** Open Day - Care Assistants & Healthcare Assistants & Relief Positions** in Dublin

About the Role

Peamount Healthcare is seeking caring, compassionate, and dedicated individuals to join their team as Care Assistants & Healthcare Assistants. The role involves assisting and supporting the staff team in providing residential care, respite, educational, development, meaningful activities, and training services for residents with an intellectual disability. The successful candidate will be required to work within the guidelines of both HIQA and New Directions, as indicated by the service.

Duties include:

• Support staff in facilitating the development of interpersonal relationships in each service, both within Peamount Healthcare and the wider community.
• Enable the service users to value themselves and enhance their feelings of self-worth and individuality.
• Care for the day-to-day needs of the service users in the service, including personal care, meal preparation, and supporting service users on holidays.
• Engage in training and skill progression in line with changing needs of service users.
• Attend Safe Administration of Medication (SAM) training to support service users with medication administration.
• Facilitate service users to use their leisure time tailored to their needs, with an emphasis on community integration.
• Support the resident in planning and engaging with meaningful activities, in accordance with their wishes and ability.
• Empowering residents to partake in planning by facilitating house meetings.
• Support residents with their religious and spiritual needs.
• Contribute to goals and completion of the personal support plan.
• Work positively and constructively with service users who present with behaviours that challenge.
• Use of person first language in verbal and written communication.
• Work with and liaise with all grades of staff in your assigned centre and other centres. Support staff and ensure that families and visitors to the service are attended to with consideration.
• Undertake driving duties in Peamount vehicles and / or own transport.
• Work a shift rota, spread over 7 days, as determined by management.
• Maintain records and reports required by the Unit Manager for the efficient running of the service.

Requirements

Candidates must have at the closing date for receipt of applications:

• Equivalent relevant Full Healthcare qualification at not less than QQI Level 5 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) with six modules completed. Relevant QQI (formerly FETAC) Level 5 qualifications include:
• QQI Level 5 Healthcare Support
• QQI Level 5 Nursing Studies
• QQI Level 5 Community Care
• QQI Level 5 Health Service Skills
• Either one of the completed modules must be the work experience module OR the candidate must have at least 12 months experience working in a care setting.
• Lived experience being present for a HIQA inspection.
• Experience with being a Key Worker.
• Additional education undertaken, formal or informal.
• More than 3 years direct Intellectual Disability experience.
• Full clean manual driving licence.
• Minimum 3 years working in the care environment with at least one in the area of Social Care and Intellectual Disability.
• One year’s continuous experience of working with adults with an intellectual disability.
• Strong communication skills, verbal and non-verbal.
• A person-centred ethos.
• Understanding of quality and regulatory requirements.
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults.
• Ability to work well within the team.
• Strong understanding of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act, with the knowledge to exercise.

Details

Location: Newcastle, Co. Dublin

Contract Type: Full time, Part-time

Salary: Indicative HSE pay scale for this grade: €36,651–€45,939 per year.

Closing Date: 3 Sept 2026

How to Apply

Join us at our upcoming Open Day to learn more about the job opportunities available in Peamount Healthcare. Meet the hiring managers and begin or continue your career in care by participating in an interview on the day.

In order to be interviewed candidates are required to meet the above mentioned essential criteria as well as:

• Bring in an up to date CV
• A copy of your qualification(s) mentioned above
• Passport or Driving Licence

Date: Thursday September 3rd 2026

Location: The Wellness Centre - Peamount Healthcare

Time: 10am until 4pm

Please note that we will not be accepting applications via Rezoomo. Interviews will only be conducted for those individuals who meet the criteria and provide the necessary documents listed above on the day.

For queries specifically related to the position, please contact Louise Butler, Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON), at lbutler@peamount.ie. For further information regarding the terms and conditions of employment and the recruitment process, please contact recruitment@peamount.ie.