recognizing, classifying and most importantly prioritizing of suchrisks. This is generally done in tandem with efforts to monitor, control and mitigate the risks. Sourcesof risks can be from both internal and external world. Risks of all kinds should be systematicallyidentified, evaluated, assessed and managed in order of priority.From my stand point, I look fourareas of risk are relevant for consideration when dealing with people homelessHomeless: Beinghomeless itself is a risk. The reasons could be family, social/community pressures, in care, poverty,or other resource or capability deficits. Self harm/suicide risk: Risk from self harm, intentional injuryor killing oneself, action/behaviours destructive to ones own safety or healthMental Instability: Riskto self or others because of fluctuating and/or unpredictable mental health functionRisk to others:Risk of causing harm or danger, or encouraging/involving others in the causing of harm or injury to

others. Once the risk is identified, then agreed support can be put in place to minimize the risk. Suchaffected people require a spectrum of services and supports.Risk assessment and managementinvolves a professional duty of care while working in this area where health needs are balancedwith issues of personal and public safety. Managing risk should not just focus on eliminating risk,it is about providing a process for ensuring the potential benefits identified are increased and thelikelihood of harms occurring as a result of taking risks are reduced.

Please demonstrate using examples, our ability and understanding of how to respond calmly in a

crisis and use your own initiative to deal with incidents as they arise

In todays fast-paced, get-up-and-go world, crisis situations are bound to happen. From myexperience in Nam Makkal, I have been in some situations that would consider CRISIS situation.These include managing aggression and medical emergencies. I follow the below in managing acrisis:Initially I take a moment to figure out whats going on.This also helped to land me firmly ona chaotic situation to understand. From my own contemplation of the situation, I draw a plan andallow myself to inculcate the inputs from team as well and try and solve the crisis.From my previousexperience, I understand that I have done a lot of personal reflective work and I am aware of my owntriggers. Most of the time, I try to separate myself out from the situation and look from a bird's eyeview approach and think for the possible solutions and its effective delivery.


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Please demonstrate using examples from your experience, your ability to work as part of a teamespecially your understanding of the importance of team communication

Team play is the most crucial role to act in a working environment. However I see as working withfamily. As am from India, Family has more value and so bonding occurs naturally with all whom Italk. While working in Nam Makkal, My Co-ordinator, Vasanthi, headed all my projects and her senseof caring and the way she motivates the team was inspirational and strong. Our team has a mixedculture and each one was from varied background and community. Yet, we stayed, communicated,worked, helped each other and overcome many shortfalls.One such incident was, we a team of9 had been appointed to complete a project. Unfortunately, our project head and one of the teammember while reaching the spot met an accident and hospitalized for weeks. As a mitigation, Iwas appointed to undertake and complete the work as scheduled. I managed very well by leadingthe team for our common objective. Every day, I called upon a meeting before we kick start the

day. Took advice from each team member, addressed their queries, grievances, provided supportand motivated whenever required. Also, I shared my own viewpoints, appreciated individualswho performed well and encouraged other team members as well. Eventually, we as a team hadsuccessfully completed the said task on time. From that time, I understood the work of team play andthe contribution of each member towards the path of success. I enjoy working with people rather thandoing alone.

Please outline your understanding of the health and safety requirements within a residential setting

working within the homeless sector.

I personally believe that a Clean and Tidy environment has the power to change the person's moodand mindset. Health and safety is of utmost importance when working with vulnerable people.This ambiance can strongly bring a good vibes into people. Harm reductions, Low threshold andhomelessness category people are very much benefited and act as indirect treatment. Manyrehabilitation centers now focus on the ambiance greatly for better recovery rates.I also understandthat different facilities are required for different types and levels of procedures are met to ensurethe health and safety standards. For examples, Drug users are to be cared appropriate disposalof sharps and needled stick to protect them from the injuries. Whereas in women protection, childsafety and protection are constituting a big part of health and safety procedures. In connection toa residential setting, the impact of neighbors are to be taken into account as from the standards

of health and safety. Proper lighting, heating and other requirements are to be appropriate in thebuildings. Maintenance of buildings like fire protections, burglar alarms, blueprints of the building,proper sign boards for emergency exits etc are also comes under the safety requirements. Onmy personal interrogations into my inner self, I find my mind and body healthy and peaceful when Ilive in a place where flowers, light music, good mild scent and filled with colorful (especially yellow,green and orange) surroundings. My mind works creative and generates more love. Moreovera deep and sound sleep in such an ambiance can relax my body as well.Also the staff has tobe trained and communicated about the Health and safety standards of the organisation duringinduction program


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Please outline what you feel would be the challenges of working in a residential setting

As a residential set up worker must posses a emotional resilience and the ability to work calmly inchallenging situations. Such staff has to be non-judgmental and deal with conflicting behavior in acaring and consistent manner by compromising in working hours. It is important to remain constantcontact with all people so as to have a good sense of what is happening in the area. Aggression canbe a challenging factor in residential setting. Staff has to calmly safeguard the person who throwshis anger or frustration.The people in the residential setting have different backgrounds and traumasso staff has to strike a proper balance between the person cared and staff's inner self to surpass theproblems in daily acts.

Please outline your understanding of the vision, mission and values of Depaul

Depaul Ireland is a leading charity supporting people experiencing homelessness and those atrisk of homelessness. It has made fundamental vision and mission statements and lives it truly.It cares about the fundamental rights of human beings and recognizes the value and preserves

them. Depaul Ireland support vulnerable people experiencing homelessness. It wants everyoneshould have a place to call home and a stake in their community. It supports each individual andfamily with the opportunity to fulfill their potential and move forward towards an independent andpositive future. It strives to have its services inclusive rather than exclusive. Finally, Depual strainsto end homelessness in various forms and strongly wants people's right of being recognized asmembers of society.


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DECLARATION OF CRIMINAL CONVICTION

Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence, which cannot be consideredspent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders (NI) Order 1978?

No

If yes, please give details below.

FOR INDIVIDUALS APPLYING TO WORK IN RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS ORIN FLOATING SUPPORT SERVICES, PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

Rehabilitation of Offenders (NI) Order 1978 Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order (NI) 1979

1. Because of the nature of the work for which you are applying, these posts are excepted fromthe provisions of the 1978 Order. Applicants are, therefore, not entitled to withhold information aboutconvictions that are for other purposes spent under the provisions of the Order. In the event ofemployment, failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action byDepaul Ireland. Any information given will be treated as strictly confidential and will be considered only

in relation to applicants to which the Order applies. 2. For applicants who may work directly with our client group, you will be required to give yourconsent for a Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Access N.I) check. Please note that thesechecks are only carried out for preferred candidates.

DECLARATION

I declare that the information I have given is true to the best of my knowledge and that inaccurateor false information given may result in an offer of employment being withdrawn.

Applicant's Signature: ____________________ Date: ________________

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