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 2023.

Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Bronze 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 Basic Grade Speech & Language Therapist to join our team in CHO6, Dublin South, currently based in Sandymount and Leopardstown.

Contract Type: Permanent Posts.

Contract Hours: Full and Part Time Posts.

Salary Scale: €43,276 - €57,653 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments).

Annual Leave Entitlement: 32 days per annum.

Overview of the Post:
The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a speech and language therapy service including assessment, diagnostics and intervention as required to all children accessing the service, and will work as a member of the interdisciplinary team providing services to children and families within the designated area.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:
Please download the job description for this post to view a full list of duties.

The successful candidate will have
Essential Criteria:

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Speech and Language Therapist by the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.

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 Speech and Language Therapist Register maintained by the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.

Annual registration

• On appointment, practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Speech and Language Therapists Register maintained by the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.

AND
Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.

Desirable Criteria:

• Post graduate work experience as a Speech & Language Therapist.

• Experience of interdisciplinary team working.

• Experience working with children with disabilities and their families.

• Any relevant post graduate training specific to child disability services. e.g. Hanen, Lamh, PECS, ADOS, AT training.

• Experience in working with Assistive Technology.

• Post graduate experience in Feeding, Eating, Drinking and Swallowing (FEDS).

If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.

Benefits
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

• Long service reward scheme

• Pay adjusted Maternity Leave

• Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave

• Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

• Wellbeing benefits

• 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.

For queries relating to the post, please contact Alexandra Swift by email at HRSandymount@enableireland.ie
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Enable Ireland welcomes applications from candidates who will be eligible for Professional Registration in the coming months.
In the event that candidates are considered for appointment pending their Professional Registration, they may initially be appointed to an assistant grade post.

Closing date for applications: 7th October 2024

A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.

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