Senior Early Interventionist

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.

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 Senior Early Interventionist to join our team in North Tipperary CDNT, Nenagh, Co Tipperary.

Contract Type: Full time permanent contract
Contract Hours: 35 Hours per week
Salary: €57,771 - €68,385 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)
Annual Leave Entitlement: 33 days pro rata per annum

Overview of the Post:
To provide services as part of an interdisciplinary team to meet the identified and emerging needs of children and young people and their families who attend the Children’s Disability Network Team(s) with a specific focus on early years. The aim of this programme is to provide a unified national approach to delivering disability health services so that each child has a clear pathway to the services they need, regardless of where they live, what school they attend or the nature of their disability or delay. To work within a family centred model to support families in identifying and implementing outcomes that are important to them and to their children.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:
Please see Job Description for full list of Duties & Responsibilities.

The successful candidate will have:

Essential Criteria:

• Possess a third level qualification in Early Childhood Education/Child Development/RNID/ Pediatric nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Speech & Language Therapy, Social Work or other relevant discipline.

And

• Have a minimum of 5 years post graduate work experience working in the early intervention context with at least 3 of those years directly working with children with disability and complex needs.

And

• 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

• Possess a full clean drivers licence and have access to their own transport.

Desirable Criteria:

• Post graduate in related discipline.
• Experience of working within the PDS Framework.
• Experience of interdisciplinary team working.

In the event of a high volume of applicants Desirable Criteria may be applied in the short listing 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 internal and external training opportunities
• Generous annual leave entitlements
• Flexible Working
• 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, please click here.

What now?
To apply, please download the job description and person specification for your information and complete the online application form.

Informal queries by email to: Ann Somers at Ann.Somers@hse.ie

Closing date for applications: 4pm Monday 28th April 2025
Interview date: To be confirmed

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

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