Join Our Team at Gheel Autism Services Care Assistant/ Support Worker Contract Type: Permanent Location: Dublin West, Lucan - Day Services Salary: €33,556 - €42,034 depending on years of experience Driving Licence: Full, clean manual licence required Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals with autism?
Do you have experience in the social care or disability sector and a commitment to person-centred support?
If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our innovative and dynamic team at Gheel Autism Services
Who We Are At Gheel Autism Services, we are dedicated to supporting individuals with autism through their life journey.
Our mission is to enable people to have fulfilling life experiences while promoting autonomy and empowering them to make their own choices.
Our services include day and vocational opportunities, outreach support, and various supported living options.
We take a strengths-based approach, tailoring personalised plans to meet each individual's unique needs.
Our team is committed to fostering independence, social inclusion, and overall well-being, ensuring that each person achieves outcomes that are meaningful to them.
About the Role Are you looking for a role with a difference?
We are currently looking to hire a Full-Time Care Assistant/Support Worker for one of our day services in Lucan Dublin West.
Gheel Autism Services offers unique and personalised services which are based on the choices, needs and aspirations of the individual.
Our Day Support teams are in the process of working towards a New Directions model of service delivery.
This is to suit the individual sensory and support needs of adults with autism.
The Day Supports team provide a tailored style of support in local communities.
Practitioners will support and promote the development of independent living skills, education, employment possibilities and social and leisure groups.
As for the people you will be supporting, they are looking for a positive, fun, conscientious, and intuitive individual who will work in partnership with them to achieve and facilitate their goals and wishes.
The successful candidate will ensure people are supported with dignity and respect when providing support with intimate care/personal care.
The successful candidate will be patient, understanding, and supportive.
You will enjoy encouraging the people you support to progress at their own pace and according to their own needs.
You will be innovative in your ideas and solutions in how to support an older population of people to live a meaningful life on their own terms.
The Care Assistant will in conjunction with the work of the Practitioners assist in the development of independent living skills, education and employment possibilities and social and leisure groups.
This role operates on a Monday to Friday roster.
In return, we offer a warm and collaborative working environment, annual salary increments, and strong opportunities for career progression and professional development through continuous training and support.