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Would you like to work for a great employer? Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150 Best Employers 2024.
Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We vigorously advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.
We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Support Worker to join our team in Arklow, Co. Wicklow.
Contract Type: Permanent Post
Contract Hours: Part Time Post, 37 hours per week
Salary Scale: €32,639 - €39,499 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments)
This pay scale is subject to increases in 2025 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.
Annual Leave Entitlement: 30 days pro rata per annum
Overview Of The Post
The role of the Adult Support Worker will be to provide individualised supports to individuals with a disability to enable them to live the life of her own choosing in accordance with the values of New Directions, which underpin the principles of inclusion, rights, choice and independence in the community.
The candidate will be working as part of the day services team in the day centre.
Overview Of Duties & Responsibilities
Please see Job Description for full list of duties.
The Successful Candidate Will Have
Essential Criteria:
* FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Social Care or other similar health care area
OR
* Be undertaking a FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Social Care or other similar health care area.
OR
* Be willing to undertake a FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Social Care or other similar health care area and successfully attain it within 9 months of taking up post.
AND
* Clean class B driver's license and willingness to drive the service's wheelchair accessible car.
AND
* At least 1 years' experience working with adults with autism and intellectual/physical needs.
AND
* Have experience supporting a service owner with behaviours that challenge.
AND
* Basic IT skills.
Desirable Criteria
* Experience providing personal care.
* Experience of working in community/non-centre based setting.
If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.
Benefits
As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including:
Excellent internal and external training opportunities
Generous annual leave entitlements
Flexible Working
Long service reward scheme
Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
Pay adjusted Paternity Leave
Wellbeing benefits
Pension
For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here:
Closing date for applications: 11th July 2025
A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.
The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.
Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.
The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position. Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.
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