Senior Speech & Language Therapist
Children’s Disability Network Team
1 WTE Ballymun Special National School Pilot, Ballymun CDNT
0.5 WTE Coolock CDNT
A panel will be created for future employment opportunities, across the 4 St Michael’s House Children’s Disability Network Teams.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Speech and Language Therapists to join our teams in supporting children and their families, presenting with complex needs arising from a combination of intellectual, physical, and/or sensory disabilities.
The Speech and Language Therapist is a valuable member of the Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) who provide a quality evidence-based service in line with family centred practice and Progressing Disability Services (PDS) principles.
Working within a large supportive inter-disciplinary team across a variety of clinical settings the SLT will provide a combination of direct and targeted supports to children and their families. The SLT will be part of a large, vibrant, SLT discipline across St. Michael’s House who are committed to delivering an evidence-based communication and FEDS service to maximise the quality of life of the children and families they work with.
St Michael’s House CDNTs have the following supports and structures available for Senior SLTs joining our CDNTs:
- Excellent clinical governance structures including regular CDNM line management and clinical supervision from SLT Head of Discipline.
- Senior SLT peer supervision / CPD groups.
- Structured and funded CPD systems to support professional development goalsincluding access to courses such as Hanen, Lámh, and Early Bird.
- Opportunity to further develop skills within a dynamic and varied clinical caseload including early communication development, use of high-tech AAC systems, neuro-affirmative therapeutic approaches, Aversive Feeding and FEDS.
- Opportunities to implement FEDS clinical competencies within a large, well-established paediatric FEDS team including Paediatrician, Dietetics and Clinical Specialist FEDS SLT.
Salary Scales are in line with HSE Consolidated Pay Scales.
The successful candidate must have the following:
Essential Criteria
- Speech & Language Therapist: (i) the B.Sc. degree (Clinical Speech and Language Studies) from the University of Dublin/ NUIG or UCC OR (ii) the BA (Moderatorship)(Remedial Linguistics) from the University of Dublin OR (iii) the M.SC in Speech & Language Therapy (Professional Qualification) from the University of Limerick OR (iv) Licentiateship from the College of Speech Therapists OR (v) A validated Speech & Language qualification at least equivalent to (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above.
- Fully registered or registration in process with CORU.
- A minimum of 3 years post graduate clinical working experience with two years working with children with complex needs arising from a disability.
- An undergraduate or post-graduate qualification in dysphagia, and proven experience working in this area.
- Excellent communication and time management skills and the ability to work in a self-directed manner.
- Excellent ability to work with complex cases as part of a team.
- Committed to the delivery of quality, family-centred, community-based services.
- Evidence of a commitment to continuous professional development (CPD) in the relevant area.
- Evidence of leadership/mentoring/supervision.
- Full clean driving licence and use of a car.
Desirable Criteria
- Clinical experience of working with children with a variety of complex needs including Autism, Intellectual Disability and Physical Disability.
- Experience of working within an interdisciplinary team framework.
- Training relevant to children’s disability services e.g., Hanen, Lámh, AAC, Neurodiversity.
- Previous experience related to Preliminary Team Assessment/ Assessment of Need.
Salary Scale will be in line with the HSE Senior Speech and Language Therapist consolidated pay scales
- Salary Scale: Point 1 €65197 -Point 9 €76,767
- Should you have no prior public sector experience you will be placed on point 1 of the pay-scale above
Benefits of working in St Michael's House
- HSE Pay Scale (incremental*)
- Premium Payments (Frontline staff)
- Employee Assistance Programme
Informal enquiries: Niamh Giltinan CDNM Coolock CDNT [email protected], Irina Jackson CDNM Ballymun CDNT [email protected] Mc Glade SLT manager [email protected]
Job descriptions are available from the HR Department. St. Michael’s House is an equal opportunities employer.
Closing date for receipt of applications: Friday 4th September 2026 at 5pm
As only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted, include a valid email address on application.
