Occupational Therapist, Senior Grade

Enable Ireland; Bray; Remote; EUR 63,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlements

Long service reward scheme

Maternity Leave top-up

Adoptive Leave top-up

Paternity Leave top-up

Job summary

Enable Ireland Wicklow Children's Services, Bray, is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the interdisciplinary team. You will provide OT assessments, diagnostic and intervention services for children aged 0-18 and support families across school, centre, preschools and community settings.

The post is permanent, 35 hours per week, with a salary scale of €63,313–€74,947 pro rata per annum. You must be CORU registered, have post-qualification experience with children and hold a valid

Qualifications

• Registered with CORU (or eligible) to practise as an OT.
• 3 years full-time post-qualification clinical experience.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience with children with disabilities (0–18).
• Experience supervising OT students or assistants.

Responsibilities

• Provide OT services to children aged 0–18, including assessment, diagnostics and intervention.
• Work across settings: centre, schools, preschools, homes and community.
• Participate in supervision and multidisciplinary service delivery.

Skills

CORU registration

Post-qualification experience

Children with disabilities

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Driving licence

Work eligibility in Ireland

Education

Postgraduate training: children with disabilities

Qualified Occupational Therapist (OT)

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 2026.

Enable Ireland, is an equal opportunities employer. We strongly advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.

We are currently seeking highly‑motivated Senior Occupational Therapists to join our team in Enable Ireland Wicklow Children's Services, CDNT5, Bray.

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €63,313 - €74,947 pro rata per annum

Salary scales are subject to LSIs (Long Service Increments)

Annual Leave Entitlement: 33 days per annum pro rata

Overview of the Post:

To work as a senior member of the interdisciplinary team providing supports to children aged 0-18 years and families within the region. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of occupational therapy services to include assessment, diagnostics and intervention to children with a range of disabilities, clinical supervision and participate in the ongoing service delivery. The post holder will be required to work across a variety of settings including the Centre, schools, special schools, preschools and children's homes and community settings.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list

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 (https://www.coru.ie/).
• Have 3 years full time (or an aggregate of three years) post qualification clinical experience.
• 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.
• On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
• Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.
• Experience supervising Occupational Therapy Students and/or Occupational Therapy Assistants.
• Candidates must have current eligibility to work in the State.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with children with disabilities (0-18 years).
• Experience of interdisciplinary team working.
• Relevant postgraduate training specific to children with disabilities (0-18 years).
• Hold a valid full driving licence for within the State/jurisdiction with access to own private transport in order to deliver services across a large geographical area.

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

• 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.enableirland.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: 29 November 2026 at 13:00 GMT.

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer