Speech and Language Therapist Clinical Specialist in Intellectual Disability 0-18 in Cavan

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 Speech and Language Therapist, Clinical Specialist in Intellectual Disability 0-18 years to join our team in CHO 1 Cavan.

The Speech and Language Therapist, Clinical Specialist will provide advanced specialist assessment, intervention and clinical leadership within an inter-disciplinary disability service supporting children and young people presenting with complex needs arising from their disability aged 0-18 years within CHO 1, Cavan.

The postholder will deliver evidence-informed, person-centred and trauma-informed communication supports that support individuals to communicate effectively and participate in daily life.

The SLT Clinical Specialist will use clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to the SLT team and other staff whilst maintaining a clinical caseload on the CDNT, Cavan.

The SLT Clinical Specialist will work collaboratively within the interdisciplinary team, with individuals, families and circles of support and will contribute to holistic assessment, family centred practice and coordinated interventions that promote inclusion, autonomy and quality of life utilising a neuro-affirmative framework.

The role will also contribute to clinical governance, service development, quality improvement and capacity building across the service, supporting best practice in Speech and Language Therapy within children’s disability services.

The postholder will participate in ongoing audit and appropriate work-related research/ evaluation projects in areas relevant to intellectual disability.

Requirements

Candidates for appointment must be:

• Registered as a Speech & Language Therapist by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
• Have 5 years full time (or equivalent) years post qualification clinical experience of which 4 years full time (or equivalent) must be consecutive in the required area of specialism.
• Demonstrate a proven record of clinical excellence in the specialism.
• Demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the required area of specialism, in the form of postgraduate qualifications or relevant courses.
• Demonstrate achievement in the areas of clinical audit, quality improvement initiatives, practice development, teaching and research.
• Have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability, management, leadership and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
• Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Speech & Language Therapist Register maintained by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.
• Be employed as a Senior Speech & Language Therapist working within a disability service.
• Have 5 years’ experience in the area of Paediatric (0 – 18 years) disability service for children with complex needs.
• Have a minimum of 5 years’ experience, 4 of which must include demonstrated experience working in the area of intellectual disability.
• Be eligible to work in the state. Please review the criteria at the following link https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills/employment-permits and ensure you meet the requirements before submitting your application.
• Have a valid driving licence for within the state / jurisdiction with access to own transport in order to deliver services across a large geographical area.

Details

Contract Type: 12 month fixed term contract

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €68,897 to €80,302 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 pro rata per annum

Closing date for applications: Thursday 13th August, 2026 @ 12pm.

A panel may be 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.

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.