Outreach Day Service Support/Care Assistant in private home 15 hours p.w. in Cork

About the Role

L’Arche Cork is recruiting for an Outreach Day Service Support/Care Assistant to provide an outreach day service for a 65-year-old woman in her home in Cobh, County Cork. The role involves supporting the person to maintain social connectedness through conversation, music, Zoom calls, and games, with occasional attendance at L’Arche Togher. The position is part-time (15 hours per week) with an initial 12-month contract and an immediate start.

Main duties:

• Build a trusting, person-centred relationship with the person you support, advocating for her needs and preferences.
• Foster close communication with the person’s guardian to ensure a needs-led and responsive service.
• Promote quality of life through access to pastimes, hobbies, and supports, including assistive technology (e.g., Zoom) and driving.
• Attend medical appointments with the person as required and manage personal care needs when immobile.
• Encourage health promotion, including exercise, diet, and relaxation techniques, in consultation with relevant professionals.
• Support spiritual needs, such as engagement in religious services or mindfulness practices.
• Facilitate active citizenship by encouraging community engagement and transport to local activities or L’Arche events.
• Ensure safeguarding and safety for both yourself and the person you support, adhering to best practice guidelines and organisational policy.
• Drive the person to appointments, L’Arche events, or trips as needed.
• Align with New Directions standards to provide safe, responsive, and high-quality support.
• Participate in continuous professional development and service improvement, documenting and reviewing services in consultation with the person and their support network.
• Report directly to the Day Service Co-Ordinator and attend regular supervision sessions.
• Complete accident/incident forms, report safeguarding concerns, and document contacts and resource requirements.

Requirements

• A minimum QQI Level 5 qualification in social care or health care (or equivalent qualification with a minimum of 2 years’ relevant experience).
• Minimum 2 years’ experience working with adults with an intellectual disability or in a related service.
• Ability to manage behaviours that may challenge.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to engage a person with intellectual disability one-to-one.
• Commitment to best practice, regulations, and L’Arche policy, especially regarding safeguarding, confidentiality, and accountability.
• Ability to work autonomously and in collaboration with a team, managing time effectively.
• Treating the person with dignity and respect, demonstrating patience, compassion, and understanding.
• Adaptable to changing needs and solution-focused, with contingency-planning skills.
• Full clean driving licence (essential for the role).
• Fluent English.
• Resident in Cork, Ireland (required due to immediate start).
• The post is subject to Garda vetting.

Details

• Location: Private family residence in Cobh, County Cork, and at L’Arche Togher as required.
• Contract type: Part-time, 15 hours per week, initial 12-month contract with immediate start.
• Salary: €30,216–€45,976 per year (pro rata).
• Closing date: 20 November 2026, 23:59.
• Reporting to: Day Service Co-Ordinator, L’Arche Cork/Day Service Team Lead.
• Special circumstances: Some degree of flexible working to meet the needs of the person you support.

How to Apply

Queries about the post should be directed to the Day Service Co-Ordinator:

• Phone: 021-431-8880
• Email: [email protected]

Applications should be submitted by the closing date of 20 November 2026.