Adult Support Worker (Newcastle West/Rathkeale)

Enable Ireland; Limerick; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlements

Flexible Working

Long service reward scheme

Pension

Job summary

Enable Ireland in Limerick invites applications for an Adult Support Worker in the Limerick Adult Services. The role works within the adult day service and the service owner’s home to provide personalised supports and assist with personal care, mobility and community access.

The post emphasises person-centred planning, inclusion and opportunities in training and employment, with a 35-hour week and pro rata pay scales.

Qualifications

• QQI Level 5 in Care skills including a module on special needs.
• Minimum 1 year experience with adults with Autism.
• Full clean driver’s licence with no restrictions and willing to drive Enable Ireland vehicles.
• Eligible to work in the state.
• Effective communication skills and good recording practices.
• Knowledge of the social model of disability.
• Good understanding of Adult Protection and Lone working.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team within the adult day service and the service owner’s home, providing personalized supports.
• Assist with personal care needs, mobility and access to services in the community and our virtual day service.
• Support opportunities to develop training, employment and greater inclusion in local communities.

Skills

Effective communication

Recording practices

Social model of disability

Adult protection & Lone working

Education

QQI Level 5 in Care skills (including Special Needs module)

Equivalent Qualification

Job 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 2025.

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 Adult Support Workers to join our team in Limerick Adult Services, West Limerick Hub, Newcastlewest/Rathkeale.

Contract Type: Part Time Permanent Contract

Contract Hours: 35 Hours per week

Salary Scale: €35,070 - €42,440 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

This pay scale is subject to increases in 2026 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.

Annual Leave Entitlement: 30 Days per annum pro rata

Overview of the Post

The role of the Adult Support Worker is to work as part of a team within the adult day service and the service owners own home, providing personalized supports. This will include assisting to personal care needs, mobility, and supporting access to services in their community and on our virtual day service. The post holder will encourage and support opportunities to help develop a range of options for service owners in areas of training, employment and greater inclusion in their local communities.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities

Please See Job Description For Full List

Essential Criteria

• QQI Level 5 in Care skills to include a module on special needs (total 8 modules) or Equivalent Qualification
• Minimum of 1 year's experience working specifically in the specialty of working with adults with Autism.
• To hold a full clean drivers licence with no restrictions and be willing to drive Enable Ireland vehicles
• Must be eligible to work in the state
• Effective communication skills and good recording practices
• Knowledge of social model of disability.
• Good understanding of Adult Protection and Lone working.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of working with adults in a day service setting.
• Experience of working in community setting.
• Knowledge of person centered planning and Key Worker system
• Knowledge of New Directions guidelines

Benefits

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
• Flexible Working
• Long service reward scheme
• Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
• Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
• Pay adjusted Paternity Leave
• Wellbeing benefits
• Pension

For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here:

Closing date for applications

4pm Friday 28th August 2026

Enable Ireland reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; early submission is strongly encouraged.

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.
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