Current Job Opportunities

Integrated Exercise Practitioner for Mental Health (IEP-MH)

The salary for this post is analogous with the 2025 WRC agreed Section 39 HSE-funded salary scale, in line with HSE Grade IV, Point 1, is €33,360 per annum. This post is being offered on a part time basis for 12-month, on a Specified Purpose Contract. Salary on a part time basis is €25,242.  This role is funded by HSE South East. Working Hours, 28 hours per week.

PLEASE QUOTE REFERENCE NUMBER JOB REFERENCE NO: 2026-015 WITH YOUR APPLICATION. EMAIL ONLY PLEASE.

Mental Health Ireland (MHI) is a national voluntary organisation with a dynamic team and a network of Mental Health Associations (MHAs) active throughout the country. MHI aims to promote mental health, wellbeing & recovery using a process called coproduction to ensure that the voices of the end user are heard at all stages of program development.

Areas of IEP-MH Service Delivery within the Wexford MHS:

• North Sector Adult Community Mental Health Services/Rehab- Enniscorthy and Gorey
• South Sector Adult Community Mental Health Services/Rehab – New Ross and Wexford
• Child and Adolescents Mental Health Services North and South Wexford

Essential Requirements

The Successful Candidate will possess:

1. Level 7 qualification in exercise or health related field with a focus on exercise, physical activity, and working with special populations.
2. Candidates should have a minimum of 6 months experience of working directly with group and individual programmes in the context of physical activity, screening, assessing and designing physical activity based programmes.
3. Level 3 Register of Exercise Practitioners (REPS) or internationally recognised equivalent.
4. Candidates should hold a current clean driving license in respect of category B vehicles and access to own car.

Desirable qualifications

The Successful Candidate should possess:

1. Level 8 qualification in exercise or health related field with a focus on exercise, physical activity, and working with special populations.
2. Internationally recognised qualification in personal training or individualised fitness instruction.
3. Specialised exercise prescription qualifications (e.g. Certified Exercise Physiologist or Cardiac rehabilitation)
4. Previous experience of working with populations with complex barriers to physical activity.
5. A valid First Aid Certification.

How to apply:

To apply for this position, please submit a cover letter setting out your reasons for applying for the position along with your Curriculum Vitae to recruitment@mentalhealthireland.ie

Closing date for applications Friday 12^th June 2026.  Applicants will be shortlisted for interview based on the information supplied on their CV and letter of application at the closing date. Applications received outside this time with not be considered. Interviews will be held the week commencing 22^nd June 2026. For informal enquiries, please contact Maria Walsh, 0874277497. Please ensure to include the relevant Job Reference Number 2026-015 in your letter of application and CV.                                     

Exercise Effect Practitioner HSE IHAs of Dublin North County and Dublin North City & West

The Full Time salary for this post is analogous with the 2025 WRC agreed Section 39 HSE-funded salary scale, in line with HSE Grade IV, Point 5, is €41,006  per annum per annum.

This role is funded by HSE Health Promotion & Improvement (working in IHAs of Dublin North County and Dublin North City & West.) Working Hours, 37 hours per week. The role demands flexible working hours. PLEASE QUOTE REFERENCE NUMBER JOB REFERENCE NO: 2026-014 WITH YOUR APPLICATION. EMAIL ONLY PLEASE.

Mental Health Ireland is a national voluntary organisation, working in partnership with local Mental Health Associations, HSE, and communities.  Founded in 1966, our focus has been on promoting Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing and Living Life Well for people with lived experience of mental health challenges.

Mental Health Ireland is the longest established national mental health charity in Ireland and throughout our history we and the Mental Health Associations have played a central role in reshaping how the public understand mental health issues. In our strategic plan we describe the next steps we will take to advance greater public understanding, empathy and support for people with lived experience of mental health challenges.

We are looking for an organised and focused individual, with great people skills. Candidates should possess an awareness of the importance of the coordinated multi-disciplinary care, acknowledging their own limitation in expertise/qualification to address certain matters that may arise. The successful candidate will be required to successfully organise and manage a caseload and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. They must be capable of fostering and maintaining relationships with all key stakeholders. They should be capable of liaising with outside agencies (e.g. local leisure facility providers / voluntary organisations) and advocate on behalf of and in collaboration with the service user with regard to engagement in independent physical activity. They must be prepared to work some evenings/weekends if required.

