Residential Support Worker

Enable Ireland; Ireland; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent 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

Job summary

Enable Ireland is recruiting a Residential Support Worker for night duty (sleepover) in Limerick. The role involves lone working in a home setting to support a person with physical disabilities, with morning and evening teamwork to prepare for daily activities.

Salary is €35,771–€43,288 pro rata per annum, with 30 days annual leave pro rata. The position offers full-time permanent contract and a 13-hour shift pattern from 9:00pm to 10:00am.

Qualifications

• Minimum QQI Level 5 Certificate in Social Care or relevant health-related area.
• Full clean driver’s licence and willingness to drive service transport.
• 1 year+ experience working with adults with disabilities.
• Good IT skills.
• Immediate eligibility to work in the state.
• Good understanding of Adult Protection and Lone working.

Responsibilities

• Provide night support to an individual with physical disabilities, enabling independence and safety.
• Lone working with one service owner in their home, with team support in mornings/evenings to prepare for daily activities.

Skills

QQI Level 5

Social Care

Driver’s licence

Immediate work eligibility

IT skills

Education

QQI Level 5 Certificate in Social Care

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 2026.

Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, 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 Residential Support Worker- Night Duty (Sleepover) to join our team in Limerick Adult Services, Castletroy, Limerick.

Contract Type: Full Time Permanent Contract

Contract Hours: This role operates on a 13-hour shift pattern consisting of 5 working hours plus an 8-hour sleepover premium, from 9:00pm to 10:00am.

Successful candidates may work up to 91 hours per fortnight, based on a roster of 7 x 13-hour shifts over the two-week period.

Salary Scale: €35,771 - €43,288 pro rata per annum.

Annual Leave Entitlement: 30 Days per annum pro rata

Overview of the Post:

The role of the Residential Support Worker will be to provide night support to an individual with physical disabilities to enable them to live the life of her own choosing in accordance with the values of New Directions, which underpin the principles of inclusion, rights, choice and independence in the community while also ensuring their safety.

The candidate will be lone working with one service owner in their new home in a community setting and also as part of a team in the mornings and evenings to support and assist service owner to get ready for their daily activities.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please See Job Description For Full List

Essential Criteria:

• Minimum qualification QQI Level 5 Certificate in Social Care, or relevant heath related area
• Full clean driver’s licence and willingness to drive service transport.
• 1 years’ experience working with adults with disabilities
• Good IT skills.
• Immediate eligibility to work in the state
• Good understanding of Adult Protection and Lone working.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience working with adults in a residential service setting.
• Experience of working in community setting.
• Experience lone working.
• Experience working with people with physical disabilities.
• Knowledge of New Directions guidelines

Benefits

• 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: 4pm Friday 20thNovember 2026

Informal Queries by email to Katie Shinners CNM2 [e-mail]

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