Overview
Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Our expert teams work with individuals and families to plan for each life stage, covering physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence for children, and personal development for adults.
Enable Ireland is an equal opportunities employer with a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are committed to ongoing enhancement in these areas.
Description
Enable Ireland is seeking highly motivated Adult Services Support Workers to join our team in Meath Adult Services based in Bailis.
Contract Type: Relief
Contract Hours: Various: Relief – shift work including sleepovers, waking nights and weekends
Salary Scale: The current salary scale for this post is €32,639 to €39,499 pro rata per annum based on a 39-hour week. Basic hourly rate ranges from €16.09 p/h to €19.48 p/h (entry point on scale dependent upon experience). Premium payments apply for relevant shifts.
Pay scale note: This pay scale is subject to increases in 2025 in accordance with the WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations. Salary scales are subject to Long Service Increments (LSI).
Annual Leave Entitlement: 30 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.
Overview of the Post:
Enable Ireland North East provides supported living to individuals with a primary physical disability. The service is based on partnership, dignity and respect. The Adult Support Worker will be responsible for assisting service users to maintain their independence by supporting and caring for them to enable them to live the life they choose in their local community.
The role involves facilitating the person with a disability in all aspects of daily living, including personal and domestic care, mobility, accessing services in the community, and supporting therapy and other programmes. The role is tailored to the requirements of the individual service user.
Responsibilities
Overview of Duties & Responsibilities: Please see Job Description for full list.
The successful candidate will:
* Have completed a relevant Health Skills QQI Level 5 qualification or other relevant Health/Social Care qualification, or be currently undertaking a relevant Health Skills QQI Level 5 qualification with a commitment to complete within 2 years.
* Have previous experience of working with adults with disabilities in the health care sector.
* Have a minimum of 1 year of delivering personal care in a health or social care context.
* Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Be willing to drive service-assigned vehicles.
* Be available for an immediate start.
Additional requirements include experience working with individuals who have acquired brain injury, epilepsy, or behaviours of concern, and experience supporting people with disabilities in community settings.
What We Offer
As a staff member 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, adoptive and paternity leave
For a full list of benefits and conditions, please review our job description and person specification and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date for applications: Friday 24 October 2025 at 12pm.
Note: A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies that may arise in the next 12 months in the region.
Other information
* The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.
* Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able 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.
* Enable Ireland reserves the right to change this information prior to appointment.
* Please review Enable Ireland’s External Data Protection Notice for details on how applicant information is processed. If invited for interview, your data may be shared with virtual service providers hosting the interview and the interview panel, in line with our retention policy.
Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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