Job Title: Residential Service Manager 
Job Category: Permanent
Department Out of Home Care – Tralee 
Location: South West Region, Ireland 
Position Type: Full time (40hrs/week)
Salary: Negotiable, based on experience 
HR Contact: Melissa MacKinnon 
Closing date: August 18, 2025

Compass Child and Family Services is a charitable organisation working with children, adolescents and their families with a view to strengthen their individual and collective functioning as a family.

Our philosophy of working with young people and their families has a strong underpinning and is based on the principles of the continental European Model of Social Pedagogy. The focus of our work lies in relationship-based out of home care settings.

We are currently recruiting a Residential Manager to manage out of home care service in Tralee, Co. Kerry.

The Residential Manager will have responsibility for the care delivered to the young people living in out of home care settings with Compass CFS.

This individual will take full responsibility for operating the out of home care services in accordance with relevant legislation, policy and best practice. This individual will be required to contribute to the established Social Pedagogy model of care, strategy, policies and systems related to Compass CFS.

In addition to a good standard of professional development in the area of social care, we invite individuals with a high level of ability and willingness to engage in reflective practice in relation to their work.

Please find a full job specification for the post and application form attached.

Applications Accepted By:

E-MAIL: hr@compasscfs.ie

MAIL: Melissa MacKinnon
Compass CFS
Unit 8A, Convent Hill,
Killaloe,
Co. Clare V94 KTY2

For informal enquiries please contact Aisling Burke, Regional Residential Services Manager, Compass CFS: aisling.burke@compasscfs.ie or 086 7966059.
For general information please visit: www.compasscfs.ie