Senior Grade Psychologist

Enable Ireland; Sandymount, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown; Remote; EUR 99,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Enable Ireland is seeking a Senior Psychologist to join an interdisciplinary team delivering psychology services to children and families in the region. The post involves assessment, diagnostics and intervention, supervision and ongoing service delivery for children with disabilities or developmental delays.

Permanent and specified purpose contracts are available, with full and part-time hours. Salary scale ranges from €99,938 to €117,469 pro rata per annum, subject to Long Service Increments.

Qualifications

• Degree with psychology major and honours.
• Postgraduate qualification accredited in Clinical/Counselling/Educational psychology.
• At least five years’ postgraduate experience in professional psychology.
• Eligible to work in the State and PSI or BPS member.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychology services to an assigned caseload (0–18 years).
• Perform assessment, diagnostics and intervention.
• Provide clinical and professional supervision.
• Deliver ongoing services to children with disabilities and/or developmental delay.

Skills

PSI member

BPS member

Clinical psychology

Interdisciplinary

Education

QQI Level 8 Psychology degree

Postgraduate psychology qualification

Job description

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, indep

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, indep Show more

Description

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 2026.

Enable Ireland, is an equal opportunities employer. We strongly 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 Senior Psychologist to join our team. We have full time and part time posts available, currently based in Sandymount and Leopardstown.

Leopardstown

Our Leopardstown office is ideally situated within a HSE building at Leopardstown Shopping Centre, offering excellent connectivity, convenience, and a vibrant working environment. Located directly on the Luas Green Line and just minutes from the M50, it ensures easy access for commuters from across the city and beyond. The shopping centre offers a range of amenities including Dunnes Stores, coffee shops like Vanilla Pod and Costa, ample parking, a pharmacy, and dry cleaning services among other retailers, making it a practical and attractive location for staff.

Sandymount

Our Sandymount office is located in a vibrant seaside village with a welcoming community feel. Just a short walk from Sandymount Strand, the village offers a great mix of cafes, restaurants, and local shops, including a Tesco for convenience. The office is served by the DART commuter train and central bus routes, making it easily commutable from the city and surrounding areas.

Contract Type: Permanent and specified purpose posts.

Contract Hours: Full and part time hours available.

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 per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.

Overview of the Post:

To work as a senior member of the interdisciplinary team providing services to children and families within the region. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a psychology service to an assigned caseload which may include children and their families on the community team and/or an assigned special school team. This will include assessment diagnostics and intervention, clinical and performance supervision and ongoing service delivery to children with a range of disabilities attending our service. Services are provided to children aged 0 – 18 years with physical, sensory, and/or learning disabilities, and/or developmental delay.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list.

The successful candidate will have

• Applicants must have a recognised 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 which meets the requirements of the Psychological Society of Ireland to work as a Clinical Psychologist.

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.

AND

• Demonstrate competence in the Care Group/s applied for.

AND

• Must be a member of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) or a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS).

AND

• 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 post‑graduate 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.

AND

• Applicants with a clinical or counselling psychology qualification must demonstrate that they have acquired in appropriate health settings, for the 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.

OR

• Applicants with an educational psychology qualification must demonstrate that they have acquired in appropriate health settings for the 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.

AND

• Eligible to work in the State.

Note: 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.

• Previous experience in a senior post.
• Experience of facilitating parent groups.
• Experience of inter or trans‑disciplinary team working.
• 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.
• Specific experience in assessment and intervention with children with physical disabilities and/or specific learning difficulties.
• Qualification and experience in completing ASD diagnostic assessments.
• Experience and training in formal supervision processes.

As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including:

Excellent internal and external training opportunities