Community Access Facilitators

Community Access Facilitator - CRC Adult Day Services

1 x Community Access Facilitator – RT Programme (1 year Fixed-Term)

1 x Community Access Facilitator – Lifeskills – (Specified Purpose Contract)

Full-Time 39 hours (1 WTE)

Locations: CRC Adult Services – Dublin (multi‑site)

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for a dynamic and solution-oriented Community Access Facilitators to join our Adult Day Services team. This is a vital, hands‑on role focused on supporting adults with complex needs to live meaningful lives as active, valued members of their communities.

Aligned with HSE New Directions, HSE Interim Standards, and a Human Rights Based Approach, the postholder will work alongside adults, their circles of support, and multidisciplinary teams to codesign personalised pathways to education, employment, social participation, and independent living.

This role requires flexibility to work across CRC’s Dublin locations and may include some evening and weekend work.

As Community Access Facilitator, you will:

• Support adults with complex needs to develop and pursue person-centered goals aligned with their Person‑Centred Plans (PCPs)
• Enable access to mainstream community opportunities including education, training, employment, volunteering, and social participation
• Promote self-advocacy, choice, autonomy, and positive risk‑taking
• Work in partnership with adults, families, circles of support, and multidisciplinary teams
• Support the development of valued social roles and meaningful relationships
• Provide respectful personal support when required (e.g., personal care, mobility, medication administration in line with policies)
• Identify and challenge barriers to inclusion and equality
• Maintain high-quality documentation, outcome measurement, and reporting
• Build strong relationships with local community, education, employment, and advocacy partners
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and rights-based practice

Who We’re Looking For

You are a values‑driven professional who is passionate about inclusion, rights, and community participation. You bring strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills, and are comfortable working across services and settings.

• Person-Centredness: Designing and implementing measures and tools, tailored to the needs of CRC service users and staff, to monitor delivery of the strategy
• Quality: Collecting, managing, and reporting a robust portfolio of evidence from which to track progress and generate learning to support continuous improvements in organisational performance and impact
• Respect: Working with a variety of stakeholders and teams across the CRC to promote buy in for strategic changes, reflection, and continuous improvement
• Courage: Thinking creatively and boldly to generate actionable insights through case studies, visualising data and knowledge products for a wider audience
• Collaboration: Engaging relevant stakeholders to determine appropriate monitoring activities and obtain data. Where data is not currently available, working with stakeholders to establish appropriate systems and processes to address gaps
• Stewardship: Highlighting evidence-based examples of good practice, efficiency and value for money arising from strategy implementation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Message from the Interim Training & Development Manager

CRC Adult Day Services is in the midst of an exciting transformation. Guided by New Directions, the Human Rights Based Approach, the UNCRPD, and the emerging Adult Day Services Strategy, we are moving toward individualized, community‑connected, rights‑driven supports. The Community Access Facilitator (CAF) is a key enabler of this transformation.

The CAF will play a vital, hands‑on role in supporting adults with complex needs to live ordinary, self‑directed lives as active and valued members of their communities. Working across multiple CRC sites, the CAF will build community connections, supports rights‑based decision‑making, and strengthen quality, compliance, and outcome measurement. The role will also develop key partnerships with employers, education providers, and community organisations to expand opportunities for inclusion.

This is an exciting opportunity to drive real change and help shape the future of CRC Adult Day Services. The future is bright at the CRC!

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience Required:

• Relevant Level 5 qualification (e.g. Health & Social Care, Community or Youth Work) on the National Framework of Qualifications
• Minimum 2 years’ experience working with adults with complex needs in community‑based or inclusion focused settings
• Strong understanding of New Directions, person-centered planning and rights‑based supports
• Commitment to promoting autonomy, self-advocacy, and ordinary life experiences
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience supporting people who are minimally speaking or nonspeaking
• Knowledge of safeguarding and adult protection requirements
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
• Strong IT and report writing skills
• Full manual driving license vailid in the state
• Experience supporting people with behaviours that challenge

Desirable

• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams.
• Understanding of funding structures and Lean principles

Why Join CRC?

At CRC, you’ll be part of an organisation committed to shaping a society where adults with complex needs have genuine choice, opportunity, and inclusion. We offer a collaborative, values‑led environment where your work has real impact.

CRC is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

For the Full Job Specification, please see the attached document.

Informal enquiries to Lisa Keegan, Interim Training & Development Centre Manager, Mobile: 087 606 2679 or lkeegan@crc.ie

Department of Health Salary Scale, Supervisor/Instructor (Specialist Agencies) Grade Code 6425, salary € 35,932 - € 51,887

Applicants must demonstrate in their CV and supporting documentation how they meet the above criteria as short-listing will apply.

Please submit your application via the 'Apply Now' button below. Please note that applicants must have a right to work in Ireland at the time of application.

Applications must be received on or before Sunday, 24th May 2026

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