Social Care Worker (St Laurence)

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 Social Care Worker to join our team in St Laurence, Lota Park, Glanmire, Cork.

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: Part time, 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €39,160 to €54,746 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments)

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: 31/32/34 (depending on experience)

Overview of the Post

To work as part of the team in St Laurence (Adult Residential Services) and to support the Person in Charge in providing a quality service to adults with disabilities availing of services. Assisting Service Owners to plan for and direct their supports to meet their personal goals and to support Service Owners in making connections within their local community.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities

Please see Job Description for full list

Requirements

The successful candidate will have

Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.

1. Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability, including a high standard of suitability, for the proper discharge of the role

2. Annual registration

On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU.

• Experience in contributing to the development of personal plans
• Has experience and knowledge of the role of a key worker
• Experience of delivering personal care to adults
• Experience of assisting adults with medical needs/ administering medication
• Experience of engaging in professional supervision
• Experience of working with adults with disabilities including physical/intellectual/ ASD/behaviours of concern
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience in taking leadership in the development of personal plans
• Experience in responding to complaints

If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.

Benefits

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

To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications: Monday 29th June 2026 before noon

• 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 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