Social Care Assistant

Overview

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Permanent posts - Monday to Friday service - Monday to Fridays after school with 2.30 to 6.30. Reference Number 2025-193.

About the service

Children's Connect Service is an exciting development in the support and provision of service to families and children with intellectual disability and /or Autism and other identified additional needs in County Mayo. The service will be working in partnership with the HSE Progressing Children\'s Disability Network Teams and will seek to support the delivery of priorities for families around the need for a flexible approach to respite and community-based supports. The service will also work collaboratively with both the Western Care Children\'s centre-based respite services and Home-Share service offered to children, which are all an integral part of a suite of respite services offered by the organisation.

The Community based Support Worker role is to provide flexible community-based respite support to high priority families identified through the county-wide respite referral forum and through WCA admission criteria, as having urgent and severe need for respite-type breaks. The support will be based within the community, offering a range of flexible supports which can include after-school support, community access and evening support. The purpose of the support is to provide a reasonable break for the parent(s) to enable them to continue to support their child or children successfully within their home. The role is flexible and covers the whole of the county. The role may be flexible over a 6-day period including Saturdays and may include emergency supports in exceptional and negotiated circumstances.

As part of the role you may liaise directly with WCA Children\'s service team and HSE CDNT teams and with TUSLA and CAMHS teams where and when appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and participate in the local service planning process and the creative development and ongoing changing needs of the service.
• Provide personal care and support to service users where required.
• Ensure a safe place of work, incorporating Western Care Association\'s Dignity at Work Policy and Health & Safety requirement.
• To promote safety in all environments, in line with the Association\'s practices.
• Use positive approaches to support people who may have challenging behaviour in line with Organisational practice.

Qualifications

• No minimum qualifications required for Social Care Assistant positions
• Knowledge and experience of supporting individuals with Intellectual disability and /or Autism is essential
• An understanding of person and family centred approach is essential
• Previous experience working with young people preferable
• Good communication skills, managing time effectively and timely record keeping are essential
• A knowledge of working in partnership with families is desirable
• Experience of working in partnership as part of a team and with other agencies is desirable
• Flexibility in relation to working hours and location
• Good knowledge of IT skills is preferred

Other requirements

• Full driver\'s license is essential
• All applicants will be subject to Irish Garda Vetting & Reference checks
• All applicants from Countries outside the E.U. will be required to provide relevant work authorization to take up employment in Republic of Ireland. This must be submitted along with Application
• All applicants will be required to access Overseas Police Clearance if they have lived outside of the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland more than 6 months since the age of 18 years

Employment benefits

• Competitive salary
• Pension and Life Insurance Scheme
• Annual leave in excess of statutory entitlement
• Premiums including anti-social payments on residential rosters
• Dedicated learning and development
• Flexible working opportunities
• Staff initiatives e.g. Employee Assistance Programme, Bike-to-Work Scheme
• Sick pay scheme

Salary

Social Care Assistant Pay Scale (Scale Range €31,278 to €43,407 per annum) – based on full time working hours (39 hours per week)

Eligibility and process

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Job details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Other
• Industries: Individual and Family Services

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