Care Worker

Job Title: Care Worker

Department: Support & Care

Salary Scale: €34,350 per annum (rising to €44,000 with service)

Responsible To: Team Leader

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Ballinode, Co. Sligo

Hours of Work: 39 hours per week

(Covering a 24 hour, 7 days per week Rotational Shift Roster)

About Trinity

You are joining Trinity Support & Care Services, an innovative organisation, providing quality assured, safe, and person-centred residential care and outreach support services to children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

Key purpose of the job

As a Social Care Worker, you will provide holistic Supports with day-to-day living, for individuals with a learning disability, autism or associated mental health needs.

You will deliver person-centred and empowering provisions of support, to meet the individual needs of our service users.

Main responsibilities

The following duties are typical for this role. The post holder may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional or different duties from those set forth below to address business needs, changing business practices and/or to meet the needs/changing needs of the Service User.

Service User

Provide assistance to Service Users in all aspects of personal care.

Ensure the Human Rights of each Service User is exercised with the utmost degree of integrity and respect.

Ensure a safe environment is maintained at all times for both Service Users, work colleagues and visitors to the unit/house.

Ensure each Service User is encouraged to live in accordance with their own wishes and preferences, and their individuality promoted as far as possible, through new opportunities, promotion of skills and innate abilities.

Ensure that each Service User receives the correct and relevant information to allow for informed decision making on their part at all levels.

Ensure each Service User is supported in the least restrictive of ways and positive risk taking is a given element to their decision-making abilities.

Support must also be in accordance with a low arousal and non-aversive manner.

Personal outcomes are achieved in keeping with each Service User, with clear goals, steps for achieving such and timeframes.

Ensure that supports are prioritised, and key commitments kept accordingly.

To work in line with evidence-based practices.

To ensure that each person is supported to live life to their fullest potential and remain (or become) socially valued members of their communities.

Ensure that you work in a positive manner and professionally contribute to your staff team and wider organisation.

If Interested in role, please email your CV to [email protected].

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