Support Worker (Lavanagh House)

Enable Ireland; Cork; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlements

Flexible Working

Long service reward scheme

Pension

Job summary

Enable Ireland is seeking a Relief Support Worker for Lavanagh House Children’s Respite in Cork. The role involves delivering person-centred care to children with disabilities, working flexibly across day and night respite services as part of a dedicated team.

Essential criteria include a QQI Level 5 Major Award or Year 1 in Health & Social Care, a full driving licence, and eligibility to work in Ireland. Benefits include training and generous leave entitlements, with a closing date of 19

Qualifications

• QQI Level 5 Major Award in Healthcare Support, Social Care, Pre Nursing or Childcare.
• Year 1 of Health & Social Care degree as pathway to a relevant qualification.
• Full Clean Manual Driving Licence and willingness to drive company vehicles.
• Be eligible to work in the state.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred services to children with disabilities in the Lavanagh House respite setting.
• Work as part of a dedicated team to support children with disabilities and families.

Education

QQI Level 5 Major Award (Healthcare Support / Social Care / Pre Nursing / Childcare)

Year 1 of Health & Social Care degree

Tools

Full Clean Driving License

Job 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 2026.

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 a highly-motivated Support Worker to join our team in Childrens Respite, Lavanagh House, Currraheen, Cork.

Contract details

• Contract Type: Relief
• Contract Hours: Variable Hours
• Salary Scale: The current salary scale for this post is €35,771 (€17.64/hour) – €43,288 (€21.35/hour) pro rata per annum.
• Annual Leave Entitlement: 10.7% of hours worked for variable hours contracts

Overview of the Post

Lavanagh house Children’s Respite service provides services to children with disabilities in the Cork area in active partnership and in line with the needs and wishes of the child and family. Enable Ireland respite services are committed to working in partnership with service users and families in the planning, delivery and evaluation of all services. Lavanagh house provides planned short term respite care, both day and night, where children will be grouped together by age and interest. The role of Support worker is to work as part of a dedicated and innovative team to provide person centred services to children with disabilities who attend Enable Ireland Services.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities

Please See Job Description For Full List

Essential Criteria

• QQI Level 5 Major Award in one of the following:
  • Healthcare Support
  • Social Care
  • Pre Nursing
  • Childcare (8 modules to include one module on special needs/disability studies/challenging behaviour or a commitment to complete one of these modules within 6-months of commencement)
• OR
• A comparable SNA Qualification
• 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 License and willingness to drive company vehicles.
• AND
• Be eligible to work in the state

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of supporting people with disabilities.
• Experience of working with people with behaviours of concern.
• Experience of providing personal care.
• Basic IT skills

Benefits

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

Closing date for applications

Thursday 19th November 2026 before noon

Additional information

• 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.
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