Senior Grade Psychologist

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 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.

We are currently seeking a highly motivated Senior Psychologist to join our teams in Co. Wicklow.

Contract Type: Permanent and specified purpose posts.

Contract Hours: Full and part time hours available.

Salary Scale: €97,978 - €115,166 pro rata per annum.

Annual Leave Entitlement: 34 days per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.

Overview of the Post

To work as a senior member of the interdisciplinary team providing services to children and families within the region. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a psychology service to an assigned caseload which may include children and their families on the community team and/or an assigned special school team. This will include assessment diagnostics and intervention, clinical and performance supervision and ongoing service delivery to children with a range of disabilities attending our service. Services are provided to children aged 0-18 years with physical, sensory, and/or learning disabilities, and/or developmental delay.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological service to an assigned caseload including children and families on the community team or special school team.
• Conduct assessment, diagnostics and intervention.
• Provide clinical and performance supervision.
• Deliver ongoing service to children with a range of disabilities aged 0-18.

Qualifications

• Recognised university degree or diploma (QQ1 level 8 equivalent) with 1st or 2nd class honours in Psychology, meeting the requirements of the Psychological Society of Ireland to work as a Clinical Psychologist.
• 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.
• Must be a member of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) or the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• At least five years of satisfactory post graduate experience in professional psychology, with at least two years full time post qualification experience as a psychologist.
• For clinical or counselling psychology: at least 60 days of supervised clinical placements or post qualification work experience in appropriate health settings for Disability (Child and Adult), Child Psychology, or Adult Psychology.
• For educational psychology: at least 60 days of supervised clinical placements or post qualification work experience in Child Disability or Child Psychology.
• Eligible to work in the State.
• Previous experience in a senior post.
• Experience facilitating parent groups.
• Experience of inter-disciplinary team working.
• Experience working with children aged birth to 18 years across a range of disabilities, including autism and learning disability.
• Specific experience in assessment and intervention with children with physical disabilities and/or specific learning difficulties.
• Qualification and experience in completing ASD diagnostic assessments.
• Experience and training in formal supervision processes.

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.

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer.