Psychologist Recruitment Campaign

Opportunities are available for clinical, counselling and educational psychologists across the organisation in the following functions:

• Appeals Committee
• Assessors
• Disciplinary Committees

Appeals Committee members are unpaid.

Disciplinary Committee members are paid a fee but are subject to “One Person One Salary” principle for members of public sector organisations.

Assessors are paid per assessment but are subject to “One Person One Salary” principle for members of public sector organisations.

Some travel and subsistence expenses may be claimed by committee members provided they are properly vouched and submitted on the appropriate Panel Members invoice.

Please note: These are not full time roles, and individuals will be required to conduct CORU business as, and when required.

As part of its statutory objective to protect the public, CORU requires people for appointment to a Committee to make decisions on registration and recognition decision appeals. The Appeals Committee is established under Section 23 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, as amended (“the Act”).

Registration Boards at CORU make decisions on applications for registration and recognition. Where an applicant is refused registration or a decision made regarding recognition of international qualifications, they are entitled to apply that decision.

If you are expressing an interest in applying as a registrant member of your profession, your application will be considered, however you will not conduct any official CORU business until such time as you have a current CORU registration with the Psychologists Registration Board. For clinical, counselling and educational psychologists your application will be considered subject to a decision on your registration application when registers are opened.

Further information on the specific skills knowledge and abilities can be found in the booklet.

You must complete and submit an application form and send by email to appointments@coru.ie

Expressions received will be assessed and reviewed against the criteria for the role.

The process may include;

• Internal/External scoring.
• Consideration of the application including a copy of your qualifications (if not registered with CORU)
• Any other selection method deemed appropriate.

It is intended to create a panel from which members may be appointed to the committee when vacancies arise, provided that the necessary competencies required by the Committee are available from the panel. Placement on the panel, does not however guarantee appointment to the committee.

As part of its statutory objective to protect the public, CORU requires people to sit on Disciplinary Committees to make decisions on Fitness to Practise complaints.

These Committees have been established under Part 6 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act, 2005 (as amended).

There are two distinct panels of Committees:

1. Preliminary Proceedings Committee (“the PPC”)

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2. Committees of Inquiry (“the COI”)

• Professional Conduct Committee
• Health Committee

When a complaint has been received by CORU, it goes to the Preliminary Proceedings Committee.

The Preliminary Proceedings Committee looks at each complaint received by CORU to decide whether:

• it should be referred onwards for resolution by mediation OR
• for hearing to a Committee of Inquiry OR
• no further action should be taken.

The Preliminary Proceedings Committee sits in private and can consider several complaints in a single meeting.

If it is decided that the complaint requires further action and is not suitable for mediation or there is no consent to mediation, the complaint will go before a Committee of Inquiry. This may be a Professional Conduct Committee or a Health Committee.

The Committee of Inquiry (the Professional Conduct Committee or the Health Committee – depending on the nature of the complaint) will be made up of three people:

• one registrant from the same profession as the registrant against whom the complaint is made,
• one registrant from another profession and
• one non-registrant (Chairperson).

Hearings will be similar to hearings before a Court or tribunal. In brief, at a hearing the Professional Conduct Committee or the Health Committee hears evidence from the parties to a complaint and ultimately decides, having considered the evidence, if there is an impairment to practise on the part of the Registrant who has been complained about. Professional Conduct Committee hearings are normally held in public. Health Committee hearings are normally held in private.

If you are expressing an interest in applying as a registrant member of your profession, your application will be considered, however you will not conduct any official CORU business until such time as you have a current CORU registration with the Psychologists Registration Board.

For clinical, counselling and educational psychologists your application will be considered subject to a decision on your registration application when registers are opened.

Further information on the specific skills, knowledge and abilities for members of the Committee can be found in the booklet.

Currently, the time commitment for attendance is in the region of 10 to 15 working days each year with additional time for reading. This may include training days.

CORU is under no obligation to provide a Panel Member with any guaranteed minimum number of days per annum.

Due to the specific requirements of a variable caseload, there is no guarantee of the amount of work offered to individual panel members.

You must complete and submit an application form and send by email to appointments@coru.ie

Expressions received will be assessed and reviewed against the criteria for the role.

The process may include;

• Internal/External scoring.
• Consideration of the application including a copy of your qualifications (if not registered with CORU)
• Any other selection method deemed appropriate.

There are two types of assessors – Educators and Practitioners.

Assessors assess and make recommendations to the Board on applications for recognition, aptitude tests and tests of professional competence and other assignments as may be determined by the Registration Board.

No, assessors can be recruited while the grandparenting period for the profession is open, but there is an expectation that you will have registered with CORU by the time grandparenting closes.

Educator assessors are being sought across the three registers – clinical, counselling and educational psychologists. Educators should have a minimum of five years’ professional experience in the delivering and evaluating of academic training courses in the relevant profession. Any additional assessment experience is also desirable. Candidates who have less than five years’ experience will be considered in line with skills and experiences demonstrated in their application.

Professional practitioners are being sought from each specialism – clinical, counselling and educational psychologists. and should have a minimum of four years' professional experience in the profession. Additional assessment experience is also desirable. Candidates who have less than four years’ experience will be considered in line with skills and experiences demonstrated in their application.

Those interested should submit a completed application to appointments@coru.ie with the following documentation;

• A statement of employment (or reference) from your current employer which details the dates and duties of employment of your role
• A copy of your qualifications (if not registered with CORU)

Completed applications will be brought to the Registration Board for consideration and decision.

The expertise and assistance of the assessors will be used to make recommendations to the Board on the following:

Applications made under Transition Arrangements 

• Qualifications for applications made under transitional arrangements
• Assessments of Professional Competence for applicants applying under the transitional arrangements.

International Applications

• Recognition of International Qualifications applications
• Completed Period of Adaptation reports
• Aptitude Tests

Other Applications

• Returners to Practice
• Restoration to the register

For further information please see the information booklet.