Job Description
Relief Social Care Workers sought for children and young people in residential care settings, requiring a minimum Level 7 Degree qualification and 1 year's experience working with children and young people.
Fresh Start is the longest existing Private Provider of Residential Social Care in Ireland, with numerous centres in the Leinster and Munster regions.
We have a proven track record in delivering positive outcomes for the children and young people we care for.
Our centres provide therapeutic care programmes for children and young people with a variety of needs.
The needs and views of the young people we care for are central to our work.
We are recruiting for Relief Social Care Workers in the following locations:
- Monkstown, Co.
- Cork (Full-time & Relief)
- Curracloe, Co. Wexford (Relief)
Essential Criteria:
- Candidates must have a minimum Level 7 Degree qualification in one of the following:
- Social Care/Social Studies
- Psychology (Level 8 degree required)
- Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy, Counselling Psychotherapy, Addiction Counselling
- Youth & Community Work
- Social Work
- Social Sciences
- Teaching
- Family Support
- Disability Studies
- Applied Behavioural Analysis
- Nursing Studies
- Early Years Care (can be accepted if the relevant centre has young people under 12 years)
- Applied Policing or equivalent
- Higher Certificate in Custodial Care (Irish Prison Service) or equivalent
- No qualification or non-relevant qualification but holder of CORU registration as a Social Care worker
1 year's experience of working with children and young people is required.
A full driver's license is highly desirable.
Salary scale commensurate with post-qualification experience, ranging from €38,000 to €48,000 per annum (inclusive of Sleepover Allowance) plus premium payments for Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Benefits for Staff Include:
- Access to Personal Accident Cover
- Death in Service Insurance Cover
- Income Protection
- PRSA Scheme
- Maternity Payment
- Compassionate Leave
- Career Breaks
- Debriefing Immunisation Counselling
- Paid Attendance at both Internal and Mandatory Training
- Access to Childlink resource
- Team Building
- Individual Supervision
- Hospital Saturday Fund
- Golf Society
- Sick Leave
- Company Nights Out