Academic Support Worker

We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate, creative and caring person to join our Education Team at the Down Syndrome Limerick.

Our vision is to provide opportunities for adults with Down syndrome for ongoing learning and growth. Through our education programmes, we not only teach new skills, we allow our learners to come confident adults and support them, as they carve out their future.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the Teacher/Tutor in delivering the education programmes.
• Working with individual students, small groups, or the entire class, catering to a diverse range of needs and abilities to assist them to fulfil classroom activities.
• Administration duties may include recording daily attendance sheets, completing incident forms and cleaning checklists.
• Provide regular feedback to the teacher/tutor on students' progress and supporting the teacher/tutor with paperwork and documentation as required.