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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 highly-motivated Support Workers to join our team in Co. Kerry.
Contract Type: Specified Purpose
Contract Hours: 39 hours per week
Salary Scale: €32,639 to €39,499 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments)
Annual Leave Entitlement: 10.7% of hours worked
Overview Of The Post
To provide support to adult service owners to enable them to participate in their community, increase their own personal independence, achieve person centred goals and facilitate inclusion. The support worker will provide practical, personal and social support to the individuals and group they work with.
Overview Of Duties & Responsibilities
Working under the direction of the Adult Services Centre Co-ordinator to provide person-centred support to those who use our service.
Working in partnership with service owners to facilitate their active involvement in the development and achievement of personal and group goals.
Assisting with all activities of daily living; personal care, showering, session support, driving/escort duties and dealing with any other special needs of service Owners.
Assisting with transport needs by being available to drive service or Service owner's vehicles.
Develop, Participate and contribute to the Person Centred Planning and key working Process in line with the national New Directions Policy and Guidelines.
Working as part of the staff team to contribute to the development and delivery of a variety of programmes which empower service owners to be effective in their personal and family lives, in their working lives and in their community and leisure pursuits.
Please See Job Description For Full List
The successful candidate will have
Essential Criteria
Qualification in relevant Health Care/Social Care (Fetac level 5 or equivalent)
Minimum of 1 years' experience working in the Disability Sector.
Experience of working with Adults with Physical, sensory and neurological disabilities.
Experience & ability to support an individual with personal/intimate care needs
Experience & ability to support individuals with Eating Drinking and swallowing needs.
Full Clean drivers Licence
Knowledge of Person Centred Approaches
Desirable Criteria
3 years' experience of working within the disability sector.
Knowledge of Social Role Valorisation theory of practice
Knowledge of Enable Ireland Services and strategic priorities.
If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.
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
For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here:
Closing date for applications: Friday 15th August 2025.
A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.
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.
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