Therapy Assistant

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 2023.

We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Therapy Assistant to join our team in CHO8 Meath CDNT 4 Dunshaughlin / East Meath (Bettystown)

Contract Type: Permanent Part-time (0.80 WTE)

Contract Hours: 31.2 hours per week

Salary Scale: €32,372 to €37,617 pro rata per annum

Overview of the Post:

· To provide a support service to children and families attending the CDNT while working as a member of the inter disciplinary team.

· To provide assistance with the provision of therapy services to children attending the CDNT

· To plan and lead in the establishment and delivery of groups for service users of various ages.

· To facilitate service users social and educational activities within the group, providing a social / therapeutic approach.

· To provide support to children and families in order to facilitate their participation in their local communities and in all aspects of team interventions.

Key Duties:

· To work in collaboration with the other members of the interdisciplinary team in the delivery of services for children, in particular in the development of person centred planning.

· To contribute to the planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of programmes to support children and families to attain goals as identified in the person centred plan.

· To engage in parent education and training programmes and provide follow-up support to families as required.

· To assist and take the lead as appropriate, in running groups.

· To provide more general support to families as required e.g. sourcing information, providing emotional support or attending appointments etc.

· To act as key worker when nominated by family/team.

· To facilitate and/or support children and families to take part in mainstream activities.

· To support children in the preschool/school environment by developing links with pre-school and provide support to pre-school workers/school staff in relation to specific programmes for individual children.

· To participate in training initiatives for staff as appropriate.

· To attend and actively contribute to relevant clinical and professional and service meetings

· To participate with all members of the team in the evaluation of the service, and service planning initiatives.

· To establish and maintain good professional working relationships with families, staff and other key stakeholders.

· To maintain appropriate, accurate and up to date written records and reports.

· To identify issues of importance affecting children or families and keep the appropriate personnel informed.

· To participate in regular supervision.

The successful candidate will have

Essential Criteria:

· Full FETAC Level 5 qualification or other relevant Health/Social Care qualification.

· The Post holder will have previous experience of working with children with disabilities in the health care sector.

· Experience of working with children 0 – 18 years and their families

· Eligible to work in the State

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

Desirable Criteria:

· Experience working with young children with a physical disability.

· Experience working with young children with an intellectual disability

· Experience of working in a community based service.

· Experience of carrying out therapy programmes.

If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.

Benefits

As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including:

· Excellent training opportunities

· Generous annual leave entitlements

· Long service reward scheme

· Pay adjusted Maternity Leave

· Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave

· Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

· Wellbeing benefits

· Pension

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

What now?

Applications must be made on the Enable Ireland application form only. CVs will not be accepted.

To apply, please download the job description and person specification and complete the online application form below.

Closing date for applications: Monday 24th June 2024 @ 12pm

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 in CHO8

Enable Ireland is an equal opportunities employer.

· 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.

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