Social Care Worker/Residential Care Worker, Tralee

About The Role As we continue to expand to provide additional services to meet the needs of those we care for, we currently have a number of opportunities within our Orchard Community Care division, near Tralee, Co Kerry for full time and part time Social Care Workers/Residential Care Workers.

About You We would love to welcome you to our team to help provide residential and day services to children and adults with medium to profound disability, including those with life limiting conditions. Our multidisciplinary teams are supported by a range of other professionals including psychologists, behavioural therapists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists. Working on a shift rota, you will engage in daily activities and routines of the service, providing dedicated direct support to the people we care for as well as contributing to their development, health, and wellbeing.

Essential Requirements - Social Care Worker

Candidates must hold a qualification at Level 7 or above in a relevant discipline and be registered as a Social Care Worker with CORU or be in the process of registering as a Social Care Worker with CORU

Full manual driving license with eligibility to drive in Ireland.

Have full eligibility and availability to work with us

Essential Requirements - Residential Care Worker Candidates must hold a qualification at Level 7 or above in a relevant health related discipline, such as:

Level 7 or above in Social Care and be in the process of registering

Level 7 Psychology

Level 7 in Child&Adolescent Psychotherapy

Level 7 in Counselling/Psychotherapy

Level 7 in Youth and Community or similar

Level 7 in Social Science/Social Studies

Level 7 in Family Support

Professional Qualification in Teaching (Not TEFL)

Professional Qualification in Nursing Studies

Level 7 in Disability StudiesLevel 7 in Applied Behavioural Analysis

Level 7 in Early Years Care where centre caters for children under 12 years

Level 7 in Social Pedagogy

Level 7 in Sports Science

Level 7 in Physiotherapy

Level 7 in Occupational Therapy

Level 7 in Paramedic Studies

Full manual driving license with eligibility to drive in Ireland

Full eligibility and availability to work with us

Desirable

At least one years recent experience in the social services sector/disability area

Benefits To Working With Company

Comprehensive induction process

Extensive training programme

On-going mentoring and support

Continuous Professional Development support

Career progression opportunities

Competitive salary with increments

Premium rates paid on Sunday and Bank Holidays

Flexible work schedule to accommodate both staff and service users

Refer a friend initiative

Working in a well-resourced environment with access to the multidisciplinary team

Employee Assistance Programme for staff and their families

About Us The Orchard Care Group is a wholly Irish owned company dedicated to providing the best possible care, supports and outcomes for children, young people, and adults in Ireland across a range of settings and locations, in fostering, disability and mainstream residential services. The Group brings together three leading brands in Irish social care– Orchard Residential, Orchard Community Care and Orchard Fostering.

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