Care for others
without feeling like
you're on your own.

You'll travel between clients' homes across your local area in Wexford, spending around an hour with each person. Visits typically include personal care (washing, dressing), meal preparation, medication prompts, light housework, mobility support, and companionship. You'll also keep notes and report any changes you notice.

Most carers see between four and eight clients across a shift, depending on visit lengths.

Across the whole of County Wexford — Wexford Town, Gorey, Enniscorthy, New Ross and the surrounding villages and rural areas. We always match carers with clients close to where they live so travel time stays manageable.

You'll be working independently in clients' homes — that's the nature of community-based care — but you're never on your own in the bigger sense. Direct lines to your Care Manager, on-call support out of hours, and a team of fellow carers you'll see at training, team meetings, and handovers.

Mostly older adults living independently who need support to stay safely in their own homes. Some have specific needs around mobility, dementia, or recovery from illness. We brief you fully on each client before you start working with them.

Our minimum is 20 hours per week. From there we can build rosters up to full-time (40 hours), depending on what you can offer and what client work is available in your area.

You're rostered across alternating weekends — one fortnight you're on Saturday and Sunday, the next fortnight you're off both days. This isn't an arbitrary rule: it means each client sees one of two familiar carers every weekend, rather than a different stranger each time.

Six days. Maximum. Many home care employers run rosters where carers work twelve consecutive days before a day off — a known cause of burnout. We don't run things that way. Your weekday off breaks the fortnight up so the longest possible stretch is six days.

Where possible, yes. We confirm your preferred weekday at final interview and build your roster around it. Once it's set, it stays the same — same day off every week so you can plan your life.

Our peak windows are 8am–12pm and 4pm–8pm — when most clients need help getting up, ready, fed, and settled. Roster shapes vary, but availability across these times is the most useful.

A comprehensive paid induction covering manual handling, infection control, safeguarding, medication awareness, and our care management systems. Plus paid shadowing shifts with experienced carers before you take your first solo visits.

Yes. We properly introduce you — usually with a senior carer present — before you run visits independently. You'll have the chance to read each client's care plan, learn their routine, and build rapport before taking over.

Ring the office as early as possible and we cover your visits with another carer. We'd much rather you stayed home and rested than push through. There's a clear, supported sickness policy.

Care work is meaningful but it can be hard. Regular check-ins with your Care Manager, a confidential Employee Assistance Programme, and colleagues who genuinely understand. If a particular situation is weighing on you, we want to know.

Yes, absolutely. If you've cared consistently for a family member or loved one — handling personal care, medication, and the wider routine — you've already done the hardest part of the job. Apply and we'll discuss whether the QQI support pathway is right for you.

At least six months of consistent, regular care — including all areas of personal hygiene (washing, dressing, toileting, continence support). Not occasional help, but the full picture of day-to-day care.

You join us as a real carer from day one and earn while you qualify. Bluebird Care Wexford pays half the QQI Level 5 course fee upfront; you pay the other half. When you complete the modules, we reimburse your half in your next wage packet.

Your half of the fee isn't reimbursed if you leave before finishing both modules. Our half stays with you — you keep what you've completed and the recognition that comes with it — but the reimbursement is conditional on completing the qualification with us.

Yes. Community care means moving between clients across your local area, often in places where public transport isn't reliable. A full driving licence and access to a car are essential.

Yes — we pay mileage and travel time between clients on every shift.

Yes — Garda vetting is required for any role involving care of vulnerable adults. We guide you through the process during onboarding.

Unfortunately no — for these roles you need the legal right to work in Ireland (Irish/EU citizenship, Stamp 4, or equivalent) before you apply.

A short, no-pressure phone conversation with one of our team. We chat about your experience, availability, location, and whether the role is a good fit — for both sides. It's not a formal interview.

From application to job offer, most candidates move through in one to two weeks. After offer, your start date depends on Garda vetting clearance and induction scheduling.

Apply anyway. The friendly fit call is exactly designed for that — both of us figure out together whether it's a good fit.

We'll try you up to four times and follow up by SMS each time. If we still can't reach you, we add you to our evergreen list and contact you next time we're hiring. Your application is never just deleted.