Community Connection Officers

Community Connections Officers CRC Adult Day Services

1 x Community Connections Officer – Training & Development Centre - (Fixed term - 1 year)

1 x Community Connections Officer – Local Centres - (Fixed Term - 1 year)

Full-Time, 39 hours

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

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for a dynamic and solution-oriented Community Connections Officer 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 co-design 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 Connections Officer, you will:

• Empower adults with complex needs to pursue meaningful life goals and valued social roles (e.g. student, employee, volunteer, neighbour).
• Support person‑centred planning that places the adult’s voice at the heart of all decisions.
• Promote and develop opportunities for inclusive participation in education, employment, volunteering, leisure, and civic life.
• Build and sustain strong community partnerships with employers, educators, voluntary organisations, and statutory agencies.
• Lead and support staff teams to deliver inclusive, strengths‑based, community‑focused supports.
• Advocate for adults where required, promoting autonomy, self‑direction, and positive risk‑taking.
• Monitor outcomes and contribute to service planning, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure all work aligns with CRC policies, HSE frameworks, safeguarding requirements, and regulatory standards.

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 Head of Adult Services

CRC Adult Day Services is entering a really exciting period of change as we move toward a more individualised, person‑centred way of working that reflects our new strategic vision. The CCO role will be a key part of this journey, and there will be real opportunities for you to grow, develop your skills, and help shape new approaches, new models of practice, and the cultural shifts we’re working towards. We’re looking for someone who is an ambitious community connector, who works collaboratively, and who keeps the person at the centre of every decision. Together, we’re building a service, and a wider society, where adults with complex needs have the opportunities, support, and confidence to lead fulfilling lives, take part in their communities, and advocate for their rights.

Essential Requirements

• Relevant Level 7 qualification (e.g. Social Studies, Management, Education, or related discipline).
• Minimum 2 years’ experience supporting adults with complex needs in community‑based or inclusion‑focused settings.
• Strong knowledge of New Directions, person‑centred planning, self‑advocacy, and safeguarding.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and report‑writing skills.
• Commitment to promoting autonomy, self-advocacy, and ordinary life experiences
• Experience supporting people who are minimally speaking or nonspeaking
• Knowledge of safeguarding and adult protection requirements
• Experience supporting people with behaviours that challenge
• Ability to build and maintain effective partnerships and networks.
• High level of IT proficiency and strong organisational skills.
• Full manual driving licence valid in the state

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.

Informal enquiries to Noel Carroll, Interim Head of Adult Services, Tel 018542335 ncarroll@crc.ie.

Department of Health Salary Scale, Social Care Worker (Code 3029), Salary range €40,851- €56,155.

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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