Speech and Language Therapist, Senior

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, independent living, supported employment, social and leisure activities. The demand for our services continues to increase throughout Ireland. We have set ourselves the challenging goal of meeting these needs by providing a full range of high quality services, and expanding into local communities.

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 Senior Speech & Language Therapist to join our team in Galway (CDNT5).

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €62,072 to €73,477 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: 33 days

Overview of the Post:

To provide a range of speech and language therapy services to children 0 - 18 years and their families who attend City West Network Disability Team, within an interdisciplinary framework and family centered practice and to support other staff and students as assigned.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list

The successful candidate will have

Essential Criteria:

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Speech and Language Therapist by the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.

And

• Have 3 years full time (or an aggregate of 3 years full time) post qualification clinical experience

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

• Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Speech and Language Therapist Register maintained by the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.
• On appointment, practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Speech and Language Therapists Register maintained by the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.

And

• Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland
• Be eligible to work in the state.
• Previous speech and language therapy experience working with children with a range of disabilities including physical, sensory, intellectual and autistic spectrum disorder.

Desirable Criteria:
• Experience of inter/transdisciplinary team working
• Any relevant post graduate training specific to child disability services
• Qualification in the management of Feeding, Eating, Drinking, & Swallowing.
• Specific training and experience in assessment of Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
• Experience in assessment of children who have a physical and/or sensory disability and/or intellectual disability.
• Experience of supporting children/young persons with life limiting conditions.
• Previous experience in a senior post.
• Experience of completing assessments under the AON 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 & conditions, please click here:

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.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 29th July 2026

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