Social Care Worker

Fairways Hotel; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlements

Long service reward scheme

Maternity/Adoptive/Paternity Leave

Job summary

Enable Ireland currently seeks highly-motivated Social Care Workers to join our team in Dublin (CHO6). We offer permanent posts with full-time and part-time hours within Sandyford and Dun Laoghaire. Salary scales range €39,160–€54,746 pro rata per annum and include generous leave and training opportunities.

The role focuses on supporting adults with physical, sensory or mild to moderate intellectual disabilities in an Adult Day Service, following individual care plans and daily living activities.

Qualifications

• Hold a professional registration on the Social Care Workers Register (CORU).
• Possess a Schedule 3 qualification or an equivalent recognised by CORU.
• Candidates must have a full, clean driving licence.

Skills

Social care registration

Schedule 3 qualification

Full, clean driving licence

Experience with adults with disabilit

Job description

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 Show more

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 highly-motivated Social Care Workers to join our team in Dublin (CHO6). We havefull-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: €39,160– €54,746 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: 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.

· Experience of working with adults and families with physical/sensory /intellectual disabilities.

· Minimum of 1 year post qualification experience relevant to the role.

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

· Long service reward scheme

· Pay adjusted Maternity Leave

· Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave

· Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer

A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise in 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