(15h Left) Team Leader

Brothers of Charity Services Ireland offers a variety of residential, day, respite, assessment, and clinical services to individuals with varying degrees of intellectual disability. Many of the people we support have additional needs, including autism, behaviours that challenge, and physical or sensory disabilities. Services and supports are provided to over 6,500 people, and their families, throughout Counties Clare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Limerick, Roscommon, Tipperary, Wexford and Wat

Skills and attributes

- Intellectual Disability experience
- Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
- excellent teamwork skills

Description

Brothers of Charity Services Ireland – West Region

Bruach na Mara Services, Connemara, Co. Galway

Job Ref: 86994

A panel may be formed as a result of this process from which subsequent appointments within the Bruach Na Mara Services may be made over the next 6 months.

Location:

The Brothers of Charity Services in South Connemara are a community based service. The vision of the service is to support people with intellectual disabilities to achieve a full and valued life in their community. Our focus is to form a relationship / partnership with each individual and their family to support people to be valued citizens in their local community and to have ordinary life experiences. We wish to create opportunities for people supported by the service to have valued social roles in their communities and to have the chance to form real friendships.

We wish to recruit an innovative, creative, motivated, visionary person who will relish the opportunity to assist in achieving this vision. We are looking for an individual who will be flexible and adapt to the needs of particular individuals they support and are open to change and aim to provide a safe, secure environment where individuals will participate in community and leisure activities, make choices and enjoy a lifestyle that fulfils their potential and expectations with opportunity for new experiences.

The Role:

The Team Leader will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the service and will provide leadership and supervision at a local level, ensuring the service delivered is person centred. It is the Team Leader’s responsibility to ensure that the life of each person reflects the organisations’ core values and the personal outcome measures.

- Dignity and respect
- Sharing ordinary places
- Growing in relationships
- Making a contribution

The successful candidate for the role will initially be assigned to a residential service in the local community in the South Connemara region, however this work location is subject to change in accordance with service needs.

Reporting/Responsible To:

Qualifications/Experience/Skills:

A recognised professional qualification as follows:

- A management qualification is also desirable.

- The successful candidate will possess a minimum of 3 years’ experience of working with people with an intellectual disability. They will also have experience of behaviours that challenge and complex needs, goal setting and programme implementation.

- The successful candidate must have experience of managing and supervising a staff team and be up to date with current policy and legislation relevant to intellectual disability services.

- Proficiency in the Irish Language. However, if you are not proficient in the Irish language, the services will support you to develop your proficiency with Irish language classes.

- A full clean manual Driving Licence, which qualifies you to drive manual transmission vehicles on Irish Roads and use of your own car is an essential requirement.

- Candidates must demonstrate leadership, management and planning skills as well as the ability to set goals, implement and review.

- Candidates must have the ability to exercise good judgement, discretion and confidentiality, to communicate effectively in both written and verbal forms and co-operate in a team environment with a person-centred philosophy.

Working Hours:

Contracted hours will be based on a 7-day duty roster and will depend on the grade of the successful candidate i.e. 78 hours a fortnight (SC grade) 75 hours a fortnight (CNM1 grade). In addition a sleep-in and/or night duty commitment is a requirement of the post for which the appropriate allowance will be paid. An ‘On Call’ commitment will be required and flexibility around this will be expected in order to meet service needs.

The Brothers of Charity model of service is based on Personal Outcome Measures requiring employees to be flexible in their working hours to provide a quality service delivery for each individual.

Leave will be granted according to the agreed leave assigned to the grade of the successful candidate i.e. CNM1 or Social Care Leader

Remuneration:

Based on the salary scale attached to the grade of the successful candidates i.e. CNM1 or Social Care Leader

This post is Permanent full-time and pensionable.

A probationary period of nine months from the date of appointment applies to the post. The employment may be terminated at any time during the probationary period should the employer find that the appointee is unsuitable to continue employment. The probation period may be extended at the Employer’s discretion.

To view full job description please see attached.

Informal enquiries to Jennifer O’ Connell, Acting Area Manager or Hannah Ward, Service Coordinator on 091 721536

Closing Date for receipt of completed Application Forms/CV on-line is 5pm on Monday 27th October 2025.

Interviews to take place on November 2025

The Brothers of Charity Services Ireland is an equal opportunities employer

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