Social Care Worker (Rathkeale/Newcastle West) in Limerick

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 is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150 Best Employers 2025. As an equal opportunities employer, Enable Ireland 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 highly-motivated Social Care Worker’s to join our team in Enable Ireland Adult Services, West Limerick Hub (Newcastlewest/Rathkeale).

Contract Type: Full Time Permanent Contract

Contract Hours: 39 Hours per week

Annual Leave Entitlement: Annual leave entitlement is 31 days pro rata per annum

Salary Scale: €37,160 – €54,746 per year. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments).

This pay scale is subject to increases in 2026 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.

The post holder will work as part of our dedicated Adult Day Services team, providing social care support to adults with physical and/or sensory disabilities, or mild to moderate intellectual disabilities and Autism. The post holder will support Service Owners with their needs, goals and activities in accordance with their individual preferences.

Requirements

Please see Job Description for full list of Duties & Responsibilities

Hold a professional registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU. AND Have a Schedule 3 qualification. OR Have a comparable qualification recognised by Social Care Workers Registration Board. AND Candidates must have the knowledge, skills, and suitability required to perform the role effectively. Annual Registration On appointment, practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU. Minimum of 1 year's post registration experience working specifically in the specialty of working with adults with Autism. Experience in contributing to the development of personal plans. Experience and knowledge of the role of a key worker. Experience contributing to and implementing behaviour support plans. 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. Must be eligible to work in state. Basic IT skills.

Details

Location: Limerick

Sector: public sector

Closing date: 28 Aug 2026

How to Apply

Applications must be made on the Enable Ireland application form only. CV’s will not be accepted. To apply, please download the job description and person specification for your information and complete the online application form. Informal Queries: By email to Kathleen Sheahan CNM1 ksheahan@enableireland.ie