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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 Social Care Worker to join our team in Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time and Relief Posts
Contract Hours: Permanent posts are 39 hours per week (169 hours per month worked on a weekly roster basis). Relief posts are not allocated set hours
Salary Scale: €38,107 - €50,953 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments)
Annual Leave Entitlement: 31 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.
Overview Of The Post
To work as part of a dedicated and innovative team in a community-based house providing respite and holiday breaks for children with physical disabilities, within a quality framework.
Overview Of Duties & Responsibilities
Please see Job Description for full list of duties.
The Successful Candidate Will Have
Essential Criteria:
* Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.
* Eligible applicants will be those who, on the closing date for the competition:
* Hold professional registration, or be eligible for registration, on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU.
OR
* Have a Schedule 3 qualification.
* Have a comparable qualification recognised by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU.
* Applicants who satisfy the conditions set out in Section 91 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 must submit proof of application for registration with the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU.
AND
* Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability, including a high standard of suitability, for the proper discharge of the role.
* Annual Registration
* On appointment, practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU.
AND
* Experience in contributing to the development of personal plans.
* Experience and knowledge of the role of a key worker.
* Experience of delivering personal care.
* Experience of assisting children with medical needs/ administering medication.
* Experience of engaging in professional supervision.
* Possess a full, clean driving licence.
* Eligible to work in the State.
Desirable Criteria
* Experience of working with children and families with physical/sensory /intellectual disabilities.
* Minimum of 1 year post qualification experience relevant to the role.
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
Enable Ireland is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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