Social Care Worker

Job Posted: 5th February, 2025
Employers Details
Company/Organisation Name: St. Michael’s House
Contact Person: Jennifer Coughlan
Phone: 0861370841
Email: Jennifer.Coughlan@smh.ie
Company logo:
Job Details: Social Care Worker Day and Residential Services
Job Title: Social Care Worker
Job Location: Greater Dublin Area
Responsibilities include:
- Delivering a quality service and ensuring professional standards are maintained in accordance with national and local requirements.
- Work within current legislation and policies, procedures, guidelines and protocols as laid down by the employer and support staff to ensure they are aware and adhere to same.
- Promote the rights of each person within the service and create a human rights based culture within the service.
- Co-operate with external monitoring and statutory inspections and implement their recommendations.
- Liase with parents and families as required
Criteria:
Essential Qualifications Required (one of the below):
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care Practice
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Care
- QQI Level 7 Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies (Disability) – Open Training College
- Level 7 award in Social Care/Studies delivered by an Institute of Technology, DIT or National University of Ireland;
- And/or be in the process of being CORU registered or fully registered as a Social Care Worker
- Essential:
- Previous experience of supporting individuals with intellectual disability.
- Have experience of working as part of a team.
- Experience implementing positive behaviour support plans
- Have experience of a key working role focusing on promoting independence and community integration.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Eligible to work in Ireland
- Desirable:
- A full clean driver’s licence and be willing to drive as part of your role.
Salary: Successful candidates will be paid in line with HSE revised consolidated October 2024 Social Care Worker pay scale point 1: €38,951 – point 12: €54,989 per annum (based on working a 39-hour week).
Should you have no prior public sector experience you will be placed on point 1 of the pay-scale above.
Benefits:
- HSE Pay Scale (incremental*)
- Premium Payments
- Sick Pay Scheme
- Paid Maternity Leave
- Pension
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Generous Annual Leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Training / CPD
- Career Progression
Any Other Information:
*Closing Date: 28th February 2025
*How to Apply/Contact Details: https://www.rezoomo.com/job/75348/
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