Support Worker

Fairways Hotel; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlements

Long service reward scheme

Maternity Leave pay adjustment

Adoptive Leave pay adjustment

Paternity Leave pay adjustment

Job summary

Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, invites applications for the role of Support Worker in Dublin South East (CHO6). The post offers permanent contracts with both full-time and part-time hours up to 39 per week.

Salary scales range €35,070–€42,440 pro rata per annum, with increases in 2026 under the WRC agreement. Role involves assisting with daily living, personal care, mobility, and enabling participation in day services, in the community and online.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting people with disabilities.
• Experience providing personal care to adults.
• Experience working in community/non-centred based settings.
• Basic IT skills.
• Good knowledge and experience of routine vehicle maintenance.
• Experience of positioning and clamping wheelchairs and their occupants in vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Service Owner in all aspects of daily living, including personal care and mobility.
• Support access and participation in activities provided by day services, in the community and online/virtually.
• Develop options for training, employment and greater inclusion in the local community.

Skills

Disability support

Personal care

Community work

IT skills

Vehicle maintenance

Wheelchair handling

Education

FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Social Care

FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Social Care – undertaking

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 a highly-motivated Support Workers to join our team in Dublin South East (CHO6). 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: €35,070 - €42,440 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:

Overview of the Post:

The role of the Support Worker is to facilitate the Service Owner in all aspects of daily living, including: assisting with personal care needs, mobility, and supporting access and participation in activities of choice provided by day services, in the community, and online/virtually. The post holder will provide opportunities to help develop a range of options for the individual in areas of training, employment and greater inclusion in their local community.

*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:

• FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Social Care or other similar health care area.

OR

• Be undertaking a FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Social Care or other similar health care area, in which 2-3 relevant modules have already been completed. Candidates will be required to complete the award within the first 3 years of taking up the role.

AND

• Eligible to work in the State.
• Experience of supporting people with disabilities in an employment, voluntary or personal capacity.
• Experience providing personal care to adults.
• Experience working with adults in social/leisure settings.
• Experience of working in community/non-centred based settings.
• Basic IT skills.
• Good knowledge and experience of routine vehicle maintenance.

• Experience of positioning and clamping wheelchairs and their occupants in vehicles.

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: 5th October 2026

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