Staff Grade Psychologist

Staff Grade Psychologist

Cork, Co. Cork

The Organisation

Founded in 1968, our client is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting children and adults with special needs, as well as their families.

Fostering a person-centred approach, they provide early intervention, pre-school, adult day and residential services, respite care for children and adults, elder care and home support and full multi-disciplinary support throughout the North Cork and South West Limerick region.

They are now looking for a Staff Grade Psychologist to work with the Children’s Disability Network Teams on a full-time basis working 37 hours per week.

The Benefits

- Excellent salary

- Defined contribution pension scheme

- Employee assistance programme

- Option to join income continuance

- Generous annual leave

- Time off in lieu

- Excellent training

- All legislative leave, including Parental, Carers Leave, Jury Duty, Maternity Leave, Adoptive Leave, Paternity Leave and Parents Leave

- Illness benefits and bike to work scheme (after probation)

If you are looking for a rewarding career where you can provide support to children and adults with special needs, and their families, our client wants to hear from you.

You will be joining a dedicated team and play an active role in supporting important services that are transforming lives. You’ll be given excellent training so you can develop your skills and knowledge and provide a high standard of care to our service users.

The Role

As a Staff Grade Psychologist, you will provide psychological assessments/interventions to children with complex needs including Intellectual Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Physical Disability and their families/carers.

Supporting parents and family members, you will provide therapeutic interventions, advice and guidance and hold one on one and group interventions for individuals within the service.

Additionally, you will:

- Provide teaching/training to staff both formally and informally at workshops and seminars

- Be responsible for the assessment, development, review and evaluation of support plans to address challenging behaviour

- Participate in Individual Family Support Plans (IFSPs) and Individual Education Programmes as appropriate

- Participate in research programmes relevant to Disability Services

- Establish and maintain working relationships with professional colleagues on the interdisciplinary team

About You

To be considered as a Staff Grade Psychologist, you will need:

- A university degree or diploma obtained with 1st or 2nd class honours in which Psychology was taken as a major subject and honours obtained in that subject

- An Irish post-graduate professional psychology qualification accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland in Clinical, Counselling or Educational Psychology (candidates who qualified outside the Republic of Ireland must have their qualifications validated by the Department of Health & Children at the time of application)

- Knowledge and expertise of working with children with complex disabilities including Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disability, and/or Physical Disability and their families in an interdisciplinary team setting

- Knowledge of Family Centred Practice and Principals of Progressing Disability Services

- A full Irish/EU driving licence and suitable insurance

Please note:

- Applicants with a clinical or counselling psychology qualification must demonstrate that they have acquired experience in appropriate health settings for the areas they wish to apply, 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 work experience as a psychologist

- Applicants with an educational psychology qualification must demonstrate that they have acquired experience in appropriate health settings for the areas for which they wish to apply, 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

Graduates in the process of completing their post-graduate qualification in clinical, educational or counselling psychologist are welcome to apply.

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Patricia Vicario, Principal Psychologist.

Other organisations may call this role Clinical Psychologist, Educational Psychologist, or Counselling Psychologist.

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