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Céad Beal 21 2025 13:13:43

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Aoine Lún 29 2025

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St. Vincent's Special School is a co-educational school that caters for pupils, ages 5 - 18 years, who, on psychological testing, are found to be functioning within the level of Moderate General Learning Disability.

Essential criteria:
• The successful candidate must have experience working with children with communication difficulties
• Extensive experience using Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)
• Experience of using positive approaches to behaviours that challenge.

Candidates must be positive, flexible and work well in a team environment. The successful candidate must be willing to engage in relevant CPD, have a strong work ethic and respect the ethos of the school. Duties may include assisting pupils in the swimming pool and assisting on out-of-school visits, walks and similar activities. The successful candidate might be required to assist in catering for the purpose of a specific pupil. Candidates may be required to administer medicine, where a child requires adult assistance to administer medicine and where the extent of assistance required would overly disrupt normal teaching time. Candidates may be required to assist with feeding; including PEG feeding, where a child with special needs requires adult assistance and where the extent of assistance required would overly disrupt normal teaching time.

Only applications via email will be considered. An application without a Standard Application Form for SNA posts will not be considered. Appointment will be subject to current Garda vetting requirements, Occupational Health Screening and satisfactory references.