Outreach Respite Team Leader

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 Outreach Respite Team Leader to join our team in Dublin (CHO6). We have full-time opportunities within our teams in Dublin.

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: Full-Time Post, 35 hours per week, including afterschool, evenings and weekends.

Salary Scale: €49,579 - €60,013 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

This pay scale is subject to increases in 2025 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.

Annual Leave Entitlement: 30 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.

Overview of the Post:

To assist the manager with the co-ordinator and delivery of the range of outreach support services to adults and children. The main responsibility includes working in partnership with families to develop goals and plans, allocating staff to deliver the service and monitoring service delivery.

The team lead will work with a dedicated group of adults or children/young people in a person-centred approach to meet their identified need, provide administrative support to the service and provided support and supervision to the allocated staff team as directed by the manager.

The range of services may include community, after school, day, evening, weekend respite, summer camps and other forms of alternative respite as they are developed.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list of duties.

The successful candidate will have:

Essential Criteria:

Candidates must have at the latest date of application:

• A recognised relevant third level qualification in health care, social care, adult care, childcare, nursing (minimum level 7 or equivalent).
• Full driver’s licence
• Right to work in the country
• Registration relevant to the role.

Desirable Criteria:

• Management qualification.

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.

Closing date for applications: 30th September 2026

Interview date for successful applications: 8thOctober 2026

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

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