Social Worker Senior Grade

Fairways Hotel; Ireland; Remote; EUR 69,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training opportunities

Generous annual leave

Long service reward scheme

Maternity/parental leave benefit

Job summary

Enable Ireland seeks a motivated Social Worker – Senior Grade for CHO 1 Cavan CDNT, Hillside, Rathcorrick. The post is a permanent full-time role, 35 hours weekly, with a pro rata salary range of €69,179 to €83,393 per year and 34 days annual leave.

Responsibilities include assessment, intervention, supervision and service development within an interdisciplinary framework across clinics, schools and community settings. Registration with CORU is mandatory.

Qualifications

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Social Workers Register maintained by CORU.
• Minimum 3 years full-time (or equivalent) post-qualification experience.
• Must have valid driving licence and be able to travel within a large geographic area.

Responsibilities

• Provide a range of Social Worker services for children and young people (0–18 years) and their families.
• Deliver assessment, intervention and supervision within an interdisciplinary framework.
• Work across clinics, schools, homes and community settings to support service users.

Skills

Social work experience

CORU registration

Driving licence

Team collaboration

Education

Qualified Social Worker (Senior Grade)

Job description

Who We Are

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

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 Show more

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 Social Worker – Senior Grade to join our team in CHO 1 Cavan CDNT, Hillside, Rathcorrick, Cavan.

Contract Type: Permanent Full-time

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week 1.0 WTE

Salary Scale: €69,179 to €83,393 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: 34 days pro rata 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 Social Worker 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

The successful candidate will have

Candidates for appointment must:

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Social Workers Register maintained by the Social Workers Registration Board at CORU

And

• Have 3 years full time (or an aggregate of 3 years full time) relevant post qualification experience

And

• 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
• 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 Enable Ireland.

And

• Applicants must 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
• Valid driving licence for within the state / jurisdiction with access to own transport in order to deliver services across a large geographical area

• 1 years’ experience as a Senior Grade, or in other similar type role.

• Experience working with children with disabilities and their families.

• Experience in providing training to parents and other professionals.

• Experience in supervision of staff.

• Experience in managing resources.

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

For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here:

What now?

Closing date for applications: Monday 28th September, 2026 @ 12pm.

• 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

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer