SOCIAL CARE WORKER

Avista • Limerick, PA

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About The Position

Avista is a person-centred, rights-based organisation providing Day, Residential and Respite supports to children and adults with disabilities in Dublin, Limerick and North Tipperary. The Social Care Worker will support people with intellectual disabilities and their families in a person-centred, community-based and socially inclusive manner, in line with Avista’s values and ethos and supported by quality, best practice and research. This position is in Training Enterprise & Employment, Limerick. The advertisement includes permanent part-time and relief contracts, with 35 hours per week stated for the part-time contract. The campaign is ongoing to fill active vacancies and create a panel for future full-time, part-time, permanent or temporary vacancies across Avista services.

Requirements

• QQI Level 7 or higher qualification in Social Care, Applied Social Studies or equivalent, eligible for CORU registration.
• Up-to-date CORU registration or confirmation that an application for registration has been submitted to CORU.
• Full, clean Irish driving licence for manual vehicles.
• Proficiency in English.

Nice To Haves

• Awareness of New Directions.
• Willingness to support people to develop skills and competencies around identified areas of interest and learning.

Responsibilities

• Support people with intellectual disabilities and their families in a person-centred, community-based and socially inclusive manner.
• Adopt a holistic, person-centred approach to support people to live their best lives.
• Support people to develop skills and competencies in areas of interest and learning.

Benefits

• Excellent career progression opportunities.
• Supportive and innovative working environment.
• Comprehensive pension scheme.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Paid maternity leave and sick pay scheme.
• Bike to Work Scheme.
• Tax Saver Travel Scheme.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time