Social Care Worker

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

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Generous annual leave

Long service reward

Maternity leave

Adoptive leave

Paternity leave

Job summary

Enable Ireland in Wicklow (CHO6) seeks a motivated Social Care Worker to join our team at Silverpine House, Bray. Full-time, part-time and relief posts are available, with 39 hours per week on a roster and pro rata salary.

You will work with children and adults with physical, sensory, or intellectual disabilities, providing respite and holiday breaks within a quality framework and adhering to CORU registration and vetting requirements as applicable.

Qualifications

• Hold CORU registration and renew annually.
• Experience delivering personal care.
• Experience administering medications for children.
• Knowledge of the role of a key worker.
• Experience contributing to development of personal plans.
• Full, clean driving licence.
• Eligible to work in Ireland.
• Experience with children and families with disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a dedicated community-based team.
• Provide respite and holiday breaks for children with disabilities.
• Support families within a quality framework.
• Contribute to development and review of care plans.
• Attend professional supervision as required.

Skills

CORU registration

Personal care

Medication administration

Key worker knowledge

Developing personal plans

Driving licence

Work eligibility

Disabilities experience

Post-qualification experience

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

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 Social Care Worker to join our team in Wicklow (CHO6). We have full-time, part time and relief opportunities within our teams in Silverpine House, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

Contract Type: Full Time, Part Time and Relief posts

Contract Hours: Full-Time Post, 39 hours per week. (169 hours per month worked on a weekly roster basis). Relief posts are not allocated set hours.

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 a community-based house providing respite and holiday breaks for children with physical and/or sensory disabilities or mild to moderate intellectual disabilities, within a quality framework.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list of duties.

The successful candidate will have:

• Hold a professional registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU. This must be renewed annually.
• Candidates must have the knowledge, skills, and suitability required to perform the role effectively.

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 children with medical needs/ administering medication.
• Experience of engaging in professional supervision.
• Possess a full, clean driving licence.
• Eligible to work in the State.
• Experience of working with children 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

Closing date for applications: 16th October 2026

Interview date for successful applications: TBC

• 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