Description
Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties.
Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage.
Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence.
For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, indep
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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 Social Care Worker to join our team in Childrens Respite, Lavanagh House, Currraheen, Cork
Contract Type: Relief
Contract Hours: Variable Hours
Salary Scale:
The current salary scale for this post is €38,392 (€*****/hour) to €53,673 (€*****) pro rata per annum.
Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments)
This pay scale is subject to increases in **** in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.
Annual Leave Entitlement
: 10.7% of hours worked for variable hours contracts
Overview of the Post:
Lavanagh house Children's Respite service provides services to children with disabilities in the Cork area in active partnership and in line with the needs and wishes of the child and family.
Enable Ireland respite services are committed to working in partnership with service users and families in the planning, delivery and evaluation of all services.
Lavanagh house provides planned short term respite care, both day and night, where children will be grouped together by age and interest.
Our staffing levels compliment the health and social care needs of the children attending respite
Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:
Please see Job Description for full list
The successful candidate will have
Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.
(a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:
(i) Hold professional registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU.
See list of recognised Schedule 3 qualifications at:
(iii) Have a comparable qualification recognised by Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU
OR
(iv) Applicants who satisfy the conditions set out in Section 91 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act ****, (see note 3 below*), must submit proof of application for registration with the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU.
The acceptable proof is correspondence from the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU confirming their application for registration as a Section 91 applicant was received by the 30th November ****.
OR
(v) Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employmentment can be issued.
AND
(b) Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability, including a high standard of suitability, for the proper discharge of the role
Note1*
Schedule 3 Qualifications.
This is a qualification listed in Schedule 3 of the Health and Social Care Professions Act **** for existing practitioners under section 91.
Candidates who hold Schedule 3 qualifications can apply to register with CORU during the two year period after the register opens up to the 30th November ****.
Once the transitional period is over -30th November ****, only qualifications approved by the Registration Board will be considered.
Note 2*
If your qualifications are not listed within criterion
(i) and
(ii) please contact CORU ******
Note 3*
Under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act **** candidates are considered Section 91 applicants if they qualified before 30th November **** and have been engaged in the practice of the profession in the Republic of Ireland for a minimum of 2 years (or an aggregate of 2 years fulltime), during the 5 year period prior to the Register opened on 30th November ****.
Annual registration.
On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board atul>
Experience in contributing to the development of personal plans.
Has experience and knowledge of the role of a key worker.
Experience of delivering personal care to adults.
Experience of assisting adults with medical needs/ administering medication.
Experience of engaging in professional supervision.
Experience of working with adults with disabilities including physical/intellectual/ ASD/behaviours of concern.
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Experience in taking leadership in the development of personal plans.
Experience in responding to complaints
If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.
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
Long service reward scheme
Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
Pay adjusted Paternity Leave
For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here:
What now?
To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form.
CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 4th February **** before noon
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.
Please review the Enable Ireland's External Data Protection Notice available at for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant's personal information.
Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with:
1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and
2) the interview panel (if applicable).
Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy
Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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