Job Title : Care Worker
Location : Tralee, County Kerry+7 locations
Company : RehabCare
Salary :
Open Date : 2023-01-12
Close Date : 2023-05-12

Job Description:

We are an independent voluntary organisation providing services and support for people with disabilities and their families for more than 70 years. Our work positively impacts the lives of over 10,000 people with disabilities, equipping them with the confidence, skills, and self-belief to achieve their expressed goals

Care Worker
Permanent Contract, 27 hours
Laccabeg Accommodation Service Tralee, Co Kerry

Job Purpose:
To facilitate a service user focused service to adults with varying disabilities & complex health needs that include, Intellectual Disability, Epilepsy and Parkinson’ Disease.

Minimum Education & Experience required:

• Understand the principles of care and how to put them into practice.
• Minimum of QQI Level 5 in Health & Social Care
• Skills and knowledge in the areas of Physical and Sensory Disability, Epilepsy and Mental Health.
• Full Clean Driving license.

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
• Health and Wellbeing programme

*Rewarding Career *Career with meaning *attractive benefits *work life balance*

Closing Date:
Please submit your application to this post by 26/01/2023

To view full extensive job description please, click please visit our company site www.rehab.ie/careers and download attachment at the bottom of the job page.

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.

The Rehab Group is an equal opportunity employer

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