JOB OPPORTUNITY
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 Senior Speech & Language Therapist to join our team in CHO8 Meath CDNT 4 Dunshaughlin / East Meath based in Bettystown

Contract Type: Permanent Full Time

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week (1.0 WTE)

Salary Scale: €57,771 to €68,387 pro rata per annum
Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

Annual Leave Entitlement: Annual leave entitlement is 33 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.

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 a speech and language therapy service to include assessment diagnostics and intervention, clinical and performance supervision and ongoing service delivery to children with a range of disabilities. Services are currently provided to children aged 0-18 years with physical, sensory, learning disabilities, developmental delay and autism. The role will include providing services to children in special schools

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:
Please see Job Description for full list

The successful candidate will have
Essential Criteria:
i. Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Speech & Language Therapist by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU (https://www.coru.ie/)
And
ii. Have 3 years full time (or an aggregate of 3 years full time) post qualification clinical experience
And
iii. Candidates must 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
iv. 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
Annual Registration

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

And

• Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland

• Be eligible to work in the state

• Valid driving licence for within the state / jurisdiction with access to own transport in order to deliver services across a large geographical area

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.

• 3 years recent relevant post qualification experience which includes a minimum of 1 year post qualification experience 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.

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 search:
https://www.enableireland.ie/about-us/careers/employee-benefits

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: Wednesday 11th September 2024 @ 12pm

A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months in CHO8

• 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 athttps://www.enableireland.ie/privacy-policy 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: 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.