Healthcare Assistant- Caring for children with ID - Navan

Three Steps is a social care based, trauma and attachment informed, clinically supported residential care service provider. We work closely with the HSE, Tusla (Child and Family Agency) and the Northern Ireland Trusts and have a number of centres for children and adults with disability. We also provide residential care services for children and young people in care. All our services are currently located in Meath. We are seeking qualified Healthcare Assistants to join our teams in Co Meath. Three Steps care team members work with all our partners to provide safe, compassionate, and professionally informed care to the children, young people and adults placed in our centres. Together, we work hard to improve the quality of care we provide every day. We put the children, young people and adults in our care first in everything we do, and as a company, we invest heavily in our care teams to ensure they have the skills, support and encouragement they need to achieve our shared aims. Our contract options can be tailored to your availability, with both full-time or part-time options available. Benefits include:

1. Comprehensive Training Programme
2. Detailed Induction process
3. Strong team support structures, including regular professional supervision and an established on-call process
4. Independent Employee Assistance Programme
5. Option to work fulltime or part-time
6. 3 weeks paid sick leave per year
7. Enhanced annual leave for long-serving team members
8. Attractive salary, ranging from €37,700 to €43,800
9. Onsite parking

If you are able to care for vulnerable children, young people and adults and are willing to work hard, to learn and develop as a healthcare practitioner, we would like to hear from you. If you are interested in joining our team, you will need to have the following qualifications and experience:

1. A minimum Level 5 qualification in the area of Healthcare, Healthcare Support, Social Care, Disability Studies, or another related and relevant field.
2. Qualifications considered as related and relevant are: Psychology, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Youth and Community Work, Social Work, Social Sciences, Teaching, Nursing, Early Childhood Studies, Special Needs Assistant, Disability Studies, Childcare, Addiction Studies (not exhaustive).

You will also need...

1. The ability to relate to and care for vulnerable children, young people, and adults and to demonstrate a genuine respect for them, their parents and families.
2. To hold a full clean manual driving licence.
3. To be flexible regarding working hours.
4. To be fluent in written and spoken English and eligible to work in Ireland.

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