Job Title: Healthcare Assistant - Caring for Children with ID
We are a social care based, trauma and attachment informed, clinically supported residential care service provider. We work closely with the HSE, Tusla (Child and Family Agency), and the Northern Ireland Trusts and have a number of centres for children and adults with disabilities.
We provide residential care services for children and young people in care. All our services are currently located in Meath. Our team members work with all our partners to provide safe, compassionate, and professionally informed care to the children, young people, and adults placed in our centres.
We put the children, young people, and adults in our care first in everything we do, and as a company, we invest heavily in our care teams to ensure they have the skills, support, and encouragement they need to achieve our shared aims.
Benefits:
* Detailed induction process
* Strong team support structures, including regular professional supervision and an established on-call process
* Independent Employee Assistance Programme
* Option to work full-time or part-time
* 3 weeks paid sick leave per year
* Enhanced annual leave for long-serving team members
* Attractive salary ranging from €36,800 to €43,800
* Onsite parking
Qualifications and Experience:
* A minimum Level 5 qualification in Healthcare, Healthcare Support, Social Care, Disability Studies, or another related field
* Qualifications considered related and relevant include Psychology, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Youth and Community Work, Social Work, Social Sciences, Teaching, Nursing, Early Childhood Studies, Special Needs Assistant, Disability Studies, Childcare, Addiction Studies
You will also need:
* The ability to relate to and care for vulnerable children, young people, and adults and demonstrate a genuine respect for them, their parents, and families
* To hold a full clean manual driving licence
* To be flexible regarding working hours
* To be fluent in written and spoken English and eligible to work in Ireland