Speech and Language Therapist (Basic Grade)

Speech and Language Therapist (Basic Grade)

• Cork, Ireland
• Full time, Permanent

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, indep

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, indep Show more

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 2026.

Enable Ireland, is an equal opportunities employer. We strongly 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 Speech & Language Therapist (basic grade) to join our team in a CDNT based at Enable Ireland, Curraheen, Cork.

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €43,231 to €63,184 prorata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments)

Annual Leave Entitlement: 32 days per annum

Overview of the Post:

Enable Ireland delivers children's services under the national Progressing Disabilities Services (PDS) model for children and young people with complex needs arising from a disability. As a Lead Agency within this model, Enable Ireland has responsibility for the delivery of services to children assigned to Children's Disability Network Teams (CDNT) within designated network areas. Services are provided in accordance with legislative and service delivery frameworks and requirements, within the resources allocated. As a member of the interdisciplinary team, the post holder will provide Speech and Language Therapy services, including assessment and intervention to children and adolescents enrolled on the CDNT. Services will be provided across a variety of settings including the clinic, schools, preschools and special schools, children's homes and community settings.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list

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
• 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.
• AND
• 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
• On appointment, practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Speech & Language Therapists Register maintained by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
• Be eligible to work in the state.
• Full manual drivers licence with access to own transport (applications from candidates with learner permit will be considered, with employment conditional upon securing full manual licence within 18 months of commencement).
• Clinical experience of working with children and their families as part of an interdisciplinary team with a paediatric FEDS caseload.
• Relevant training specific to children with disabilities (0-18 years).
• Access to own transport.
• Demonstrates sufficient clinical skills in Speech and Language Therapy assessment, intervention and diagnostics to meet the specific needs of the relevant caseload 0 - 18 children's services.

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: Closing date for applications: Tuesday 17th November 2026 before noon