Support Worker (Lavanagh House)

Enable Ireland; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 36,000 - 43,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlements

Long service reward scheme

Maternity Leave

Paternity Leave

Adoptive Leave

Job summary

Enable Ireland is seeking a highly-motivated Support Worker to join Lavanagh House Children’s Respite service in Cork. The role focuses on providing person-centred care to children with disabilities, in day and night respite settings, on a relief contract with variable hours.

The successful candidate will hold QQI Level 5 Major Award in Social Care or an equivalent qualification, have a valid driving license, be eligible to work in Ireland, and bring experience in disability support and personal

Qualifications

• QQI Level 5 Major Award in Social Care or Pre Nursing with 8 modules incl. disability studies or challenging behaviour.
• Comparable SNA qualification accepted.
• Year 1 of a relevant degree in Health and Social Care (e.g. Social Care, Child Care, Nursing, OT, PT).
• Full clean manual driving license and willingness to drive company vehicles.
• Be eligible to work in the state.
• Experience of supporting people with disabilities.
• Experience with behaviours of concern.
• Experience providing personal care.
• Basic IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred services to children with disabilities.
• Work as part of a dedicated team at Lavanagh House to deliver respite services.

Skills

QQI Level 5 Major Award

Disability studies

SNA qualification

Driving licence

Experience with disabilities

Behaviours of concern

Personal care

Basic IT skills

Education

QQI Level 5 Major Award in Social Care

Year 1 of Health/Social Care degree

Comparable SNA qualification

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

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 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

The successful candidate will have

• QQI Level 5 Major Award in one of the following:
  • Social Care
  • Pre Nursing
• (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
• 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: Thursday 5th November 2026 before noon

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