To provide a personal care service to individuals with Intellectual Disability and Mental Health Difficulties within a resipite service setting, in an environment which values and respects the individual, fosters a positive behavioral support approach to supporting people with challenging behaviors and an environment that fosters community based living, personal development and social inclusion
Minimum Education & Skills required
1. QQI Level 5 in Health & Social Care
2. Candidates should have experience of working in a residentia/respitel care setting
3. Candidates should have experience of providing appropriate supports to service users with relevant disability and whose behavior may challenge
4. Candidates should have an understanding, knowledge and experience of working with clients with disability and be able to maintain a high standard of care in line with RehabCare’s policy and procedures while ensuring that HIQA standards and regulations are maintained within the service.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
5. Facilitate and implement a person centered service appropriate to the needs, wishes and requirements of service users.
6. Provide personal assistance in all aspects of personal care and manual handling, ensuring comfort and hygiene of service users and adhering to safe practice and risk assessments at all times.
7. Ensure that all interactions with service users are approached with dignity, respect, equality and incorporating choice.
8. Actively participate in appropriate, educational, recreational and occupational programmes, enabling service users to integrate with their local community and access local resources.
Additional requirements
9. To be able to work effectively in a team providing person centered support for service users.
10. To be able to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of service users at all times.
11. To be able to adhere to all policies and procedures
Staff Benefits
12. Company Pension Scheme
13. Paid maternity leave.
14. Paid paternity leave.
15. 27 days annual leave
16. Bike to work scheme.
17. Tax saver travel scheme
18. Income protection
19. Health and Wellbeing programme
20. Financial support for studying and study leave.
*Rewarding Career *Career with meaning *attractive benefits *work life balance*