Support Worker, Ard Na Mara

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

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Job summary

Enable Ireland is seeking a highly motivated Support Worker to join Adult Respite Services, Ard Na Mara, Ladybridge, Ballyhimkin, Cork. The post offers permanent, temporary, and relief contracts with part-time and variable hours.

Salary scale ranges from €35,070 to €42,440 pro rata per annum, with annual leave and future pay adjustments. The role focuses on person-centred services for children and adults with disabilities and requires a driving licence and Garda vetting as applicable.

Qualifications

• QQI Level 5 Major Award (8 modules) in Social Care or related field.
• Year 1 of a Health and Social Care degree program or similar.
• Full clean manual driving licence and willingness to drive company vehicles.

Skills

Supporting people with disabilities

Behaviours of concern experience

Providing personal care

Basic IT skills

Full Clean Manual Driving Licence

Education

QQI Level 5 Major Award (8 modules) in Social Care/Health related area

Year 1 of Health and Social Care degree program

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 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 Worker to join our team in Adult Respite Services, Ard Na Mara,Ladybridge, Ballyhimkin, Cork.

Contract Type: Permanent, Temporary, Relief

Contract Hours: Part-time and Variable hours

Salary Scale: €35,070 to 42,440 pro rata per annum.

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: 30 days per annum pro-rata and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.

Overview of the Post:

The role of Support worker is to work as part of a dedicated and innovative team to provide person centred services to children and adults with disabilities who attend Enable Ireland Services.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list

The successful candidate will have

• QQI Level 5 Major Award (8 modules) in one of the following:
• Social Care
• Pre Nursing
• Disability Care Skills
• Health related area
• (Individuals with 3 modules completed will be eligible to apply once written commitment given to complete the remainder of the Major Award within 12 months of start date.)
• OR
• OR
• Year 1 of a relevant degree programme in Health and Social Care (such as Social Care, Child Care, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech & Language Therapy)
• AND
• Full Clean Manual Driving Licence and willingness to drive company vehicles.
• AND
• Be eligible to work in the state
• Experience of supporting people with disabilities.
• Experience of working with people with behaviours of concern.
• Experience of providing personal care
• Basic IT skills

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: 26th June 2026 @ 4.30 p.m.

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