What is the Position?
You will be a full-time permanent Senior Support Worker at our residential centre in Nass reporting directly to the Service Manager.
What is the Role?
As a Senior 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, and as an ambassador of Resilience’s values, you will represent:
Best Quality – providing best-in-class care always.
Individuality – applying a person-centred approach to meet each individual’s abilities, needs and challenges.
Empowerment – helping all our service-users live their very best life and achieve their optimal potential.
Location: Naas, Co Kildare
Hours of work: Full time hours
What Will Your Responsibilities Be?
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 direction and support to junior members of staff and assist the team leader in the overall management of services
Act as a mentor for new staff and foster a positive learning environment;
Participate in the development and review of risk assessments and report concerns.
What is Required?
You will have:
Minimum of 2 years previous experience working with 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;
Eligibility to work in Ireland;
A strong sense of empathy, flexibility and a team-oriented work ethic.
A Full Drivers Licence is desirable.
How Will You Benefit?
This is your opportunity to:
Develop your career through full induction, training and ongoing development.
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.
Benefit from the full support of management.
Earn from our paid Refer-a-Friend scheme.
To Apply:
Please Email: careers@resilience.ie
or
Contact Carol Cosgrave on 086 0321455 for further information.
Closing date for applications is Friday 13th May.