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 ****.
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.
We are currently seeking a highly-motivated
Psychologist (basic grade)
to join the
Childrens Disability Network Team
based at Enable Ireland, Curraheen, Cork.
Contract Type:
Permanent
Contract Hours:
35 hours per week
Salary Scale:
€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 **** in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.
Annual Leave Entitlement:
34 days per annum
Overview of the Post
To provide a range of psychological services to children 0 – 18 years on the Early Years / School Age team and their families who attend the Children's Disability Network Team (CDNT), within an interdisciplinary framework and family-centred practice and to support other staff and students as assigned.
You will join a team of Psychologists working as part of an interdisciplinary team.
There is a strong focus on intervention within the team.
You will have access to regular clinical supervision from a Senior Psychologist.
Overview of Duties & Responsibilities
Please see Job Description for full list.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will have:
Have a 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.
Have an 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.
Applicants with a clinical or counselling psychology qualification must demonstrate at least 60 days or equivalent supervised clinical placements as part of the professional qualification (or equivalently 60 days post-qualification supervised work experience as a psychologist) in the disability (child and adult), child psychology or adult psychology areas.
Applicants with an educational psychology qualification must demonstrate at least 60 days or equivalent supervised clinical placements (or post-qualification supervised work experience) in child disability or child psychology areas.
Note: combinations of supervised clinical placement experience and post-qualification supervised work experience within a single care group area to give a total of 60 days are not acceptable.
Be a member of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) or a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Experience of working with children and/or adolescents and their families with complex needs.
Knowledge and skills in conducting diagnostic assessments in children and young people including Autism and ID.
Knowledge of HSE Progressing Disability Services Programme.
Broad knowledge of Enable Ireland Services.
Experience of working within a complex disability team.
Experience of interdisciplinary team working.
Benefits
As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including:
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.
For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here: (link removed).
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: Monday 27th April **** before noon
What now?
A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.
1. The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting / police clearance, as relevant.
2. 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.
3. Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.
4. 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.
5. Please review the Enable Ireland's External Data Protection Notice available at for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicants' personal information.
Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with:
Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and
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.
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