Speech and Language Therapist Staff Grade
Enable Ireland
Dunshaughlin
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.
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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.
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We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Staff Grade Speech and Language Therapist to join our team in CHO 8 Meath CDNT 4 Dunshaughlin / Bettystown.
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Contract Type: Permanent Full Time
-Contract Hours: 35 hours per week
-Salary Scale: €43,276 to €57,653 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments)
-Annual Leave Entitlement: 32 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.
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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.
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Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:
-Please see Job Description for full list
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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/)
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-· 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
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-· 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
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-· 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
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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
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If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.
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Benefits
-As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including:
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- Excellent internal and external training opportunities
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- Generous annual leave entitlements
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- Flexible Working
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- Long service reward scheme
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- Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
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- Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
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- Pay adjusted Paternity Leave
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- Wellbeing benefits
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- Pension
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For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here:
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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.
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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.
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Closing date for applications: Thursday Thursday 13th February, 2025 @ 12pm
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Previous applicants need not apply.
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A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months in CH08.
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- The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.
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- 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.
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- Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.
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- 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.
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