Support Worker

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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 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 Worker to 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.

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.

Please see Job Description for full list.

Essential Criteria

• QQI Level 5 Major Award in one of the following:
• Healthcare Support
• Social Care
• Pre Nursing
• Childcare

(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

A comparable SNA Qualification

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

• 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

Closing date for applications: Sunday 14th September 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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