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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.

Skills and attributes

- Fully qualified

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

We are currently seeking a highly motivated Senior Speech & Language Therapist to join our Assistive Technology team providing services across CHO2 (Galway, Mayo, Roscommon).

Job: Senior Speech & Language Therapist

Location: CHO2 (Galway, Mayo & Roscommon) Office base will be in Galway

Contract Type: Permanent Contract

Reporting to: Children’s Services Manager Midwest/West

Salary Scale: €57,771 - €68,387 pro rata per annum. This pay scale is subject to increases in 2025 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.

Overview of the Post:

The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a speech and language therapy service within the Assistive technology team, to include assessment and intervention, clinical supervision service delivery to individuals with communication challenges. The post holder will be required to work across a range of settings including the clinic, schools and preschools, the person’s home and community settings across the health region.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list of Duties & Responsibilities

The successful candidate will have:

Essential Criteria:

- Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Speech & Language Therapists Register maintained by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
- Have three years full time (or an aggregate of three years full time) post qualification clinical experience.
- 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.
- 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.
- Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU.

Desirable Criteria:

- Experience of interdisciplinary working
- Minimum 2 years’ experience with individuals with communication challenges.
- Experience working in Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC)

In the event of a high volume of applicants Desirable Criteria may be applied in the shortlisting process.

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 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

What now?

Applications must be made on the Enable Ireland application form only. CV’s will not be accepted.

To apply, please download the job description and person specification and complete the online application form.

Closing date for applications: Friday 26/09/2025 at 1.00pm

Proposed interview dates: 30/09/2025 & 01/10/2025

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

Enable Ireland is an equal opportunities employer.

• 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 Enable Ireland’s External Data Protection Notice available at https://www.enableireland.ie/privacy-policy for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant’s personal information. 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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