# Psychologist (Clinical /Educational) Senior

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Enable Ireland
- **Location:** CHO7 CDNT 7 Tymon
- **Profession:** Psychologist
- **Grade:** Senior Grade (Ireland)
- **Salary:** € 99,938 - €117,469 pro rata per annum
- **Employment type:** Permanent Full Time
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T11:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-01T14:13:30.859Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.rezoomo.com/job/104760/
- **Application URL:** https://www.rezoomo.com/job/104760/

## Job Content

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 2025.

We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Senior Psychologist to join our team in CHO7 CDNT 7 Tymon

Contract Type: Permanent Full Time

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: € 99,938 - €117,469 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

Annual Leave Entitlement: 34 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.

Overview of the Post:

Enable Ireland delivers children’s services through the Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNT) under the national Progressing Disabilities Services (PDS) model for children and young people with complex needs arising from a disability. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a range of Psychology services for young people (0 – 18 years) and their families within an interdisciplinary framework. Service will include assessment and intervention, clinical supervision and ongoing service development. This will be delivered through a family centred approach across a variety of settings including the clinic, preschools, schools, children’s homes and community settings.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list

The successful candidate will have

### Essential Criteria:

Eligible applicants must:

- 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

- 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 must have at least five years satisfactory post-graduate experience in the area of professional psychology, no more than three years of which was spent in gaining the postgraduate professional qualification and no less than two years full-time spent in post qualification experience as a professional psychologist. Years in excess of the permitted three years for completion of the post-graduate training or time not worked will not be taken into consideration when assessing the five years’ experience requirement.
- 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
- 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 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).
- Candidates must have current eligibility to work in the state
- Valid driving licence for within the state / jurisdiction with access to own transport in order to deliver services across a large geographical area

### Desirable Criteria:

- Previous experience in a senior post
- Experience of inter disciplinary team working
- Skills and competencies with assessment and intervention with mental health needs as they present in children / young people with disabilities
- Experience of working with children aged from birth to 18 years, with a range of disabilities (including physical disability, autism, learning disability) and their families
- Experience and qualification in completing diagnostic work-ups including ASD, Developmental Delay and Intellectual Disability

If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.

### 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 (https://www.enableireland.ie/about-us/careers/employee-benefits)

What now?

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: Thursday 15th October 2026 @ 12pm.

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.
- 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.
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- Please review the Enable Ireland’s External Data Protection Notice available at https://www.enableireland.ie/privacy-policy for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant’s personal information. Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with:

1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and

2) the interview panel (if applicable). Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy

Hiring organisation: Enable Ireland

addressLocality: Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland

Employment type: fulltime, perm

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