Occupational Therapist Basic Grade

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 2024.

Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Bronze 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 Basic Grade Occupational Therapist to join our team in Kerry.

Contract Type: 1 year fixed term

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €43,276 to €57,653 pro rata per annum.
Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments)

Annual Leave Entitlement: 32 days per annum pro rata

Overview of the Post: To work as a member of the inter/trans-disciplinary team providing services to children and famsilies within the region.
The post holder will be responsible for the provision of an occupational therapy service to include assessment diagnostics and intervention and ongoing service delivery to children with a range of disabilities.
Services are provided to children aged 0 – 18 years with physical, sensory, learning disabilities, developmental delay and autism.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities: Planning and Organising of Activities and Resources · Plans and organises activities and necessary resources efficiently and effectively.

· Understands the importance of time management for themselves and in particular how this translates to organising their assigned caseload.

· Demonstrates the ability to arrange and schedule activities.

· Deals with unexpected scenarios under supervision with persistence and flexibility to ensure the achievement of goals.

· Maintains a disciplined and professional level of performance under sustained or situational pressure.

Professional Development and Standards in the Service · Demonstrates sufficient clinical skills in assessment intervention and diagnostics to meet the specific needs of the relevant caseload

· Is adequately aware of policy, legislative and professional requirements to ensure appropriate standards in their area of responsibility.

· Ensures that all records and technical data are up to date and available if required.

· Ensures strict compliance with health and safety standards and adheres to operational guidelines ensuring equipment is checked and working correctly in accordance with safety standards.

Integrity & Decision Making · Holds an appropriate and effective set of professional values and beliefs and behaves in line with professional standards as set down by Enable Ireland, the Network Disability Team partnership and relevant professional bodies.

· Makes decisions in a well-judged and timely manner bringing all relevant information to bear.

· Uses logical analysis to break complex problems into their component parts.

· Promotes and consistently supports the demonstration and development of evidence based service delivery.

Service Delivery & Initiative · Collaborate with the child / young person while working in partnership with their parent/family/carer and all other relevant stakeholders to identify and achieve goals.

· Takes initiatives to move the service forward and shows a willingness to try out new ideas under supervision that add service delivery value.

· Is committed to achieving evidence based goals and the continuous improvement of the service.

· Shows enthusiasm and a high level of motivation in completing projects.

Building and Maintaining Working Relationships · Forms strong positive working relationships across all areas of the service, builds on a common understanding.

· Demonstrates a supportive and reciprocating work style including strong empathy with the child / young person and their parent/family/carer

· To communicate effectively with parents of children and young people attending the service so as to provide a children and family centred service.

· Works appropriately with all stakeholders.

Team Working · To work in collaboration with the other members of the interdisciplinary team in the planning and delivery of services for children and young people, in particular in the development of child and family centred planning.

· Attend and actively contribute to relevant clinical, professional and team meetings.

· Participate in training and developmental opportunities as identified and agreed.

· Support and contribute to research initiatives as required.

· Understands concepts of inter disciplinary team working and complexity of working in teams

The successful candidate will have Essential Criteria: i.
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/)

And ii.
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

And iii. Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued iv.
Be eligible to work in the state

Desirable Criteria: · Postgraduate experience of working with children and families in a community based setting.

· Post graduate experience working in disability services for a minimum of 6 months

· Broad knowledge of Enable Ireland Services.

· Broad knowledge of the Progressing Disability Services for children and young people programme

· Full Drivers Licence with access to own transport

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 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

For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here: What now? To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form.
CVs will not be accepted. Enable Ireland welcomes applications from candidates who will be eligible for Professional Registration in the coming months.

In the event that candidates are considered for appointment pending their Professional Registration, they may initially be appointed to an assistant grade post.

Closing date for applications: 22nd November 2024 A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months. · 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.
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