Occupational Therapist, Senior Grade

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 individuals and their families to develop plans at 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 and independence.

Description

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 2025.

Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We 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 Occupational Therapists to join our team in Enable Ireland Wicklow Children's Services, CDNT5, Bray and CDNT7, Arklow.

Contract Type: Permanent & Specified Purpose Contracts

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €62,072 - €73,447 pro rata per annum

Annual Leave Entitlement: 33 days per annum pro rata

Overview of the Post

As a senior member of the interdisciplinary team, the incumbent will provide occupational therapy services to children aged 0-18 years and their families. Responsibilities include assessment, diagnostics and intervention for children with a range of disabilities, clinical supervision, and participation in ongoing service delivery. The role requires working across multiple settings including the Centre, schools, special schools, preschools, children's homes and community settings.

Duties & Responsibilities

Please see Job Description for full list.

The successful candidate will have:

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
• Have 3 years full time (or an aggregate of three years) 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 Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
• On appointment, maintain annual registration on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
• Confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.
• Experience supervising occupational therapy students and/or occupational therapy assistants.
• Have current eligibility to work in the State.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience working with children with disabilities (0-18 years).
• Experience of interdisciplinary team working.
• Relevant postgraduate training specific to children with disabilities (0-18 years).
• Hold a valid full driving licence for within the State/jurisdiction with access to own private transport to deliver services across a large geographical area.

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

Application Process

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: 26 July 2026 at 13:00 GMT.

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 any virtual service provider we use to host the interview and 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