Social Care Worker in Wicklow

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 Wicklow (CHO6). We have full-time, part time and relief opportunities within our teams in Silverpine House, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

To work as part of a dedicated and innovative team in a community-based house providing respite and holiday breaks for children with physical and/or sensory disabilities or mild to moderate intellectual disabilities, within a quality framework.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have:

Essential Criteria:

• Hold a professional registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU. This must be renewed annually.
• Candidates must have the knowledge, skills, and suitability required to perform the role effectively.

Additional Criteria:

• 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 children with medical needs/ administering medication.
• Experience of engaging in professional supervision.
• Possess a full, clean driving licence.
• Eligible to work in the State.

Desirable Criteria:

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

Details

Contract Type: Full Time, Part Time and Relief posts

Contract Hours: Full-Time Post, 39 hours per week. (169 hours per month worked on a weekly roster basis). Relief posts are not allocated set hours.

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

Annual Leave Entitlement: 31 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.

Closing date for applications: 16th October 2026

How to Apply

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