Social Care Worker

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 Social Care Worker to join our team in Dublin (CHO6). This is a permanent, full-time post in Sandyford, 39 hours per week.

Contract Type: Permanent Post
Contract Hours: Full Time Post, 39 hours per week.
Salary Scale: €39,160- €54,746 pro rata per annum (subject to Long Service Increments).
Annual Leave Entitlement: 31 days pro rata per annum, proportionate for less than 12 months of service.

Overview of the Post: Work as part of a dedicated and innovative team in an Adult Day Service working with adults with physical and/or sensory or mild to moderate intellectual disabilities. Support individuals accessing the service with all aspects of their daily lives according to their needs and preferences.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities: Please see the attached Job Description for full list of duties.

Qualifications:

• Professional registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU, and a Schedule 3 qualification, or a comparable qualification recognised by the Board.
• Knowledge, skills and suitability to perform the role effectively.
• Annual registration on the Social Care Workers Register upon appointment.
• Experience in developing personal plans, acting as a key worker, delivering personal care, assisting adults with medical needs / administering medication, and engaging in professional supervision.
• Full, clean, manual driving licence.
• Experience working with adults and families with physical, sensory or intellectual disabilities.
• Minimum of 1 year post qualification experience relevant to the role.

Benefits:

• Excellent internal and external training opportunities.
• Generous annual leave entitlements.
• Long service reward scheme.
• Pay adjusted maternity, adoption and paternity leave.

Application Process: To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification and complete the online application form; CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications: 25th June 2026
Interview date for successful applications: TBC

Note: 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, individual feedback will not be provided to applicants who are not shortlisted. 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. The external data protection notice can be found at Invite for interview will involve sharing personal data with any virtual service provider used to host the interview and with the interview panel, retained in line with our retention policy.

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer.