Inspire: Team Leader (Maternity Cover), Cuan Mhic Giolla Bhríde

Inspire: Team Leader (Maternity Cover), Cuan Mhic Giolla Bhríde

Team Leader

The Vacancy

Position: Team Leader

Location: Cuan Mhic Giolla Bhríde, Faughart, Dundalk, Co-Louth

Hours: Full-time - 39 hours a week

Salary: €22.01 - €27.85 per hour

Contract: Temporary – Maternity Cover

At Inspire, we believe everyone deserves to live a healthy, meaningful life filled with purpose and connection.

As a Team Leader, you’ll be at the heart of that mission, leading and guiding your team to provide hands-on care and emotional support to people with learning disabilities and complex needs.

About the Role

At Cuan Mhic Giolla Bhríde you’ll play a key role in day-to-day life, where your support makes a real difference

Supporting adults to be active, independent members of their community and society; to make choices and plans; to have influence over the decisions which affect their lives; and to achieve personal goals and aspirations.

This is a varied, rewarding, and physically active role that involves:

• Supporting the people we work with to lead their own lives—we follow their lead
• Leading the shift - managing whatever the day brings and you will have first line management responsibility for staff on shift
• Following agreed support plans and risk assessments to keep everyone safe
• Acting in a key working role with people we support to assist them to achieve their goals
• Building strong, respectful relationships to help create memorable, rewarding days

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for compassionate CORU Registered Team Leader with valid driving licenses and at least 1 year of management/supervisory experience in Health & Social Care who are able to:

• Work calmly and confidently in a service that may involve incidents of behaviours that challenge
• Follow agreed support plans and risk assessments to keep everyone safe
• Provide practical care with warmth, kindness, and dignity
• Work independently or as part of a team
• Build strong, respectful relationships with the people we support

Training and Support

All new staff will receive full training on personal care and positive behaviour support, including how to safely use personal safety techniques in line with our organisational training.

We also offer:

• Award-winning induction and development programmes
• Regular supervision and peer support
• Clear progression pathways for long-term careers in care

Ready to Apply?

If you’re passionate about making a difference and think this sounds like the role for you, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note if successful at interview, the applicant will have to complete an Garda Vetting application.

Following the interviews a waiting list will be created for similar posts for a nine month period.

Inspire is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection based on merit.

Apply Now

Our Organisation

Inspire is an all-island charity and social enterprise and our aim is wellbeing for all. We work together with people living with mental ill health, intellectual disability, autism and addictions to ensure they live with dignity and realise their full potential.

We campaign to create a society free from stigma and discrimination with a culture of compassion that focuses on people and their abilities.

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Date Entered/Updated: 29th Oct, 2026

Expiry Date: 12th Nov, 2026

Region: Dundalk, Co Louth

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