Senior Grade Social Worker

Enable Ireland; Dublin; On-site; EUR 71,000 - 83,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Flexible working

Pension

Generous annual leave

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Enable Ireland in Dublin South is seeking a Senior Grade Social Worker to lead an interdisciplinary team and provide social work support to children and families across Sandymount and Leopardstown.

The post combines direct intervention with supervision of social workers, covering ages 0–18 with disabilities, and offers flexible working, generous leave, and strong training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Must be registered in the Social Work Register maintained by CORU.
• Maintain live annual registration on the Social Workers Register maintained by CORU.
• Must have three years relevant post-qualification experience.
• Be eligible to work in the State.
• On appointment, maintain annual CORU registration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and provide social work support to an assigned caseload within the regional team.
• Carry out assessment and intervention for children aged 0–18 with disabilities or developmental delay.
• Provide supervision to social workers and link workers.
• Deliver direct intervention with children and families and ensure service delivery.

Skills

Social work

Management

Communication

Team leadership

Education

CORU registration

Job 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 a highly motivated Senior Grade Social Worker to join our teams in Dublin South, currently based in Sandymount and Leopardstown.

Leopardstown

Our Leopardstown office is ideally situated within a HSE building at Leopardstown Shopping Centre, offering excellent connectivity, convenience, and a vibrant working environment. Located directly on the Luas Green Line and just minutes from the M50, it ensures easy access for commuters from across the city and beyond. The shopping centre offers a range of amenities including Dunnes Stores, coffee shops like Vanilla Pod and Costa, ample parking, a pharmacy, and dry cleaning services among other retailers, making it a practical and attractive location for staff.

Sandymount

Our Sandymount office is located in a vibrant seaside village with a welcoming community feel. Just a short walk from Sandymount Strand, the village offers a great mix of cafes, restaurants, and local shops, including a Tesco for convenience. The office is served by the DART commuter train and central bus routes, making it easily commutable from the city and surrounding areas.

Available Posts

• Permanent, part time post (17.5 hours per week) in Sandymount

Salary Scale

€70,563 to €83,021 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments).

Annual Leave Entitlement

34 days per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service

Overview of the Post

To work as a senior member of the interdisciplinary team providing services to children and families within the region. The post holder will lead and be responsible for the provision of a Social Work support to an assigned caseload which may include children and their families on the community team and/or an assigned special school team. This will include assessment and intervention, clinical and performance supervision and ongoing service delivery to children with a range of disabilities attending our service, and their families.

The duties of this post will combine direct intervention with children and families with provision of support and supervision to social workers and link workers. Services are provided to children aged 0 – 18 years with physical, sensory, and/or learning disabilities, and/or developmental delay.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities

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Essential Criteria

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

• Maintain live annual registration on the Social Workers Register maintained by the Social Workers Registration Board at CORU.

• Must have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability, professional and managerial ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

• Have three years relevant post qualification experience.

• Be eligible to work in the State.

• 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 Enable Ireland.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience working with children and their families.
• Experience working with children with disabilities.
• Experience in providing training.
• Previous management experience.
• 3 years' experience in a senior or other management role.

Benefits

• Excellent internal and external training opportunities
• Generous annual leave entitlements
• Flexible Working
• Long service reward scheme
• Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
• Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
• Pay adjusted Paternity Leave
• Wellbeing benefits
• Pension

Closing date for applications: 22nd October 2026

Interview date for successful application: TBC

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

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