Senior Speech & Language Therapist CDNT

St. Michael's House provides a comprehensive range of services and supports to men, women, and children with disabilities and their families in 170 locations in the greater Dublin Area. It supports 1,953 people and this has an impact on thousands of family members. St. Michael's House is a company funded by the Health Service Executive (HSE), TUSLAand the Department of Education and Skills. (Figures from 1st May 2021).St. Michael's House supports include;Residential supports and Independent

St. Michael's House provides a comprehensive range of services and supports to men, women, and children with disabilities and their families in 170 locations in the greater Dublin Area. It supports 1,953 people and this has an impact on thousands of family members. St. Michael's House is a company funded by the Health Service Executive (HSE), TUSLAand the Department of Education and Skills. (Figures from 1st May 2021).St. Michael's House supports include;Residential supports and Independent

Skills and attributes

• Clinical experience of working with children with a variety of complex needs
• Minimum of years post graduate working experience as a Speech and Language Therapist
• experience working within an interdisciplinary team framework

Description 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.
• 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.

Salary Scale will be in line with the HSE Senior Speech and Language Therapist consolidated pay scales

• 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

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.

St Michaels House is an Equal Opportunity Employer