Care Assistant

Rezoomo; Bray; On-site; EUR 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunbeam House Services in Bray, County Wicklow, is seeking a Care Assistant for a Day Service setting. You will support clients to achieve personal outcomes and develop positive roles within residential services and the community. Working hours are Monday to Friday.

Key duties include promoting person-centered care, protecting client rights, and helping clients build life skills and independence through activities like cooking and budgeting.

Qualifications

• QQI Level 5 in healthcare or foreign equivalent (validated by QQI)
• A passion for promoting and empowering those you support
• Legal right to work in Ireland

Responsibilities

• facilitate and implement person-centred approach for clients according to their wishes and goals
• promote and protect the rights and dignity of people in their care
• actively seek new interests and opportunities for people to develop meaningful roles in their communities
• ensure overall wellbeing of clients including health and personal care
• assist in teaching life skills in cooking, budgeting, cleaning and building confidence

Skills

Teamwork

Social Care

Education

QQI Level 5 HealthCare

Job description

Sunbeam House Services (SHS) take pride in supporting people with intellectual disabilities and complex needs to have choice and control over their lives.We offer a range of supports tailored to individual needs.We are a rights-based organisation and recognise that every person we support is unique and a valued member of society.

Skills and attributes

• Teamwork
• Social Care

Description

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Care Assistant to join our services in a Day Service setting in Bray, County Wicklow. As a Care Assistant, you will be involved in supporting clients to achieve their personal outcomes to build on their potential and to develop positive roles within their residential service and community. Working hours will be Monday to Friday.

Key Responsibilities:

• To facilitate and implement a person-centered approach for our clients appropriate to their wishes and goals
• To promote and protect the rights of people in a manner that respects their dignity, their right to make choices and their privacy
• To actively seek new interests and opportunities for people to develop meaningful roles in their communities
• To ensure the overall wellbeing of clients in all areas of their lives including health and personal care
• To assist in the teaching of life skills in cooking, budgeting, cleaning & building confidence

Requirements: Applicants must hold a minimum of Major QQI level 5 in healthcare or foreign equivalent (validated by QQI)

Applicants must have:

• A passion for promoting and empowering those you support
• A team player wiling to lone work as well as working as part of a team
• A knowledge of the HIQA standards and relevant legislation
• Hold a full driving licence and have access to a car
• Post qualification experience of working with adults with intellectual disability is desirable
• A legal right to work in Ireland

Salary Scale: Successful candidates will be paid as per the HSE consolidated pay scales in line with required qualifications and relevant experience.

Short listing of candidates will apply.

Sunbeam House Services is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Sunbeam House Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer