Senior Community Facilitator in Cork

About the Role

Support persons with a disability to access a wide range of community-based services and opportunities to meet their individual needs. The senior community facilitator plays a leadership role within the day service supporting the delivery of high-quality person-centred care to adults with intellectual disabilities. The senior community facilitator must act as a role model to person support, staff, students, etc. The senior community facilitator role will contribute to service planning, ensure adherence to best practice, organisation policies and regulations, and promote inclusion, rights, and wellbeing of person supported. The Senior Community facilitator supports both direct service delivery and operational duties in collaboration with the day services manager. Employees are expected to have a high level of flexibility and a willingness and ability to develop new approaches to their work. Have a risk-positive attitude. Duties and responsibilities of any post in the Services are likely to change with the ongoing needs and developments of the Services. Employees will therefore be required to carry out such other duties appropriate to their employment as may be assigned to him/her from time to time. This position requires a high degree of professionalism and competence as well as the ability to understand and empower people with sometimes divergent points of view.

Requirements

• Possess a relevant and appropriate 3rd level qualification Level 7 or higher on the Quality & Qualifications Ireland (QQI) framework in community development, health or education
• Have a minimum of 3 years’ experience of working with people with an intellectual disability/autism and complex needs
• Have experience of programme development, implementation and review, specifically for people with an intellectual disability/autism and complex needs
• Have practical experience of how to make social inclusion and community integration a reality for people with intellectual disabilities/autism
• Have knowledge of New Directions themes, utilised as the framework of support within day services
• Have practical experience of using various methods of person-centred planning
• Have experience of working within a multi-disciplinary context
• Be computer literate including proficiency in Microsoft Office and knowledge and proficiency of using information systems
• Be available to work afternoons/evenings and some weekends as required
• Possession of a full clean driving licence which qualifies you to drive on Irish roads is essential as it is a requirement of the role to drive service vehicles

Details

Location: Cork City, suburbs, and West Cork areas (Bandon / Innishannon), Co. Cork

Contract Type: Permanent Full-Time / Permanent part-time / Evenings and some weekends

Salary: €41,431–€55,805 per year

Closing Date: 24 Aug 2026

How to Apply

Applications should be made online using the ‘Apply’ Link Below

Informal enquiries or request for full job description please contact:

• Claire McNally, Sector Manager, Tel: +353 87 9654489 (e-mail: Claire.Mcnally1@corlann.ie)
• Stephen Dalton, Sector Manager, Tel: +353 21 4556299 (e-mail: stephen.dalton@corlann.ie)
• Frank McNerney, Sector Manager, Tel: +353 87 3840029 (e-mail: frank.mcnerney@corlann.ie)
• Brid Scanlan, Sector Manager, Tel:-+353 86 7038217 e-mail: brid.scanlan@corlann.ie