Senior Grade Speech And Language

Who We Are
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.
For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, independence
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 2024.
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 highly-motivated
Senior Grade Speech and Language Therapists
to join our team CHO6, Dublin South, currently based in
Sandymount and Leopardstown.
Leopardstown
Our Leopardstown office is ideally situated within a HSE building at Leopardstown Shopping Centre, offering excellent connectivity, convenience, and a vibrant working environment.
Located directly on the Luas Green Line and just minutes from the M50, it ensures easy access for commuters from across the city and beyond.
The shopping centre offers a range of amenities including Dunnes Stores, coffee shops like Vanilla Pod and Costa, ample parking, a pharmacy, and dry cleaning services among other retailers, making it a practical and attractive location for staff.
Sandymount
Our Sandymount office is located in a vibrant seaside village with a welcoming community feel.
Just a short walk from Sandymount Strand, the village offers a great mix of cafes, restaurants, and local shops, including a Tesco for convenience.
The office is served by the DART commuter train and central bus routes, making it easily commutable from the city and surrounding areas.
Contract Type:
Permanent Post
Contract Hours:
Full and Part Time Posts
Salary Scale:
€57,771 – €68,387 pro rata per annum.
Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments)
This pay scale is subject to increases in 2025 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.
Annual Leave Entitlement
: 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 support to an assigned caseload which may include children and their families on the community team and/or an assigned special school team.
This will include assessment diagnostics and intervention, clinical and performance supervision and ongoing service delivery to children with a range of disabilities attending our service.
Services are provided to children aged 0 – 18 years with physical, sensory, and/or learning disabilities, and/or developmental delay.
Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:
Please see Job Description for full list of duties.
The successful candidate will have:
Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Speech & Language Therapist by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
AND
Have 3 years' full time (or an aggregate of 3 years' full time) post qualification clinical experience.
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 & Language Therapists Register maintained by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.
AND
Eligible to work in the State.
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.
Experience of interdisciplinary team working.
Minimum of 2 years' experience working with children with disabilities.
Experience working with children with Eating, Drinking and Swallowing difficulties.
Experience working with Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC).
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
Long service reward scheme
Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
Pay adjusted Paternity Leave
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: 22/09/2025
Interview date for successful application: TBC
A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise 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 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
Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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