Job Title: Senior Social Care Worker

Location: Gormanston, County Meath

Type of Service: Children's Respite Service

Purpose of Post

The primary objective of this post is to provide care and support through a person-centred approach which meets the practical, physical and emotional needs of service users, with an Intellectual Disability/ABI/Autism. To assist persons with a disability with residential, training and day service activities to achieve their highest level of functioning to maintain independence and/or to improve skills that will make them more independent.

The Senior Social Care Worker is part of the on floor duty team and will also be responsible for co-ordination of the shift whilst on duty and for the supervision of other staff under his/her direction.

The Senior Social Care Worker will be required to work collaboratively as part of a ...