Basic Grade Occupational Therapist

Overview

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.

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 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.

Role

We are currently seeking a highly-motivated

Basic Grade Occupational Therapist

to join our team

in Bray, Co.

Wicklow (CDNT5)

Contract Hours : Full time post.

Salary Scale :

€43,276 – €57,653 pro rata per annum.

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

This pay scale is subject to increases in 2025 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.

Annual Leave Entitlement

: 32 days per annum.

Overview of the Post

The post holder will be responsible for the provision of an occupational therapy service including assessment, diagnostics and intervention as required to all children accessing the service; and will work as a member of the interdisciplinary team providing services to children and families.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities

Please see Job Description for full list of duties.

Qualifications & Requirements

Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU.

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 before a contract of employment can be issued.

On appointment, practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by CORU.

Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the State.

Experience working with children or adults with disabilities and their families.

Experience of interdisciplinary team working.

Relevant post graduate training specific to child disability services.

Experience in conducting assessment of needs.

Minimum of 1 year post graduate experience working with children with disabilities and their families.

Application & Benefits

If you believe you would fit the role please submit your application today.

Excellent internal and external training opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlements

Long service reward scheme

Paid maternity, adoptive, and paternity leave

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.

Note :

Enable Ireland welcomes applications from candidates who will be eligible for professional registration in the coming months.

In the event that candidates are considered for appointment pending their professional registration, they may initially be appointed to an assistant grade post.

Closing date for applications :

1st October 2025

There may be a panel 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.

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 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.

Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy.

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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