Occupational Therapist

Enable Ireland; Wicklow; On-site; EUR 43,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlements

Long service reward scheme

Pay adjusted Maternity Leave

Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave

Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

Job summary

Enable Ireland seeks an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Wicklow teams. The post involves delivering OT assessments and interventions for children aged 0–18 and their families within an interdisciplinary framework.

You must be registered or eligible for registration with CORU, have postgraduate experience in child disability services, and be able to work across clinics, schools and community settings. The role is permanent, 35 hours weekly, pro rata salary.

Qualifications

• Be registered, or eligible for registration, on the CORU Occupational Therapists Register.
• Provide proof of Statutory Registration on CORU.
• Eligible to work in the State.
• Postgraduate work experience as an Occupational Therapist.
• Experience with interdisciplinary team working.
• Experience working with children with disabilities and their families.
• Postgraduate training specific to child disability services.
• Experience working with Assistive Technology.
• Postgraduate experience in a public sector health service.
• Experience working on or completing a placement with a CDNT.
• Relevant voluntary experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver occupational therapy assessments and interventions for 0–18 years and families.
• Collaborate within an interdisciplinary team.
• Provide supervision and contribute to service development.
• Deliver services across clinics, preschools, schools, homes and community settings.

Skills

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Children with disabilities

CORU registration

Postgraduate training

Assistive Technology

Public sector experience

Tools

Healthcare IT

Job description

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, indep

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 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 highly-motivated Staff Grade Occupational Therapists to join our teams in Wicklow.

Contract Type: Permanent Post

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €43,231 – €63,184pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

Annual Leave Entitlement: 32 days per annum

Overview of the Post

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 Physiotherapy 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.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities

Please see Job Description for full list of duties.

The successful candidate will have

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

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 Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.

AND

Eligible to work in the State.

Annual registration

On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU

AND

Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.

Post graduate work experience as a Occupational Therapist.

Experience of interdisciplinary team working.

Experience working with children with disabilities and their families.

Any relevant post graduate training specific to child disability services.

Experience in working with Assistive Technology.

Post graduate experience in a public sector health service.

Experience working on or completing a placement with a CDNT.

Relevant voluntary experience working with children or people with disabilities.

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

What now?

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
• Long service reward scheme
• Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
• Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
• Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

Reference and Vetting

• The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.
• Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.
• 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, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.
• Please review the Enable Ireland’s External Data Protection Notice available at https://www.enableireland.ie/privacy-policy for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant’s personal information. Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with: 1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and 2) the interview panel (if applicable). Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy

Closing date for applications: 5 November 2026 at 11am GMT.

Interview date: TBC

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.

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer