Job Title: Care Worker
Closing Date: 10/1/2025
Location: Ivy Court, Ennis, Co Clare
Job Type: Specific Purpose
Job Hours: Full Time (30 Hours)
We are an independent voluntary organisation providing services and support for people with disabilities and their families for more than 70 years. Our work positively impacts the lives of over 10,000 people with disabilities, equipping them with the confidence, skills, and self-belief to achieve their expressed goals.
Job Purpose:
To provide a personal care service to individuals with Intellectual Disability and Mental Health Difficulties within a residential service setting, in an environment which values and respects the individual, fosters a positive behavioral support approach to supporting people with challenging behaviors, and promotes community-based living, personal development, and social inclusion.
Minimum Education & Experience Required:
* Minimum of QQI Level 5 in Health & Social Care, or equivalent.
* Training in responses to behavior that challenges and medication management.
* Experience working in a residential setting.
* Skills and knowledge in the areas of Intellectual Disability, Epilepsy, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
* A champion of Person Centred Planning and Individual Action Plans.
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
* Promote and actively engage in teamwork, creating a nurturing and supportive environment for the service user.
* Provide personal assistance in all aspects of personal care and manual handling, ensuring comfort and hygiene of service users while adhering to safe practice and risk assessments at all times.
* Ensure that all interactions with service users are approached with dignity, respect, equality, and incorporate choice.
Additional Requirements:
* Full Clean Driver's Licence is essential.
* Ability to work effectively in a team providing person-centered support for service users.
* Ability to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of service users at all times.
* Adherence to all policies and procedures.
Benefits:
* Company Pension Scheme
* Educational leave
* 27 days annual leave
* Bike to work scheme
* Income protection
* Unpaid leave
* Health and Wellbeing programme
* Digital Doctor
* Financial support for studying and study leave
* Long Service Reward Scheme
* Sick leave
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
*Rewarding Career *Career with meaning *Attractive benefits *Work-life balance
Closing Date: Please submit your application by 10/01/2025.
To view the full extensive job description, please visit our company site at www.rehab.ie/careers and download the attachment at the bottom of the job page.
These duties and responsibilities reflect the present service requirements and may be subject to review and amendment to meet the changing needs of the services.
The Rehab Group is an equal opportunity employer.
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