Speech & Language Therapist Staff Grade

Enable Ireland•Limerick, PA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Enable Ireland is seeking a Speech & Language Therapist (Staff Grade) to join its Limerick Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT), based at Blackberry Park, Dock Road, Limerick. The role is a full-time, permanent position of 35 hours per week, with a salary of €43,231 to €63,184 pro rata per annum, subject to long-service increments. Annual leave entitlement is 32 days pro rata per annum. Enable Ireland delivers children’s services through CDNTs under the national Progressing Disabilities Services model, supporting children and young people with complex needs arising from disability. The post holder will provide Speech and Language Therapy services to young people aged 0–18 and their families within an interdisciplinary framework. Services include assessment and intervention, clinical supervision, and ongoing service development, delivered using a family-centred approach across clinics, preschools, schools, children’s homes, and community settings. The role requires CORU registration or eligibility for registration as a Speech & Language Therapist, ongoing annual registration, eligibility to work in Ireland, and a full driver’s licence with access to own transport. The post is subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting or police clearance. Benefits include training opportunities, generous annual leave, flexible working, a long-service reward scheme, adjusted maternity, adoptive and paternity leave pay, wellbeing benefits, and a pension.

Requirements

Be registered, or eligible for registration, as a Speech & Language Therapist with the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
Have the requisite knowledge and ability, including a high standard of suitability and professional ability, to properly discharge the duties of the role.
Provide proof of statutory registration on the Social Workers Register maintained by the Social Workers Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued, as stated in the posting.
Maintain annual registration on the Speech & Language Therapists Register at CORU and confirm annual registration to Enable Ireland.
Be eligible to work in Ireland.
Hold a full driver’s licence and have access to own transport.

Nice To Haves

Postgraduate experience working with children with disabilities in a community-based setting.
Postgraduate experience working with children with disabilities and complex needs.
Postgraduate experience and/or training working with children with Feeding, Eating, Drinking & Swallowing (FEDS) needs.
Experience conducting Assessment of Need assessments.
Experience in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
Experience working with children on the Autism Spectrum.

Responsibilities

Provide Speech and Language Therapy services to young people aged 0–18 and their families.
Provide assessment and intervention within an interdisciplinary framework.
Provide clinical supervision.
Contribute to ongoing service development.
Deliver services using a family-centred approach across clinics, preschools, schools, children’s homes, and community settings.