Staff Speech And Language Therapist

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 Basic Grade Speech & Language Therapist to join our team CHO 8 Meath CDNT 4 Dunshaughlin/Bettystown.

Contract Type: Permanent Full Time

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week 1.0 WTE

Salary Scale: €43,276 to €57,653 pro rata per annum

Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

Annual Leave Entitlement:Annual leave entitlement is 32 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.

Overview of the Post

To work as a 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 & Language Therapy service to include assessment diagnostics and intervention and ongoing service delivery to children with a range of disabilities. Services are 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:

· 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

· 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

· Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Speech & Language Therapist 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:

· 6 months 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 in conducting Assessment of Need assessments

· Experience of conducting Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnostic Assessments

· Experience in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).

· Experience in working with children on the Autism Spectrum

· Experience of working with children with disabilities.

· Paediatric Feeding, Eating, Drinking and Swallowing (FEDS) Qualification

NOTE

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.

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

· 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 or 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.

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: Tuesday 6th August 2024 @12pm

Previous applicants need not apply

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.