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1. Job specification for  UMAAP Facilitator (Psychologist/Psychotherapist on HSE Payscales)

Deadline for Applications: 6 pm on Sunday June 1^st

Details

• Job Title: UMAAP Facilitator (Staff Grade Clinical/Counselling/Educational Psychologist or Psychotherapist)
• Location: Remote/Zoom-based delivery, thoughyou  need to be a full-time resident of the Republic of Ireland
• Contract Type: This post will be for 0.35 WTE for 6 months and involves the delivery of 7 UMAAP rollouts
• Start Date: July 2025
• Course Dates: Flexible to suit availability of facilitator : All facilitators are required to offer a mix of dates and times across the week including morning, afternoon and evenings and weekends over the duration of the rollouts they offer. At least half of the rollouts offered need to be outside of typical working hours e.g. either weekday evenings or over the weekends.

Pay Scale

For Staff Grade Psychologists (clinical, counselling or educational): 59,563-66,047 WTE for point 1 to point 3 on the HSE scale for staff grade psychologists, depending on level of post-qualification experience. 

For Psychotherapists: 51,594-63,272 WTE for point 1 to point 5 on the HSE scale for counsellors/therapists, depending on level of post-qualification experience. 

Role Summary

The Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme (UMAAP) is seeking a qualified and passionate Staff Grade Psychologist or Accredited Psychotherapist to deliver its 6-week online Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD course, which has large groups typically up to 60 participants, with the support of an assistant psychologist who will facilitate the chat, sharing of videos and breakout rooms.

This evidence-based programme supports adults with ADHD (both formally diagnosed and self-identified) using psychoeducation and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) approaches under a neuro-affirming framework.

The role will be supervised by the clinical lead, who is also a senior counselling psychologist.  All current and past UMAAP facilitators are neurodivergent and share elements of their own experiences within facilitation of rollouts.

We welcome applications from facilitators of all neurotypes. Please be aware that if you are neurotypical, you will most likely need to co-facilitate UMAAP rollouts with a co-facilitator who is neurodivergent, in line with the research findings that participants find having a neurodivergent facilitator to be very supportive and validating.

Each Rollout is 6 sessions in duration and is delivered online in 1-hour 45-minute sessions. The facilitator will deliver 7 Rollouts between July and December 2025. They will also shadow UMAAP rollouts with existing facilitators during induction, facilitate 2 UMAAP-specific support groups, attend in-person team meetings,.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Facilitate delivery of the 6-week UMAAP course through webinar sessions. Each session is 1 hour 15 minutes of content plus a 15 minute break and 15 minutes of Q& A at the end. Meeting online with the team 15 mins before and after to prepare and debrief after.
• Deliver engaging, empathetic, and inclusive content tailored to adults with ADHD.
• Promote understanding, self-compassion, and psychological flexibility using ACT-based skills.
• Adhere to the fidelity of programme delivery in terms of time for covering topics and content covered.
• Liaise with ADHD Ireland, UCD School of Psychology and the HSE National Clinical Programme where required for feedback, updates, or training.
• Prepare session content in line with UMAAP curriculum. All slides and guidebooks provided, however each facilitator will need to prepare their own examples to share within the sessions.
• Maintain group safety and manage group dynamics compassionately and effectively.
• Attend pre-delivery briefing and any required debriefing or supervision sessions.
• Working as part of a team to support the ongoing delivery and development of UMAAP.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Qualification as a Staff Grade Psychologist (PSI or BPS) or accredited Psychotherapist (e.g., IACP, IAHIP, APCP, PSI, BACP).
• Experience delivering psychological interventions in group or webinar formats.
• Familiarity with or training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is desirable, though not required, as training will be provided within the role.
• Familiarity with or training in Compassion Focused Therapy or Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is desirable, though not required, as training will be provided within the role.
• Understanding of adult ADHD from a neuro-affirmative perspective.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and ethically within a professional code of practice.
• Technological competence in delivering webinars/ online sessions (Zoom, etc.).
• Access to strong and consistent internet that will support the delivery to large groups is essential.
• Ideally, identifying as Neurodivergent or loved ones who are neurodivergent or extensive experience with Neurodivergent individuals.