Social Worker (Staff Grade) in Nenagh

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, 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 Social Worker to join our team in North Tipperary CDNT, Nenagh, Co Tipperary.

Contract Type: Full time permanent contract

Contract Hours: 35 Hours per week

Salary: €48,360 to €70,563 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments).

Annual Leave Entitlement: 34 days pro rata per annum

Enable Ireland delivers children’s services through the Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNT) under the national Progressing Disabilities Services (PDS) model for children and young people with complex needs arising from a disability. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a range of Social Work services for young people (0 – 18 years) and their families within an interdisciplinary framework. Service will include assessment and intervention, clinical supervision and ongoing service development. This will be delivered through a family centred approach across a variety of settings including the clinic, preschools, schools, children’s homes and community settings.

Requirements

Essential Criteria:

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Social Workers Register maintained by the Social Workers 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 Social Workers Register maintained by the Social Workers Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.
• Annual registration
• On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Social Workers Register maintained by the Social Workers Registration Board at CORU.
• Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to the Enable Ireland

Desirable Criteria:

• Recent, relevant experience working with children and their families.
• Experience working with children with disabilities.
• Experience of Inter-disciplinary team working.
• Some years’ experience of working in the disability sector.

Details

Location: Nenagh, County Tipperary

Closing date: 8 Sept 2026

How to Apply

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