Social Care Worker

Enable Ireland; Dublin; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training opportunities

Generous annual leave

Long service reward scheme

Maternity Leave pay

Adoptive Leave pay

Paternity Leave pay

Job summary

Enable Ireland is seeking motivated Social Care Workers to join teams in Dublin South, with full-time and part-time posts available in Sandyford and Dun Laoghaire. A full, clean manual class B license is required, and ongoing CORU registration is expected.

Competitive salary supports development and progression. Role includes supporting adults with disabilities, delivering personal care, administering medication when needed, and contributing to personal plans within a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Experience in contributing to personal plans and as a key worker.
• Experience delivering personal care.
• Experience assisting adults with medical needs/ administering medication.
• Annual registration on CORU Social Care Workers Register.

Responsibilities

• Support adults with daily living within a quality framework.
• Act as key worker and contribute to personal plans.
• Deliver personal care and assist with medical needs as required.
• Engage in professional supervision and maintain registrations.

Skills

Social care exp

Driver's licence

CORU registration knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Schedule 3 qualification

Job description

Who We Are

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, indep

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, indep

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 is an equal opportunities employer. We strongly advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.

We are currently seeking highly-motivated Social Care Workers to join our teams in Dublin South. We have full-time and part-time opportunities within our teams in Sandyford and Dun Laoghaire.

Contract Type: Permanent Posts.

Contract Hours: Full time and part time hours considered up to 39 per week.

Salary Scale: €39,943- €55,841 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments)

Annual Leave Entitlement: 31 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.

Overview of the Post

To work as part of a dedicated and innovative team in an Adult Day Service working with Adults with physical and/or sensory or mild to moderate Intellectual disabilities, within a quality framework. The post holder will support the individuals accessing the service with all aspects of their daily lives in accordance with their individual needs and preferences.

*Please note that you must hold a full, clean, manual class B driver's licence to be eligible for this role. You will be required to present evidence of this and your qualifications before being invited to interview*

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities

Please see Job Description for full list of duties.

The successful candidate will have:

• 1. Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.
• Hold a professional registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU.
• AND
• Have a Schedule 3 qualification.
• OR
• Have a comparable qualification recognised by Social Care Workers Registration Board.
• AND
• Candidates must have the knowledge, skills, and suitability required to perform the role effectively.
• 2. Annual Registration
• On appointment, practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU.
• 3. Additional Criteria:
• Experience in contributing to the development of personal plans.
• Experience and knowledge of the role of a key worker.
• Experience of delivering personal care.
• Experience of assisting adults with medical needs/ administering medication.
• Experience of engaging in professional supervision.
• Eligible to work in the State.
• Possess a full, clean, manual driving licence - you will be asked to provide proof of this prior to interview.
• Experience of working with adults and families with physical/sensory /intellectual disabilities.
• Minimum of 1 year post qualification experience relevant to the role.

Benefits

• Excellent internal and external training opportunities
• Generous annual leave entitlements
• Long service reward scheme
• Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
• Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
• Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

Closing date for applications: 25th November 2026

Interview date for successful applications: TBC

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.
• Please review the Enable Ireland’s External Data Protection Notice available at https://www.enableireland.ie/privacy-policy for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant’s personal information. Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with: 1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and 2) the interview panel (if applicable). Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer