Will 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 2025.
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 Speech and Language Therapist – Senior Grade to join our team in CHO 8 Meath CDNT 4 Dunshaughlin / East Meath based in Bettystown.
Contract type: Permanent Full-time
Contract hours: 35 hours per week
Salary scale: €62,072 to €73,477 pro rata per annum (subject to LSI and 2026 pay adjustments)
Annual leave entitlement: 33 days pro rata per annum
Overview of the Post
Enable Ireland delivers children’s services through the Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNT) under the national Progressing Disabilities Services (PDS) model for children and young people with complex needs arising from a disability. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a range of Speech and Language Therapy services for young people (0–18 years) and their families within an interdisciplinary framework. Service will include assessment and intervention, clinical supervision and ongoing service development. This will be delivered through a family-centred approach across a variety of settings including the clinic, preschools, schools, children’s homes and community settings.
Qualifications
Essential criteria:
Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Speech & Language Therapist by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
Have 3 years full time (or an aggregate of 3 years full time) post qualification clinical experience.
Provide proof of statutory registration on the Speech & Language Therapists Register maintained by CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.
Annual registration:
On appointment, practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Speech & Language Therapists Register at CORU.
Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.
3 years recent relevant post qualification experience including a minimum of 1 year working with children with a range of disabilities / developmental delay.
Experience working with children aged 0–18 years and their families.
Valid driving licence and access to own transport to deliver services across a large geographical area.
Eligible to work in the state.
Desirable criteria:
Post graduate training and experience in Management of FEDS Disorders.
Relevant post graduate training specific to 0–18 years.
Experience in conducting Assessment of Need.
Relevant training and experience in assessment and intervention of children with autism.
Experience and/or training in clinical supervision.
Benefits
Excellent internal and external training opportunities
Generous annual leave entitlements
Flexible working
Long service reward scheme
Pay adjusted maternity leave
Pay adjusted adoption leave
Pay adjusted paternity leave
Wellbeing benefits
Pension
Additional Information
The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting or police clearance, as relevant.
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.
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