Psychologist Senior Grade

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 the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their 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, independence, and more.

Description

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.

Contract Details

Contract Type: Permanent Part time (0.70 WTE)

Contract Hours: 24.5 hours per week

Salary Scale: €97,978 to €115,166 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI (Long Service Increments).

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 centreed 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.

Qualifications

• University degree or diploma (QQ1 level 8 equivalent) obtained with 1st or 2nd class honours in which Psychology was taken as a major subject and honours obtained in that subject.
• Irish post graduate 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.
• At least five years satisfactory post graduate experience in professional psychology, with no more than three years spent in gaining the postgraduate professional qualification and no less than two years full time spent in post qualification experience as a professional psychologist. Years in excess of the permitted three years for completion of the post graduate training or time not worked will not be taken into consideration when assessing the five years' experience requirement.
• Clinical or counselling psychology qualification holders must have acquired in appropriate health settings, for the area/areas for which they wish to apply - Disability (Child and Adult), Child Psychology, Adult Psychology - either at least 60 days or equivalent supervised clinical placements as part of the professional qualification; or at least 60 days or equivalent post qualification supervised work experience as a psychologist.
• Educational psychology qualification holders must have acquired in appropriate health settings for the area/areas for which they wish to apply - Child Disability, Child Psychology - either at least 60 days or equivalent supervised clinical placements as part of the professional qualification; or at least 60 days or equivalent post qualification supervised work experience as a psychologist.
• Must be a member of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) or a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• Minimum of 2 years' experience working in Children's Disability.
• Valid driving licence for within the state/jurisdiction with access to own transport to deliver services across a large geographical area.

Additional Experience Required

• Previous experience in a senior post.
• Experience of inter disciplinary team working.
• Skills and competencies with assessment and intervention with mental health needs as they present in children/young people with disabilities.
• Experience of working with children aged from birth to 18 years, with a range of disabilities (including physical disability, autism, learning disability) and their families.
• Experience and qualification in completing diagnostic work ups including ASD, Developmental Delay and Intellectual Disability.

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.

Application Process

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: Friday 19th June

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.

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Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer.