SOCIAL CARE WORKER

Job Description

JJob Title: Social Care Worker
Location: Ireland
Employment Type: Full-time
Reporting To: Service Manager Person in charge

Role Summary
The Social Care Worker provides high-quality, person-centred care and support to children, young people, adults or individuals with additional support needs. The role focuses on promoting independence, dignity, wellbeing, personal development, safeguarding and community participation while complying with Irish legislation,HIQA standards and regulations, organisational policies, professional standards and care requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred care and support in line with individual care/support plans.
• Assist with daily living, personal care, life skills, education, employment, recreation, and community participation.
• Promote independence, choice, dignity, privacy, equality, inclusion, and service-user rights.
• Build positive and professional relationships with service users, families, colleagues, and professionals.
• Monitor and report changes in physical, emotional, behavioural, or social wellbeing.
• Maintain accurate, confidential care records, daily notes, and incident reports.
• Follow safeguarding procedures and report concerns relating to abuse, neglect, exploitation, or risk.
• Support individuals experiencing challenging situations or behaviours using appropriate person-centred approaches and agreed behaviour management techniques.
• Work and communicate effectively with relevant stakeholders social workers, nurses, healthcare professionals, families, and other multidisciplinary team members.about care of support needs of service-users
• Assist with medication management when appropriately trained and authorised.
• Support appointments, social activities, education, employment, and integration into the community.
• Comply with health and safety, infection control, risk management, emergency, confidentiality, and data-protection requirements.
• Maintain professional boundaries and participate in supervision, meetings, training, and continuing professional development.
• Undertake other reasonable duties assigned by the Service Manager. Person in charge

Essential Qualifications & Requirements

• Recognised QQI Level 7 in Social Care or an equivalent relevant qualification, where applicable.
• Relevant experience in social care, residential care, disability services, children’s services, mental health, or a related environment is desirable.
• Knowledge of person-centred care and good safeguarding practices
• Strong communication, interpersonal, organisational, teamwork, and record-keeping skills.
• Ability to work independently, use initiative, and exercise sound judgement.
• Genuine commitment to supporting vulnerable people and promoting their rights, dignity, and independence.
• Satisfactory references and successful completion of all required pre-employment checks.

Pre-Employment & Background Checks
Appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of relevant recruitment and safeguarding checks, including:

• Identity and right-to-work verification.
• Qualification and professional-credential verification.
• Employment and/or character references.
• Garda vetting, where applicable.
• International police clearance where required for candidates who have lived or worked outside Ireland within the previous 10 years.
• Employment-history verification and satisfactory explanation of employment gaps.
• Verification of relevant training and experience.
• Occupational health/fitness-to-work assessment, where applicable.

Key Competencies

• Compassion & Empathy: Respect for service users’ wellbeing, dignity, and rights.
• Communication: Clear, respectful, and professional communication.
• Teamwork: Effective collaboration with colleagues and multidisciplinary professionals.
• Resilience: Ability to remain calm and professional in challenging situations.
• Professionalism: Strong integrity, confidentiality, ethical standards, and professional boundaries.
• Person-Centred Practice: Respect for individual needs, preferences, abilities, culture, and choices.
• Problem Solving: Initiative and sound judgement when responding to changing or unexpected needs.

Working Conditions
This is a e role may be based in residential social care role and , supported living, community services, day services, or other social care environments. Depending on the service, candidates may be required to work shifts, evenings, weekends, nights, public holidays, and/or sleepover duties.

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive salary based on qualifications and experience.
• Pension scheme, where applicable.
• Annual leave and public-holiday entitlement.
• Training and continuous professional development.
• Employee assistance and wellbeing supports, where available.
• Career progression opportunities.
• Supportive and professional working environment.

Equal Opportunities
Our organisation is an equal-opportunities employer committed to an inclusive workplace. Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified candidates regardless of gender, age, disability, civil or family status, race, religion, sexual orientation or membership of the Traveller community.