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, independence, and support for health and well-being.
Description
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 ****
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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 Adult Services Support Worker 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: €34,382 to €41,607 pro rata per annum.
Annual Leave Entitlement: 30 days pro rata per annum and proportionally less for less than 12 months service.
Overview of the Post
Enable Ireland Northeast 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 allow them to live the life they choose in their local community.
The role of Support Worker is to facilitate the person with a disability in all aspects of daily living including assistance with personal and domestic care needs, mobility, accessing services in their community, and support with therapy and other programmes.
The role of the Support Worker is tailored to the requirements of the individual service user and as such will vary from person to person.
Overview of Duties & Responsibilities
Please see Job Description for full list.
The successful candidate will have
Evidence of having completed a relevant Health Skills QQI Level 5 qualification or other relevant Health/Social Care qualification.
Be currently undertaking a relevant Health Skills QQI Level 5 qualification on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) with a commitment to complete the appropriate health skills QQI Level 5 qualification within 2 years of taking up the post.
The Post holder will have previous experience of working with adults with disabilities in the health care sector.
Minimum of 1 year experience of delivering personal care in a health or social care context.
Hold a valid driving licence for within the state / jurisdiction with access to own transport in order to deliver services within the community.
Specific requirements relating to working with individuals e.g. previous experience of working with individuals with Acquired Brain Injury/Epilepsy and/or behaviours of concern.
Experience of supporting people with disabilities in community setting.
If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.
Benefits
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: Monday 12th January, **** @ 12pm.
Application Conditions
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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