Home Care Provider Dovida Invites Clare Community To National Hiring Day

On the line now, on morning focus, I have Brian O'Sullivan, general manager of D'Vita

Claire Ireland's largest home care provider.

Brian is here to chat about D'Vita's national hiring day in NS this Thursday where locals

can explore rewarding careers in home care, meet staff and learn about opportunities to

support people in their own homes while building a flexible, meaningful career.

Brian, a very good morning to you.

Good morning.

How are you?

Very well.

Thanks for being with us and to fill us in on what's happening.

So it gives a bit more background to D'Vita's national hiring day and about why you're holding

us this particular event in NS on Thursday.

Alan, yeah, look as it says, we're having a national hiring day right across the country

on just coming turns in March between the six and we're very little bit of all that

else.

That's part of our operations and Claire on turns there that says and that event would

be held in our office there in Abbey Park on the Queen Road business park in NS.

And we're running events from 10 o'clock in the morning.

We're waiting for us today to help until 8 o'clock in the night.

So plenty of opportunity there for people to come in to find out a little bit about

more about what we do and the type of work we do, the areas we're working and the support

we have and the learning opportunities available and basic and that needs to know about

D'Vita.

And the role of the caregiver is part of that.

So look, it is a fantastic opportunity for people that maybe have worked with the

caregiver previously or people that perhaps haven't worked with the caregiver, but would

be interested in in in in working as part of the role and to come in and to talk to us

and as if they just sit down and to ask questions and find out more about what we do.

And given that you mentioned, they'll be learning involved should someone take up a role.

It suggests, Brian, that this is not just this event aimed at experienced care professionals

that new comers will be welcome to absolutely look to the opportunities there for full time

and power time, you know, with lots of with lots of flexibility out in the morning, out

in the afternoon, the evenings weekends.

So really allowing people, I suppose, to fit their walk into their lives and to balance

with other commitments such as family life, community activities, study, and with people

of all backgrounds walking with us here as part of our team and team in D'Vita.

And many of our caregivers and care have been with us for a few years, you know, some

close to 10, 12, 15 years, and for others are with us obviously a sharper period of time.

But everyone, you know, as I said, walking a whole variety of schedule and based on

any and preferences and other life commitments.

I'm just thinking, Brian, about how caregivers and particularly those with D'Vita will make

a difference in the lives of people in Claire, perhaps, you know, older members of the community

who might not have many loved ones or friends or maybe more socially isolated and perhaps

that's the D'Vita caregiver is the bit of company, the bit of social interaction, human

interaction that they get and they very much look forward to it, even aside from the

care that they get.

Absolutely.

And look, we are providing care to people all over Claire, and we've done so for the last

18 years, and people from Bernrassie and Shannon all the way up to Balibarhan and Aladek

Nookie.

And so there was a huge scope as well in terms of what we do, and the people that we care

for, and us with an responsibility, are in this to provide a full range of services to

empower people to live within their own community, to live independently for as long as possible

in their own homes.

And as you said, what are existing in older person or a person that perhaps presents

to the disability and, you know, and our community, you know, have been support around

the house or supporting someone to attend events in the community, or to engage in the

community, or, as you said, to sit down and maintain a proper social engagement and

contact and communication with them, but we're seeing more and more vulnerability within

our communities.

We're seeing more and more of the need for social contact and social engagement, and I

suppose working as a leader caregiver, there is an opportunity to do all of that, but,

you know, under the umbrella of, you know, providing, you know, professional, state and

risk of care, and keeping that person at home for the time possible.

So look, it is a privilege for us to do this, and as we said, to be able to continue

to do that across care 18 years later.

I have said, Brian, that there will be, you know, full-time, part-time, presumably flexible

roles available as well, but in terms of, you know, the overarching, just job description

of caregivers, are there, within that, are there different types of caregiver roles available?

And look, we work with many people across care, and we're very close with relationships

with the, with the HSC, and we work under the different umbrellas there, be it through

all the persons services, be it through HSC, disability services, you know, we do a lot

of living care for people, you know, and think from one hour to 168 hours across the

weekend, and that's what it is, and that's what we will deliver to clients based on their

needs and their preferences, and within that, there is choice for the caregiver, you

know, to work with perhaps a particular population group or population size, and as I said,

to be an older person, they're in living care, or through disability care as well, but

inevitably, you know, it is about providing that safe, appropriate, professional care

to people, inevitably, you know, people have been messy, and fat low-providing care to

people within that community, certainly for our caregiver with an illness, you know,

typically providing care to people, to the people in the sort of model typically, is

that the low-providing care to provide care to the local client?

What kind of personal qualities or skills, Brian, make someone well suited for a career

in home care?

Look, as I said, when we people of all backgrounds and of all professional backgrounds walking

with us, some have worked as a caregiver for many years, some are entirely new, some

might be in full-apparitone study, and are looking to do some weekend hours, but we have

people of all professional backgrounds coming to us, as best personally, you know, we

want people that are compassionate and kind, and that will work very well with people within

the community, you know, of course, you know, there is a full range of support available

then in terms of onboarding, in terms of ongoing support provided to all of our caregivers,

you know, the forensic cell, and to have a meaningful goal within, within, within

the divider.

Okay, so, Brian, the event is happening on Thursday, divider's National Hiring Day in

Ennis, let the people know where Ennis and from what time?

Yeah, so I don't look where in our office here in Care, in Abbey Park, just beside the

Peppermill there for people that pass notes, so Abbey Park, the criminal business park in

Ennis, and we're there right across the day, from 10 o'clock, up until 8 o'clock at night,

and we're there together with a whole range of our management team, our caregiver team,

and as I said, to sit down and talk to the opportunities that are there as a divider

caregiver.

Okay, brilliant stuff.

That is coming up this Thursday, Brian, on Sullivan, the general manager with Divida

Care.

Thanks very much for appearing on the morning focus, Brian.

Thanks, Adam.

Thank you.