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.
Contract Details
Contract Type: Specified Purpose (Min 12 months)
Contract Hours: 28 hours per week (0.8 WTE)
Salary Scale: €62,072 to €73,477 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)
Salary scale increases in 2026 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.
Annual Leave Entitlement: 33 days pro rata per annum.
Responsibilities
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. Services will include assessment and intervention, clinical supervision, and ongoing service development, delivered through a family‑centred approach across a variety of settings including the clinic, preschools, schools, children’s homes and community settings.
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.
Possess the requisite knowledge and ability, including a high standard of suitability and professional ability, for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
Provide proof of statutory registration on the Speech & Language Therapists Register maintained by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.
Maintain annual registration on the Speech & Language Therapists Register upon appointment.
Confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.
Have 3 years recent relevant post‑qualification experience which includes a minimum of 1 year of working with children with a range of disabilities/developmental delay and their families.
Experience of working with children aged 0–18 years and their families.
Valid driving licence for within the state/jurisdiction with access to own transport to deliver services across a large geographical area.
Applicants must be 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 the 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 adoptive leave.
Pay adjusted paternity leave.
Wellbeing benefits.
Pension.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.
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