Community & Residential Rehabilitation Assistant in Mountbolus

About the Role

As a Rehabilitation Assistant, you will play a key part in supporting adults with an acquired brain injury to live with greater independence, confidence, and autonomy. Working as part of a dedicated interdisciplinary team, you will help persons served build daily living skills, engage in meaningful activities, and work toward their personal rehabilitation goals. This role is a hands-on, varied, and deeply rewarding – every day you will contribute to creating a safe, supportive, person-centred environment where individuals are empowered to make choices and participate fully in their community.

Our Community Rehabilitation Assistants deliver one-to-one support in people's homes and local environments.

Our Residential Rehabilitation Assistants deliver support within our dedicated residential settings.

We have multiple contracts available:

• Permanent, Full-Time, 39 hours per week - Community Rehabilitation Assistant
• Specified Purpose, Full-Time, 39 hours per week - Residential Rehabilitation Assistant
• Specified Purpose, Part-Time, 18.5 hours per week - Residential Rehabilitation Assistant

What You'll Be Doing:

• Build respectful, trusting relationships and offer consistent support
• Help create and guide personalised rehabilitation plans
• Encourage independence through daily living skills, personal care, and goal-focused activities
• Identify additional support needs for the person served
• Encourage family, personal and neighbourhood relationships and interactions
• Feeding back to the clinical and management team throughout the rehabilitation journey
• Play a key role in case coordination for supporting consistency in rehabilitation review meetings
• Adhere to professional standards, policies, and procedures
• Assist persons served with budgeting, money management and disability benefits where applicable in line with Organisational policy
• Work closely with the team, attend meetings, and keep progress updated on IPlanit

Requirements

We’re seeking a person-centred candidate who is compassionate, reliable and genuinely motivated by supporting others to achieve their goals. You will thrive in this role if you are patient, adaptable, and comfortable working independently in community setting.

You will have strong communication skills with an ability to build trust and support people at their own pace. You will have a problem-solving mindset and a commitment to supporting people to make choices, develop skills, and participate fully in their communities. If you value meaningful connections, empower others to lead fulfilling lives, and want to be part of a supportive team - this could be the perfect role for you.

Must Haves:

• Relevant Health or Social Care qualification to a QQI Level 5 or higher
• Full driving licence
• Person-centred values
• Strong communication skills - be able to engage compassionately, clearly and confidently in spoken and written English
• Confident using basic IT systems to stay connected and organised

Great to Have:

• Experience in Residential or Community settings
• Background in Disability or Illness support

Details

Location: Mountbolus, County Offaly

Salary: €31,550–€45,381 per year

Closing date: 13 Nov 2026

How to Apply

Please apply by 5pm on 13th November 2026. For a full list of benefits, please download a copy of the full job description below. You're welcome to get in touch with informal queries by emailing the Hiring Manager.

Gene Vickers - Local Service Manager - [email protected]