Senior Clinical/Educational Psychologist – Clonmel, Tipperary
Senior Clinical/Educational Psychologist required by Cpl Healthcare, in partnership with the HSE, for new opportunities in Children's Disability network 5 Team Clonmel, Tipperary
35 Hours per week
Job Responsibilities:
- 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. Manage a Caseload:
- Apply and develop caseload management procedures including prioritization.
- Co-ordinate intervention with other team members and with other agencies to ensure an optimum service is provided for all service users.
- Evaluate effectiveness of current caseload management procedures in collaboration with the team manager and team. Professional Reasoning:
- Engage and articulate reflection and evaluation on practice.
- Demonstrate a logical and systematic approach to problem solving and decision making.
- Engage in clinical reasoning based on clinical / educational psychology practice and supporting evidence.
- Quality Assurance: Contribute to the ongoing development and implementation of relevant quality assurance initiatives.
- Adhere to Children’s Disability Network Team 5 HSE policies, procedures and guidelines
The Candidate:
- A recognised qualification as an Occupational Therapist with CORU registration for Senior and Staff Grade
- Permission to work in Ireland
- Professional approach to work
- Flexibility in work practice
For an immediate interview please forward your CV to [email protected] FAO Chloe
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