Social Worker (Staff Grade)

Enable Ireland; Nenagh; On-site; EUR 48,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training opportunities

Generous annual leave

Flexible Working

Long service reward scheme

Pay adjusted Maternity Leave

Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave

Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

Wellbeing benefits

Pension

Job summary

Enable Ireland is seeking a highly motivated Social Worker to join the North Tipperary CDNT, Nenagh, Co Tipperary. The post involves providing a range of social work services for children and families within an interdisciplinary framework, including assessment, intervention, clinical supervision and ongoing service development.

Applicants must be registered or eligible for registration with CORU, provide proof of statutory registration before a contract is issued, and maintain annual

Qualifications

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Social Workers Register maintained by CORU.
• Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Social Workers Register maintained by CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.
• On appointment, maintain annual registration with CORU.
• Desirable criteria include recent experience working with children and families, experience in the disability sector, and inter-disciplinary teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Provide a range of Social Work services for young people (0–18 years) and their families within an interdisciplinary framework.
• Conduct assessments and interventions, provide clinical supervision and contribute to service development.
• Deliver services across settings including clinics, preschools, schools, children’s homes and communities.

Skills

CORU registration

Inter-disciplinary teamwork

Professional integrity

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 Social Worker to join our team in North Tipperary CDNT, Nenagh, Co Tipperary.

Contract Type: Full time permanent contract

Contract Hours: 35 Hours per week

Salary: €48,360 to €70,563 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 Work 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 & Responsibilities

Essential Criteria

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Social Workers Register maintained by the Social Workers Registration Board at CORU.
• 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 Social Workers Register maintained by the Social Workers Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.
• 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 the Enable Ireland

Desirable Criteria

• Recent, relevant experience working with children and their families.
• Experience working with children with disabilities.
• Experience of Inter-disciplinary team working.
• Some years’ experience of working in the disability sector.

In the event of a high volume of applicants Desirable Criteria may be applied in the short listing process

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

Additional Information

• 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.
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Interview date

To be confirmed

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

Informal queries by email to Ann Somers at [e-mail]

Closing date for applications: 4pm 8th September 2026