Adult Support Worker

3 weeks ago


ennis county monaghan ireland OASIS Group Full time

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.

Skills and attributes
  • Experience of working with adults and families with physical/sensory and intellectual disabilities
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 2024.

Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Bronze 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 Support Worker to join our team in Ennis, Co. Clare.

Contract Type: Full-time Permanent

Salary Scale: The current salary scale for this post is €32,639 to €39,499 pro rata per annum.

Overview of the Post:

The role of the Adult Support Worker will be to provide individualised supports to individuals with a disability to enable them to live the life of their own choosing in accordance with the values of New Directions, which underpin the principles of inclusion, rights, choice, and independence in the community.

The candidate will be working the majority of the time in the day centre as part of the day services team, which will include working one-to-one in the community. They will also provide some additional in-home support in the home setting of those attending our services.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list.

The successful candidate will have:

  • Minimum qualification QQI Level 5 Major award (8 modules) in Social Care/Disability/Care skills or relevant health-related area.
  • (Individuals with 2 modules completed will be eligible to apply once commitment given to complete the remainder of the major award)
  • 1 year's experience working with adults with disabilities.
  • Full clean driver's licence and willingness to drive service transport.
  • Be eligible to work in the state.
  • Basic IT skills.
  • Experience of working with adults in a day service setting.
  • Experience of working in community and in-home settings.
  • Knowledge of person-centered planning and Key Worker system.
  • Knowledge of New Directions guidelines.
  • Have experience supporting a service owner with behaviours that challenge.

If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.

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
  • 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: Friday 3rd January 2pm

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.

Please review the Enable Ireland's External Data Protection Notice available at https://www.enableireland.ie/privacy-policy 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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