Social Care Workers & Direct Support Worker

ST. MICHAEL’S HOUSE

Social Care Workers/ Autism Support Workers – ASD SPECIFIC DAY SERVICES

35 hours per week – Permanent, Temporary and Relief contracts available

Dublin Area – Suitable for 2025 Graduates.

St. Michael's House is a community based organisation committed to providing a quality person centred service and high standard of living to people with an intellectual disability in the greater Dublin area. St.Michael’s House is committed to providing individualized supports to people so that they can enjoy experiences, opportunities and lifestyles similar to their peers.

Vacancies now exist for Social Care Worker full-time Permanent contracts in Day Services to support individualised services in North and South Dublin. Locations include Swords, Balbriggan, Ballymun, Edenmore, Baldoyle, Finglas, Templeogue, Glasnevin and Goatstown

These positions will provide exciting opportunities for the successful candidate to develop their career by providing personal support services for adults with an intellectual disability.

The core values of this service will be person centeredness, community inclusion and active participation with a strong emphasis on quality. Your role will involve supporting and promoting each individual’s independence as well as enhancing their personal capacities.

The successful candidates will assist in supporting individuals to develop and maintain their connections to other people and strengthen links to the local community.

Key duties associated with the role:

· Support each person to effectively communicate and to ensure they make informed decisions, exercise choice, control and autonomy in their life.

· Contribute to and monitor outcomes for the person as identified in the personal planning processes.

· Identify supports and work in partnership with the individual, their family and other supports as outlined within individual plans

· Have an understanding of creating appropriate Autism specific environments and be aware of and able to work with Positive Behavioural Support Plans.

Essential Criteria for Applicants:

· Previous experience of supporting individuals presenting with an Intellectual disability

· Experience of promoting community inclusion and active participation.

· Experience providing individuals with positive behaviour supports

· Experience working with families, clinicians and other networks of support

· Possess excellent communication skills

· Have experience of implementing positive behaviour support programmes.

· Have experience of a key working role, focusing on promoting independence and community integration.

· Experience working directly with people presenting with ASD preferred.

Essential Qualification required for Social Care Workers

Hold one of the HSE approved qualification- see below if you don’t hold 1 of the below you will

not be shortlisted. The successful Social Care Worker candidates must have the following

Qualifications required

· QQI Level 7 Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies (Disability) - Open Training College;

· Level 7 award in Social Care/Studies delivered by an Institute of Technology, TUD or National University of Ireland;

· A qualification received outside the State recognised by NARIC as equivalent to the Irish Level 7 award.

· CORU Registration

What We Offer:

· HSE Pay Scale (incremental*)

· Premium Payments

· Sick Pay Scheme

· Paid Maternity Leave

· Pension

· Cycle to Work Scheme

· Generous Annual Leave

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Comprehensive Induction

· Training / CPD

· Career Progression

Salary Scale – Social Care Workers: Successful candidates will be paid in line with March 25 HSE revised consolidated Social Care Worker pay scale point 1; €39,951 – point 14; €56,089 per annum based on workinga 39 hour week. Should you have no prior public sector experience you will be placed on point 1 of the pay-scale above.

Salary Scale – Autism Support Workers: Successful candidates will be paid in line with March 25’ HSE revised consolidated Care Assistant (Disability) pay scale; point 1 – 33,699– point 15 46,984 pro rata based on a 39 hour working week

Closing Date: 05/09/2025

Shortlisting will happen on the 09/09/25 and candidates who meet criteria will then be notified of an interview date

Please note that a twelve month panel will be formed from this competition from which future vacancies may be filled.

To Apply: Upload your CV and Cover Letter to

Informal enquiries or queries to eoin.keating@smh.ie

St. Michael’s House is an equal opportunities employer