Care Worker
Gortacoosh Residential Service,
Killarney, Co Kerry
Permanent Contract, 36 hours.
Job Purpose
To provide a personal care service to individuals with Intellectual Disability and Mental Health Difficulties within a residential service setting, in an environment which values and respects the individual, fosters a positive behavioral support approach to supporting people with challenging behaviors and an environment that fosters community based living, personal development and social inclusion
Minimum Education & Skills required
- Training in responses to behavior that challenges and medication management.
- Minimum of QQI Level 5 in Social Care, or equivalent
- Candidates should have experience of working in a residential care setting
- Candidates should have experience of facilitating and implementing a person centred plan.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide personal assistance in all aspects of personal care and manual handling, ensuring comfort and hygiene of service users and adhering to safe practice at all times.
- Assist service users in the taking of medication in line with policy and procedure.
- Ensure that all interactions with service users are approached with dignity, respect, equality and incorporating choice.
- Facilitate and implement a person centered service appropriate to the needs, wishes and requirements of service users.
Additional requirements
- To be able to work effectively in a team providing person centered support for service users.
- To be able to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of service users at all times.
- To be able to adhere to all policies and procedures.
Staff Benefits
- Company Pension Scheme
- Paid maternity leave
- Paid paternity leave
- 27 days annual leave
- Bike to work scheme
- Tax saver travel scheme
- Income protection
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These duties and responsibilities are a reflection of the present service requirements and may be subject to review and amendment to meet the changing needs of the services.
Closing Date: Tuesday, 23rd May 2023.
*Rewarding Career *Career with meaning *attractive benefits *work life balance*
The Rehab Group is an equal opportunity employer
