About Us Orchard Residential Care provides services to support young people who are unable to live with their own families and who are referred to our service by TUSLA.
Working with families and the community, we provide young people with a safe space to grow and develop, exploring and supporting them with past trauma, building on their resilience, and developing life skills.
This position is ideal for those who enjoy working in a team and want to provide support to children and young people who have experienced trauma in their early years and to the teams who support these young people.
Purpose of the Role:
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a psychology service as part of a dedicated and innovative team within a Residential Service, in line with service plans and objectives and within established professional standards, guidelines and policy, including HIQA/TUSLA regulations & standards Location & Hours of Work: This permanent role will be based in our offices in Sligo covering the geographic area of Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon & Cavan with potential for further geographic locations in the future.
This role is ideally full time, however, we are happy to discuss a part time contract with the ideal candidate.
Annual salary:
€60,000 (full time)
About You The successful candidate must have the following: 1.
Have a university honours degree (QQI Level 8/QCF Level 6) obtained with 1st or 2nd class honours, in which Psychology was taken as a major 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 post-graduate professional Psychology qualification from another jurisdiction, approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
* Qualified applicants must demonstrate that they have acquired experience in appropriate health care settings, in working with children and adolescents with complex needs.
This must be a minimum of either: at least 60 days, or equivalent, supervised clinical placements as part of the professional qualification.
or at least 60 days post-qualification supervised work experience as a Psychologist.
Candidates must hold a full clean drivers licence as the post involves travel between services.
Candidates will be requested to provide copies of their drivers licence should they be successful at Interview.
Main Responsibilities Be responsible for the delivery of a young person-centred professional psychology service appropriate to the post, in line with best practice and standards, guidelines and policies.
Provide psychological assessments of young residents, based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources, including psychological tests, self-report measures, observation and interviews with family members and / or carers.
Where psychological assessments are undertaken by psychologists external to Orchard (e.g.
NEPS, or private consultancies), the Orchard psychologist will facilitate the effective interpretation and integration of results and recommendations to the young persons Care Team.
Exercise professional responsibility for the treatment and discharge of young persons, using appropriate, evidence-based psychological interventions.
Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with Care team members and others to ensure integrated service provision.
Be aware of and where appropriate, recommend referral of a young person to external services.
Contribute to and participate in inter-agency work practices and service delivery as required.
Initiate and participate in needs assessment and health promotion as appropriate.
Provide professional reports as required in accordance with professional standards.
Foster an understanding of the role and contribution of psychology by providing professional consultation, education, guidance, and support to others, as appropriate.
Participate in continuous professional development initiatives, utilise evidence-based literature and research to support effective practice and ensure compliance with statutory registration requirements.
Keep informed of advances in professional knowledge and practice and provide evidence-based learning opportunities for Orchard teams.
Engage in and utilise clinical supervision effectively.
Comply with and contribute to the development of policies, procedures, and safe professional practice, adhering to relevant legislation, regulations, and standards.
Maintain professional standards regarding service user and data confidentiality.
Actively participate in and initiate continuous improvements of the psychological services.
Contribute to the development and implementation of information sharing protocols, audit systems, referral pathways and integrated care arrangements.
Keep up to date with organisational developments within the Irish Health Service.
Skills:
Psychology residential care children young people