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 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

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.

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