Psychologist (Staff Grade)

Description

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood, our expert teams work with individuals and their families on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development and independence.

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.

Contract & Salary

• Contract Type: Full Time Permanent Contract
• Salary: €60,342 to €105,535 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI's Long Service Increments.
• This pay scale is subject to increases in 2026 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.
• Annual Leave Entitlement: 34 days pro rata per annum.

Overview of the Post

Enable Ireland delivers children's services through the Children's Disability Network Teams (CDNT) under the national Progressing Disabilities Services (PDS) model for children and young people with complex needs arising from a disability. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a range of Psychology services for young people (0 - 18 years) and their families within an interdisciplinary framework. Service will include assessment and intervention, clinical supervision and ongoing service development. This will be delivered through a family centred approach across a variety of settings including the clinic, preschools, schools, children's homes and community settings.

Duties & Responsibilities

Please see Job Description for full list of duties and responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Have a university degree or diploma (QQ1 level 8 equivalent) obtained with 1st or 2nd class honours, with Psychology taken as a major subject and honours obtained in that subject.
• Have an Irish postgraduate professional psychology qualification accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland in Clinical, Counselling or Educational Psychology, or an equivalent qualification from another jurisdiction validated by the Department of Health.
• Demonstrate competence in the Care Group/s applied for.
• Applicants with a clinical or counselling psychology qualification must demonstrate that they have acquired at least 60 days of supervised clinical placement or post qualification supervised work experience in Disability (Child and Adult), Child Psychology, or Adult Psychology.
• Applicants with an educational psychology qualification must demonstrate that they have acquired at least 60 days of supervised clinical placement or post qualification supervised work experience in Child Disability or Child Psychology.
• Combinations of supervised clinical placement and post qualification supervised work experience within a single care group area to give a total of 60 days are not acceptable.
• Must be a member of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) or a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• Applicants who qualified outside the Republic of Ireland must already have their qualifications validated by the Department of Health and Children and the Psychological Society of Ireland.
• Meet the requirements of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) to work as an Educational Psychologist.
• Experience of working with children of 0 18 years with at least one of the following disabilities: physical disability, autism, learning disability, etc., and their families.
• Eligible to work within the state.
• Full driver's licence with access to own transport.
• Experience of inter and trans disciplinary team working.
• Experience of working in a disability service.
• Experience of working with children and adolescents with a range of disabilities post qualification.
• Knowledge and skills in the management of behaviours of concern.
• Knowledge and skills in conducting diagnostic assessments in children and young people including Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disabilities.

Desirable Criteria

In the event of a high volume of applicants, desirable criteria may be applied in the short listing process.

Benefits

• Excellent internal and external training opportunities.
• Generous annual leave entitlements.
• Long service reward scheme.
• Pay adjusted maternity leave.
• Pay adjusted adoptive leave.
• Pay adjusted paternity leave.

What Now?

To apply, please download the job description and person specification for your information and complete the online application form.

Closing date for applications: 12 Noon Friday 3rd July 2026.

Interview date: To be confirmed.

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

Important Information

• The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.
• Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.
• Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.
• The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position. Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.
• Please review the Enable Ireland's External Data Protection Notice available at for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant's personal information. Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with:

1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and 2) the interview panel (if applicable). Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy.

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer.