Senior Social Care Worker OR Senior Support Worker- Mallow, CorkLocation: On site / Mallow, Co. Cork, Ireland
Job Type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and Subsector: Medical & Healthcare | Social Care / Social Worker
Hourly Salary Range: from €17.00 to €19.00
The Company: Barróg Healthcare is a small, private health and social care provider based in Dublin with services nationwide providing residential care and day packages nationwide to enable people who need support across the areas of mental health, disability, aftercare, transitional and mainstream social care. We pride ourselves on working to support and champion both our service users and staff.
Salary: €19 an hour for Senior Social Care Worker, €17 an hour for Senior Support Worker
Working Hours: 78 hours over 2 weeks, shifts spread over 7 days per week, Mon – Sun, Occasional night shifts.
Reporting Relationship: This post will report to the Team Lead.
Location: Residential Service in Mallow, Cork
Job Title: Senior Social Care Worker / Senior Support Worker
Vetting: All applicants will be subject to reference checks, Garda Vetting, and a request to provide security clearance from any country in which they resided for more than 6 months after their 16th birthday.
Minimum Requirements: Two years of experience in a Healthcare or Disability support setting.For Support Worker roles, a minimum of a QQI Level 5 major award (8 components/modules) in Health or Social Care or equivalent is required OR a commitment to complete the major award if some components/modules are already completed.For Social Care Worker role, a minimum of a B.A. in Social Care, QQI Level 7 PLUS registration as a Social Care Worker with CORU by Nov 2025 is required OR a sufficiently relevant qualification in Social Care or a related field along with registration as a Social Care Worker with CORU by Nov 2025.Other relevant qualifications which will be relevant to the post applied for (e.g., Nursing, Addiction Studies, Teaching, Accredited Youth Training, Psychology).Candidate Skills / Experience: The ability to support the client group in a respectful way, always with the client's goals and needs at the centre of every task.An understanding of how to prevent and manage challenging behaviour.Strong communication & interpersonal skills.Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.Comfortable working with essential information technology and providing reports.Main Duties/Responsibilities: Support service users with an intellectual/physical disability, autism.Ensure service users are supported to make sense of their environment, learn new skills and maximise their independence.Assist individuals with their daily living activities.Support service users with their health and well-being, personal care including continence requirements if required.Support individuals to live a meaningful life, with a priority focus on equal citizenship.Facilitate everyone supported by the services to actively participate and integrate into the community.Act as an advocate for clients/residents.Actively promote the participation of clients/residents in the formulation and execution of their care/placement plan.Accompany service users to appointments and other events as required.Assist service users that have reduced mobility.Undertake duties as may be assigned by your direct manager/team leader to support the care of service users.Manage challenging behaviours, using a positive behaviour support plan.Provide reports on client activities to management.Attend staff meetings and contribute constructively to the ongoing progression/implementation of the care plan.To support the day-to-day delivery of a truly person-centred service for all clients, working directly with clients and liaising with families as required.To document information and complete paperwork as deemed necessary for delivery of service to the clients.To ensure that individual care plans, risk assessments, and safety plans are developed, implemented, and monitored in accordance with agreed standards.To implement Barróg Healthcare's policies and procedures.To undertake various aspects of home management including the household budget, upkeep, and cleaning.To be accountable for any money spent on behalf of B.H.C. during the course of duty.To make written and verbal reports to the relevant Manager on a regular basis on the progress and development of the client.To keep abreast of current legislation and current professional knowledge.To undertake ongoing professional training and development.To prepare reports for and to participate in professional meetings including case conferences and strategy meetings.To perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.Team and Leadership Skills: Effective leadership and team skills.Ability to empathise with and treat others with dignity and respect.Ability to work with multi-disciplinary team members and other stakeholders to facilitate high performance.Flexibility and adaptability to meet the requirements of the role.The above Job Description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time.
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