Support Worker (Relief)

Enable Ireland; Arklow; À distance; EUR 36 000 - 43 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Excellent training opportunities

Generous annual leave

Long service reward scheme

Pay adjusted Maternity/Adoptive/Pater

Résumé du poste

Enable Ireland is seeking a dedicated Support Worker for a relief post in Arklow, Co. Wicklow. The role focuses on assisting individuals with disabilities in daily living, mobility, and participation in activities across day services, community, and online settings.

The successful candidate will help develop training and employment opportunities and promote greater inclusion. The post requires FETAC Level 5 in Social Care (or progress toward it), readiness to start immediately, and a commitment

Qualifications

• FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Social Care or equivalent required.
• Undertaking FETAC Level 5 Certificate with 2–3 modules completed is acceptable.
• Eligible to work in Ireland.
• Experience supporting people with disabilities in employment, voluntary or personal capacity.
• Experience providing personal care to adults.
• Experience in social/leisure settings for adults.
• Experience in community/non-centred settings.
• Basic IT skills.
• Good knowledge of routine vehicle maintenance.
• Experience positioning and clamping wheelchairs in vehicles.

Responsabilités

• Assist with daily living activities and personal care.
• Support access and participation in activities provided by day services, in the community or online.
• Help develop options for training, employment and inclusion in the local community.
• Ensure safety and well-being of individuals and support mobility and independence.

Connaissances

Personal care

Wheelchair handling

IT skills

Vehicle maintenance

Disability support

Formation

FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Social Care

Undertaking FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Social Care (in progress)

Description du poste

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

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, 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 Arklow, Co. Wicklow.

Contract Type: Relief Post.

Salary Scale: The current salary scale for this post is €35,771 - €43,288 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

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

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

Candidates must be available to start immediately.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list.

The successful candidate will have

• FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Social Care or other similar health care area.
• 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.
• 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: 2nd November 2026

Interview date: TBC

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