Support Workers, New Residential Service Dundrum, Co Tipperary
We are recruiting Support Workers for our new Children’s
Residential Service
Full time – part time – relief contracts
Retrain Programme also available
Dundrum
What is the Role?
As a Support Worker, you will provide a professional, high quality and safe service to people with additional needs – working as part of a team and in consultation with each service user. You will make sure all of the client’s needs are met in a completely individual way.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The delivery of client care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of Support Plans
- Ensure that practices within the service comply with Resilience’s policies and procedures, to maintain the highest standards
- Liaise with Multi-Disciplinary Teams (‘MDTs’) when required
- Provide support to colleagues within the team setting
- Act as a mentor for new staff and foster a positive learning environment
- Participate in the development and review of risk assessments and report concern
Skills and qualifications
- Previous experience working with children or adults with physical, sensory and intellectual disability
- Experience working with service users with Autism and Epilepsy
- FETAC level 5/Social Care qualification or equivalent
- Completed or be willing to complete a Patient Manual Handling course
- Completed or be willing to complete a Child Protection course
- Eligibility to work in Ireland
- A strong sense of empathy, flexibility and a team-oriented work ethic
- A full drivers licence is essential
What we offer
- An opportunity to develop your career through full induction, training and ongoing development
- Constantly supported by an experienced leadership team with an established track record in this area
- Enjoy excellent rates of pay and paid holiday entitlements
- Make your mark as part of a service that is changing the future of care in Ireland
- Enjoy a personal, one-to-one approach to social care support work
- Bike to Work Scheme
- Earn from our paid Refer-a-Friend scheme
Resilience is proud to be an equal opportunity employer