Support Worker Respite in County Meath

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. 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 Respite Support Worker to join our team in CHO8 Children Services. This post will involve week day/ after school hours and weekend work.

Contract Type: 12 month Fixed Term Contract. Contract Hours: 23.4 hours per week (0.60 WTE). Salary Scale: €35,070 - €42,440 pro rata per annum. 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. Annual Leave Entitlement: 30 days pro rata per annum.

Requirements

Essential Criteria:

• Possess a formal qualification in Health Care including FETAC/QQI Level 5 NVQ /City and Guilds.
• At least 1 year experience of working with children.
• Experience of working in a disability service.
• Full manual Driving license and access to own transport.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of working and engaging with children with disabilities.
• Current Back Care & Patient Handling Training.
• Current First Aid Course.
• Experience of working in respite services

Details

Location: Meath. Sector: public sector. Closing date: 14 Aug 2026 11:00 AM.

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. Closing date for applications: Friday 14th August 2026. A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months. The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant. Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview. Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community. The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position. Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment. Please review Enable Ireland’s Rezoomo Privacy Policy here: Enable Ireland’s Rezoomo Privacy Policy. Please review the Enable Ireland’s External Data Protection Notice available at Enable Ireland’s External Data Protection Notice for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant’s personal information. Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with: 1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and 2) the interview panel (if applicable). Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy.