Social Worker

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.

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 2025.

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 a highly motivated Social Worker (Professionally Qualified) to join our team in CHO 7 Ballyboden CDNT 2.

Description

Contract Type: Permanent Full Time

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €48,360 to €70,563 pro rata per annum.

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

This pay scale is subject to increases in 2026 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.

Annual Leave Entitlement: 34 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.

Overview of the Post:

To provide a quality, evidence based social work service to children and young people aged 0-18 years and their families within an interdisciplinary and family centred practice framework. The post holder will be required to support other staff and students as assigned.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will have

• Must be registered in the Social Work Register maintained by the Social Work Registration Board at CORU.
• Must maintain live annual registration on the Social Workers Register maintained by the Social Workers Registration Board at CORU.
• 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.
• Must be eligible to work in the state.
• Minimum of 1 year's post qualification experience.
• Experience of inter disciplinary team working.
• Some years' experience of working in the disability sector.
• Recent, relevant experience working with children and their families.
• Experience working with children with disabilities.

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

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.

You may be eligible for the student sponsorship scheme please see information attached.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 30th July,

• 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