Professionally Qualified Social Worker (PQSW) in Cork

About the Role

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.

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 Professionally Qualified Social Worker (PQSW) to join our team in a CDNT based at Enable Ireland Children’s Services, Curraheen, Cork.

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: Full time 35 hours per week

Requirements

Must be registered in the Social Work Register maintained by the Social Work Registration Board at CORU.

AND

· Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Social Workers Register maintained by the Social Workers Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.

AND

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.

· Annual registration: On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Social Workers Register maintained by the Social Workers Registration Board at CORU

-Must be eligible to work in the State

Desirable Criteria:

Experience of interdisciplinary team working.

Minimum of 1 years’ experience working in the disability sector.

Minimum 1 years’ experience working with children with disabilities and their families.

Experience working with children and their families.

Experience working with children with disabilities

Details

Location: Cork, Ireland

Salary: €48,360–€70,563 per year

Closing date: 20 Aug 2026

How to Apply

To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.