Children Service Manager

Childrens Services Manager

Dublin South City & Wicklow

Job Opportunity

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 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 seeking a highly motivated, skilled and experienced ChildrensServices Manager to manage and co-ordinate the delivery of children’s services in RHA Dublin South East which includes, Dublin South and Wicklow.

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: The current salary scale for this post is €74,943 to €91,845 pro rata per annum.

Annual Leave Entitlement: Annual leave entitlement is 35 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.

Overview of the Post:

To manage and co-ordinate the delivery of a range of services (existing and planned) to children and families in the designated area, in line with identified needs and aligned to Enable Ireland’s Strategic Plan, HSE Service Plan and National Policies for Children’s Disability Services. Services include CDNT’s, residential and community-based respite and preschool services.

The successful candidate will have

Essential Criteria:

· Recognised third level qualification in health or social care relevant to the post.

· 5 years’ post qualification experience including experience working in Children’s disability services.

· 3 years’ previous experience in service management commensurate with this role (at similar grade or similar responsibility level)

· Experience of ensuring clinical governance and providing clinical leadership within services.

· Experience of managing and working collaboratively with multiple internal and external stakeholders.

· Experience of service evaluation and capacity to develop strategy for ongoing continuous self-assessment in line with HSE and HIQA requirements.

Desirable Criteria

· Management qualification

· Qualification specific to the Disability Sector

· Previous experience managing interdisciplinary teams

· Previous experience working in a HIQA regulated environment and with CDNT’s

· Experience of managing/leading teams in respite and community-based services.

· Previous experience working with clinical teams and managing clinical teams of mixed disciplines

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:

We want to hear from you if you have a passion for working with our organisation and have the relevant experience/skills required for the role.

This postholder may be based in either, Sandymount or Wicklow and will have an onsite presence at all locations on a regular basis.

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.

Closing date for applications: 12.00 noon, Thursday May 8th, 2025.

Interviews: – The week of May 19th, 2025.

Informal enquiries can be made to Mary Fox at email: nationaldirectorate@enableireland.ie

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

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