Social Care Worker in Arklow

About the Role

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood, our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults, we offer a range of services covering personal development, independent living, supported employment, social and leisure activities. The demand for our services continues to increase throughout Ireland. We have set ourselves the challenging goal of meeting these needs by providing a full range of high-quality services and expanding into local communities.

Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We vigorously advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.

We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Social Care Worker to join our team in Arklow, Co. Wicklow. We have opportunities within our team in our Arklow Adult’s Day Service.

Contract Type: Specified Purpose and Relief Posts

Contract Hours:

Specified Purpose: Part-time hours considered up to a maximum of 30 per week.

Relief: As required.

To work as part of a dedicated and innovative team in an Adult Day Service working with adults with physical and/or sensory or mild to moderate intellectual disabilities, within a quality framework. The post holder will support the individuals accessing the service with all aspects of their daily lives in accordance with their individual needs and preferences.

Requirements

Essential Criteria:

• Hold a professional registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU.
• Have a Schedule 3 qualification or a comparable qualification recognised by Social Care Workers Registration Board.
• Candidates must have the knowledge, skills, and suitability required to perform the role effectively.
• On appointment, practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU.
• Experience in contributing to the development of personal plans.
• Experience and knowledge of the role of a key worker.
• Experience of delivering personal care.
• Experience of assisting adults with medical needs/ administering medication.
• Experience of engaging in professional supervision.
• Possess a full, clean, manual driving licence.
• Eligible to work in the State

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of working with adults and families with physical/sensory/intellectual disabilities.
• Minimum of 1 year post-qualification experience relevant to the role.

Details

Location: Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland

Salary: €39,943– €55,841 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

Closing date: 28 Oct 2026

Contract Type: Temporary, Full-time

Closing date for applications: 28th October 2026

To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.