Support Worker

Cork, Ireland
Full time, Part-time
Closing date: August 22, 2025 11:00 AM
Who We Are
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, indep
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, indep
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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 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 Support Workerto join our team in Cork (Adult Residential Services, St Laurence's Lota Park, Glanmire, Cork)
Contract Type:
Permanent, temporary and relief contracts available
Contract Hours:
Full time (39 hours per week), Part-Time & Relief
Salary Scale: €32,639 – €39,499
pro rata per annum.
This pay scale is subject to increases in 2025 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations
Annual Leave Entitlement
: 30 days per annum pro-rata, and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.
Overview of the Post:
The role of Support Worker is to work as part of a dedicated and innovative team to provide person centred services to children and adults with disabilities who attend Enable Ireland Services.
Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:
Please see Job Description for full list
The successful candidate will have
· QQI Level 5 Major Award in one of the following:
o Social Care
o Pre Nursing
(8 modules to include one module on special needs/disability studies/challenging behaviour or a commitment to complete one of these modules within 6-months of commencement)
OR
OR
· Year 1 of a relevant degree programme in Health and Social Care (such as Social Care, Child Care, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech & Language Therapy)
AND
· Full Clean Manual Driving Licence and willingness to drive company vehicles.
AND
· Be eligible to work in the state
· Experience of supporting people with disabilities.
· Experience of working with people with behaviours of concern.
· Experience of providing personal care
· Basic IT skills
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: 22nd August at 12pm
A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.
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The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.
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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.
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Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.
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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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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 polic
Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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