Social Care Worker/ Autism Practitioner- Living Options- North Circular Road

An In Gheel, we focus on supporting individuals with autism 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 adults with autism 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 central to 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, the design of the service delivered.

Benefits Include:

•    Access to Health Insurance  

•    Access to Educational Support Scheme  

•    Company pension with company  contribution (including income protection and death-in-service benefits)  

•    Employee Assistant Programme

•    Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave (dependant on service)

•    Up to 27 days Annual leave  

•    Bike to Work scheme  

•    Training and development (CPD)  

•    Option to join the Health Service credit union  

Social Care Worker/ Autism Practitioner – Full-Time, Permanent, North Circular Road (x2 vacancies)

The successful candidates for this position will act as a strong role model, demonstrate a commitment to developing a person-centred culture and provide the people we support with emotional support while contributing positively to their health and wellbeing.   

Gheel Autism Services provides supported living services across Dublin and North Kildare. With this type of support the emphasis is on the development of skills for independent living, recognising individual goals and aspirations, and enabling people to be active participants in their local community. Thorough assessment is completed by working alongside each individual to establish their wishes and preferred lifestyle.  The support is provided in line with the individual needs taking into consideration the will, preference, and life choices of the individual, based on an assessment of social, personal, and healthcare needs. Staff have the opportunity to work on skill development in context, building capacity for interdependence in community and social networks. In addition, we enable adults to develop essential everyday skills such as money management, self-care, laundry, general housekeeping, and cooking skills.

A full, clean driving licence is required for this position.

The closing date for receipt of all completed applications is Monday, 8th April 2024 at 5pm.  Late applications will not be accepted.