Support Worker

Overview

Support Worker (HCA or SCW): Bespoke Day Service, Cork City

Purpose of Role

to provide a range of services to individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities and/or autism. Our day service in Cork provides activities and care for our clients in a person centered and holistic service in partnership with the persons circle of support.

The Company

Barrog Healthcare is a small, private health and social care provider based in Dublin with services nationwide providing residential care and day packages nationwide to enable people who need support across the areas of mental health, disability, aftercare, transitional and mainstream social care. We pride ourselves on working to support and champion both our service user's and staff and welcome applications from any person that feels they would be a good fit within our organisation. The right candidate for this role will strive to enhance the lives of the individuals by promoting their community inclusion and equal citizenship.

Salary

Support Workers - €14.50 to €18.62; Social Care Workers - €16.00 to €20.90

Contract

32 hours a week

Shifts Available

Monday to Thursday - 12 noon to 8 pm

Reporting Relationship

This post will report to the team Lead and Day Service Manager.

Job Title

Support Worker (HCA) or Social Care Worker dependent on qualifications

Probation

6 months

Vetting

All applicants will be subject to reference checks, Garda Vetting and a request to provide security clearance from any country in which they resided for more than 6 months after their 16th birthday.

Benefits

• Competitive starting salary
• Annual pay increments
• Flexibility on working hours
• Sunday overtime rate
• Uniform Provided
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Death in Service Benefit
• Dedicated on-call service for out of hours support for operations
• Promotion and development opportunities
• Support for further education and training
• Access to Cycle to Work Scheme and tax-free bus/Luas/rail/coach tickets
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) 24/7 access to professional counselling, medical, financial and legal advice
• Refer a friend bonus
• Discounted driving lessons

Essential Criteria

Permission to work in Ireland.

For Support Worker roles a minimum of a QQI Level 5 major award (8 components / modules) in Health or Social Care or equivalent is required OR a commitment to complete the major award if some components / modules are already completed.

For Social Care Worker role a minimum of a B.A. in Social Care, QQI Level 7 PLUS registration as a Social Care Worker with CORU by Nov 2025 is required. OR a sufficiently relevant qualification in Social Care or a related field along with registration as a Social Care Worker with CORU by Nov 2025.

Other relevant qualifications which will be relevant to the post applied for - e.g. Nursing, Addiction Studies, Teaching, Accredited Youth Training, Psychology. Other qualifications may be considered in light of service / client group.

Full clean driver's license

Advantageous Qualifications

One year of experience in a healthcare or social care setting. Experience/knowledge of report writing and client support plans.

Candidate Skills / Experience

• The ability to support the client group in a respectful way, always with the client's goals and needs at the centre of every task.
• An understanding of how to prevent and manage challenging behaviour.
• Strong communication & interpersonal skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Comfortable working with essential information technology and providing reports

Main Duties / Responsibilities

• Support service users with an intellectual / physical disability, autism.
• Ensure service users are supported to make sense of their environment, learn new skills and maximise their independence.
• Assist individuals with their daily living activities.
• Support individuals to live a meaningful life, with a priority focus on equal citizenship.
• Facilitate everyone supported by the services to actively participate and integrate into the community.
• Act as an advocate for clients / residents
• Actively promote the participation of clients / residents in the formulation and execution of their care/placement plan.
• Accompany service users to appointments and other events as required
• Assist service users that have reduced mobility.
• Undertake duties as may be assigned by your direct manager/team leader to support the care of service users.
• Manage challenging behaviours, using a positive behaviour support plan.
• Provide reports on client activities to management
• Attend staff meetings and contribute constructively to the ongoing progression/implementation of the care plan.

The above Job Description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

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