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.
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 ****
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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 Social Worker
to join our team in
Enable Ireland Wicklow Children's Services - CDNT7 – South Wicklow, Arklow.
Contract Type:
Permanent .5WTE Contract
Contract Hours:
17.5 hours per week
Salary Scale:
€67,823 – €79,797 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:
34 days pro rata
Overview of the Post
The post holder will work as a member of the interdisciplinary team providing services to children and families who are accessing the Children's Disability Network Team.
These supports will include the provision of quality and effective assessment and intervention social work supports to meet the desired outcomes for children with ongoing complex needs and their families.
The duties of this post will combine direct intervention with children and families with the provision of support and supervision to basic grade social worker(s) on the team.
The post holder will be required to work across a variety of settings including the clinic, schools, preschools and special schools, children's homes and community settings.
Overview of Duties & Responsibilities
Outlined in Job Description.
The successful candidate will have
Must be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Social Workers Register by the Social Work Registration Board at CORU.
National Qualification in Social Work or Certification of Qualification in Social Work, or equivalent qualification accredited by the National Social Work Qualifications Board.
Maintain live annual registration on the Social Workers Register maintained by the Social Work Registration Board at CORU and provide proof of Statutory Registration before a contract of employment can be issued.
Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.
Must have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability, professional and managerial ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
In-depth understanding of Children's First legislation.
AND
Candidates must have current eligibility to work in the State.
Candidates must hold a valid full and clean driving licence for within the State/jurisdiction with access to own private transport in order to deliver services across a large geographical area.
1 years' experience as a Senior Grade, or in other similar type role.
Experience working with children with disabilities and their families.
Experience in providing training to parents and other professionals.
Experience in supervision of staff.
Experience in managing resources.
1 year experience as a Team Leader/Single Handed/Senior Grade, or in other similar type role.
Experience in providing training.
If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.
As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including:
Excellent internal and external training opportunities
Generous annual leave entitlements
Flexible Working
Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
Pay adjusted Paternity Leave
Pension
For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here:
What now?
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: 20 February **** at 13:00 GMT.
A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise in Wicklow Children's Services (CDNT5, 6 or 7) 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 nformation.
Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with:
1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and
2) 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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