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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 2024.
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 Clinical / Educational Psychologist (Staff Grade) to join our team in Network 5- Galway City West.
Contract Type: 6 months fixed term
Contract Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary Scale:
€ 62,274 to € 98,223 pro rata per annum.
Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments)
Annual Leave: 34 days pro rata per annum Overview of the Post: To provide a range of psychological services to children years and their families who attend City West Network Disability Team, within an interdisciplinary framework and family centred practice and to support other staff and students as assigned.
Duties:
Working under the direction of the CDNM and in partnership with psychology colleagues and as a member of the interdisciplinary team, the post holder will: Work as a member of the interdisciplinary team to provide an integrated and co- ordinated service to children and their families.
Provide consultation and support programmes for parents and families as appropriate.
Provide reports and information to relevant others, refer to other professionals; liaise with schools and other external agencies as appropriate.
Attend and participate in relevant meetings and case conferences.
Integrate clinical / educational psychology skills with current clinical psychology theory and relevant supporting evidence based knowledge.
Facilitate a family centred approach.
Adhere to the principle of informed consent prior to and throughout interventions.
Facilitate the service user to make informed decisions re: psychology interventions.
Use skilled observations and interviewing, including in complex situations.
Select, implement and analyse the outcomes of standardised and non- standardised assessments.
Collaborate skillfully with the child / young person as appropriate and work in partnership with his / her parent, family, carer to identify goals, including complex situations.
Apply clinical reasoning to plan, grade, implement and modify interventions that are outcome based and relevant to the child or young person's goals.
Facilitate individual and group interventions in a skilled manner.
Evaluate and apply outcomes of intervention in collaboration with all stakeholders.
Manage a Caseload:
Apply and develop caseload management procedures including prioritization Co-ordinate intervention with other team members and with other agencies to ensure an optimum service is provided for all service users.
Evaluate effectiveness of current caseload management procedures in collaboration with the team manager and team.
Professional Reasoning:
Engage and articulate reflection and evaluation on practice.
Demonstrate a logical and systematic approach to problem solving and decision making.
Engage in clinical reasoning based on clinical / educational psychology practice and supporting evidence.
Quality Assurance:
Contribute to the ongoing development and implementation of relevant quality assurance initiatives Adhere to Enable Ireland's policies, procedures and guidelines.
Adhere to City West Network Disability Team policies and guidelines.
Ensure that professional practice is in line with Enable Ireland's Duty of Care and core values Ensure timely and accurate record keeping in line with the requirements of Enable Ireland, The Freedom of Information Act (1997 and 2003) and The Data Protection Act (1988 and 2003).
Professional Development & Support:
The post holder will: Attend and actively contribute to relevant clinical and professional meetings.
Participate in regular supervision Direct their own personal professional development by ensuring that they maintain and develop their professional skill and knowledge.
Participate in training and developmental opportunities as identified and agreed in their Personal Professional Development Plan (PDP) / Team Development Plan (TDP) (as appropriate).
Support and contribute to research initiatives as required and appropriate.
The successful candidate will have
Essential Criteria:
i.
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 And ii.
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.
And iii.
Demonstrate competence in the Care Group/s applied for.
And iv.
Applicants with a clinical or counselling psychology qualification must demonstrate that they 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.
Note 2.
Or Applicants with an educational psychology qualification must demonstrate that they 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.
Note 2.
Note 2:
Combinations of supervised clinical placement experience as part of the qualification 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)
Eligible to work in the state Desirable Criteria:
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 Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disabilities.
If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.
In the event of a high volume of applicants Desirable Criteria may be applied in the short-listing process 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 Flexible Working Long service reward scheme Pay adjusted Maternity Leave Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave Pay adjusted Paternity Leave Wellbeing benefits Pension For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here: Closing date for applications: Sunday 2nd March 2025 A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.
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.
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