Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties.
Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage.
Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence.
For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, indep
Description
Would you like to work for a great employer?
Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150 Best Employers ****.
Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity.
We vigorously advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.
We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Senior Occupational Therapist to join our teams in CHO6, Dublin South, currently based in Leopardstown.
Leopardstown
Our Leopardstown office is ideally situated within a HSE building at Leopardstown Shopping Centre, offering excellent connectivity, convenience, and a vibrant working environment.
Located directly on the Luas Green Line and just minutes from the M50, it ensures easy access for commuters from across the city and beyond.
The shopping centre offers a range of amenities including Dunnes Stores, coffee shops like Vanilla Pod and Costa, ample parking, a pharmacy, and dry cleaning services among other retailers, making it a practical and attractive location for staff.
Contract Type:
Permanent and specified purpose posts for full and part time contracts.
Salary Scale:
€59,552 – €70,624 pro rata per annum.
Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments).
This pay scale is subject to increases in **** in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.
Annual Leave Entitlement:
33 days per annum.
Overview of the Post
To work as a senior member of the interdisciplinary team providing services to children and families within the region.
The post holder will be responsible for the provision of an occupational therapy supports to an assigned caseload which may include children and their families on the community team and/or an assigned special school team.
This will include assessment diagnostics and intervention, clinical and performance supervision and ongoing service delivery to children with a range of disabilities attending our service.
Services are provided to children aged 0 – 18 years with physical, sensory, and/or learning disabilities, and/or developmental delay.
Overview of Duties & Responsibilities
Please download the job description for this post to view a full list of duties.
The successful candidate will have:
Candidates for appointment must:
Hold professional registration on the Occupational Therapist Register maintained by the Occupational Therapist Registration Board at CORU.
AND
Have three years full time (or an aggregate of three years) post qualification clinical experience.
AND
Have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
AND
Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.
Minimum 1 year post qualification experience of working with families and children with a range of physical disabilities/developmental delays.
Experience of working with children 0 – 18 years and their families.
Experience and/or training in clinical supervision.
Minimum of 2 years' experience working in a children's disability service.
Experience of multi/interdisciplinary team working.
Experience of supervising students/therapy assistants.
If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.
Benefits
Excellent internal and external training opportunities
Generous annual leave entitlements
Long service reward scheme
Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
Pay adjusted Paternity Leave
For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here:
What now?
To apply
To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form.
CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date for applications:
11th December ****
Interview date for successful application:
TBC
A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.
The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.
Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.
The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position.
Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.
Please review the Enable Ireland's External Data Protection Notice available at for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant's personal information.
Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with:
Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview;
the interview panel (if applicable).
Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy
Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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