In Gheel, we focus on supporting individuals with autistic individuals through their life journey and enabling them to have fulfilling life experiences, while having autonomy and control over their choices and decisions. Gheel Autism Services provides a wide range of services for autistic adults including day and vocational opportunities, outreach support and a variety of supported living options. Across our services we consider how each person thinks, learns, and processes information to develop a personalised plan of support. Considering individuals strengths and motivations, we enable people to obtain outcomes which are meaningful to them. Our committed practitioners receive regular training, and they are equipped with the knowledge and skills to enable each individual to have positive and meaningful life experiences. All staff are involved in changing the culture of supporting people into a more inclusive, independence focused style of support – where people are encouraged to be partners in, not recipients of their service delivery.

Benefits Include

• Access to Health Insurance
• Access to Educational Support Scheme
• Company pension with companycontribution (including income protection and death-in-service benefits)
• Employee Assistant Programme
• Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave (dependant on service)
• 25 days Annual leave
• Bike to Work scheme
• Training and development (CPD)
• Option to join the Health Service credit union
  

Social Care Worker/ Autism Practitioner – Day Services, Permanent Contract, Full-Time (1.00 WTE) – South Dublin (2x Positions Available)

Gheel Autism Services provides day opportunities across North and South Dublin. These allow us to offer unique and personalised services based on the individual's choices, needs, and aspirations. Our day services are in process of working towards a New Directions model of service delivery. This is also to suit the individual sensory and support needs of adults with autism. Day Opportunity Services provide a tailored style of support in local communities. Social Care Workers will in conjunction with the work of the Practitioners assist in the development of independent living skills, education and employment possibilities, and social and leisure groups.

As a professional working within the sector, you will be patient, understanding, and supportive. You will enjoy encouraging the people you support to progress at their own pace and according to their own needs. You will be innovative in your ideas and solutions and work in partnership with the people receiving support to facilitate them to build a life reflective of their individual hopes and aspirations.

As for the people you will be supporting, they are looking for a positive, fun, kind, conscientious, and intuitive individual who will work in partnership with them to achieve and facilitate their goals and wishes. The person they seek will be outcome-based, solution-focused, and sensitive to meeting their needs.

The Day Services predominantly operate in daytime hours Monday to Friday, but some flexibility may be required depending on the needs of the people we support.

Pleaseclick herefor more information on Day Services in Gheel.

Essential Qualifications For Social Care Worker/ Autism Practitioner Post

• Level 7 award in Social Care/Studies delivered by an Institute of Technology, DIT or National University of Ireland
  

Or/

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

Or/

• Relevant third level qualification at degree level i.e. social work, psychology, and/or allied health.
  

Or/

• Post-graduate qualification in Autism Studies
  

Essential Criteria For This Post

• Excellent communication & engagement skills
• At least one-year recent experience in the social care sector
• Ability to promote independence where applicable
• A thorough understanding of the HIQA regulations
• A full, clean drivers licence
  

Desirable Criteria For This Post

• Experience of supporting individuals with a diagnosis of ASD and knowledge of Autism
• Experience of case management
  

Salary Scale

• Successful candidates will be paid in line with 2016 HSE revised consolidated Social Care Worker pay scale point 3; €33,325 – point 12; €44,306 per annum based on working a 39-hour week - annual increments are included.
• The successful post holder will also be eligible for additional remuneration in addition to the aforementioned salary, point 3; €1,891 – LSI €2,781 per annum as per the phased pay restoration process between Section 39 Agencies and the Department of Health.
• There are 25 days of annual leave/195 hours per annum.
  

To apply for this position please submit your up-to-date curriculum vitae and cover letter. Applicants will be shortlisted for an interview based on the evidence outlined in their C.V.The closing date for receipt of all completed applications isWednesday, 1st November 2023 at 5 pm. Late applications will not be accepted.

A panel may be formed from which suitable vacancies may be filled.

Garda Vetting is a requirement of the recruitment process.