Social Care Worker

Position: Social Care Worker

Location : Cuan Mhic Giolla Bhríde - Faughart

Hours : Full-time - 37.5 hours a week

Salary : €18.54 - €23.45 per hour

Contract : Permanent

At Inspire, we believe everyone deserves to live a healthy, meaningful life filled with purpose and connection.

As a Social Care Worker, you’ll be at the heart of that mission, providing hands-on care and emotional support to people with learning disabilities and complex needs.

🌟 About the Role

At Cuan Mhic Giolla Bhríde (CMGB) you’ll play a key role in day-to-day life, where your support makes a real difference

Supporting adults to be active, independent members of their community and society; to make choices and plans; to have influence over the decisions which affect their lives; and to achieve personal goals and aspirations.

. This is a varied, rewarding, and physically active role that involves:

• Personal care: including showering, bathing, changing, toileting etc
• Practical care: feeding support, assistance with drinks and medication
• Daily living: laundry, cleaning, general house maintenance, and completing daily notes
• Relationship-building: offering emotional support and helping to create a calm, homely environment
• Behavioural support: engaging in personal safety techniques where required and working in line with individual risk assessments

💪 What We’re Looking For

We are looking for compassionate Registered Social Care Workers with valid driving licenses , who are able to:

• Work calmly and confidently in a service that may involve incidents of behaviours that challenge
• Follow agreed support plans and risk assessments to keep everyone safe
• Provide practical care with warmth, kindness, and dignity
• Work independently or as part of a team
• Build strong, respectful relationships with the people we support

🎓 Training and Support

All new staff will receive full training on personal care and positive behaviour support, including how to safely use personal safety techniques in line with our organisational training.

We also offer:

• Award-winning induction and development programmes
• Regular supervision and peer support
• Clear progression pathways for long-term careers in care

Ready to Apply?

If you’re passionate about making a difference and think this sounds like the role for you, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note if successful at interview, the applicant will have to complete an Garda Vetting application.

Following the interviews a waiting list will be created for similar posts for a nine month period.

Inspire is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection based on merit.