Essential:

1. Level 7 qualification in exercise or health related field with a focus on exercise, physical activity, and working with special populations.
2. Candidates should have a minimum 6 months experience of working directly with group and individual programmes in the context of physical activity, screening, assessing and designing physical activity-based programmes.
3. Level 3 Personal Training Qualification that is registered and recognised by the Register of Exercise Practitioners (REPS) or equivalent.
4. Candidates should hold a current clean driving license in respect of category B vehicles and access to own car.

Desirable:

1. Experience of working with children and/or adolescents.
2. An understanding of commonly encountered mental health issues, the mental health services, structures and management.
3. Understanding of recovery as it pertains to the mental health context, and current policies.
4. Experience of coaching/leading sports activities with people of differing abilities and vulnerable groups, people with mental health challenges and/or other long-term illnesses.
5. Experience of assessing and advising on healthy lifestyle issues.
6. Accredited education or training in clinical exercise prescription, in behaviour change approach (e.g. Motivational Interviewing) and First Aid Training.

How to apply:

To apply for this position, please submit a cover letter setting out your reasons for applying for the position along with your Curriculum Vitae to recruitment@mentalhealthireland.ie

Closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on Friday 19^th June 2026.  Applications received outside this time will not be considered.  Shortlisting will be carried out based on the information received in your CV and letter of application. Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 29^th June 2026.

For informal enquiries, please contact James Quigley HSE Health Promotion and Improvement Officer on 08718 81797 or james.quigley1@hse.ie

Please ensure to include the relevant Job Reference Number 2026-014 in your letter of application and CV.                                  

Recovery Education Facilitator with Discovery College West and Mental Health Ireland

The Full Time salary for this post is analogous with the 2025 WRC agreed Section 39 HSE-funded salary scale, in line with HSE Clerical Officer Grade, Point 3 is €30,844 per annum. The salary is €18,341 per annum, working 22 hours per week, on a Part Time basis. This role is funded by HSE Mid West, (working into the area of Discovery College West, Roscommon Town.) Working Hours, 22 hours per week.

PLEASE QUOTE REFERENCE NUMBER JOB REFERENCE NO: 2026-012 WITH YOUR APPLICATION.  EMAIL ONLY PLEASE.

The continued development of recovery orientated services is a key priority of mental health services. The development of ‘A National Framework for Recovery in Mental Health 2024–2028’ sets out an understanding of recovery and recovery orientated services, the core values that underpin it, and the actions and measures that support such a service. This is also in line with Mental Health Ireland’s strategy 2025-2027 – Empowering, Educating and Connection Communities (Priority Area 1, Objective 1.)

Discovery College West is a Recovery Education initiative for young people aged between 12 and 25 that aims to promote positive mental health and wellbeing, facilitate prevention and early intervention, and foster mental health recovery in this population. It is a community facing recovery education service, open to all in that age cohort across Roscommon, Galway and Mayo. The reach is therefore broad and to date has included CAMHS, AMHS, local schools and youth organisations/ services. The project was initially successfully piloted in Roscommon in 2019, leading to the appointment of a Discovery College Peer Educator in October 2022.

Discovery College West, which is the first of its kind in Ireland, introduces a brand-new recovery focussed way of learning, where workshops are created and facilitated by young people who have lived experience of mental health difficulties, family members of those who use the services, and mental health professionals from CAMHS and AMHS. All aspects of Discovery College West take place in a relaxed peer supported environment where everyone is equal, and all contributions are respected. As the workshops promote group interaction and are experiential, participants learn not only from the facilitators, but also from one another.

The Recovery Education Facilitator (REF) will support the coproduction and co-facilitation of the workshops, the co-ordination of day-to-day operations, communications, administration, and evaluations of this initiative.

How to apply:

To apply for this position, please submit a cover letter setting out your reasons for applying for the position along with your Curriculum Vitae to recruitment@mentalhealthireland.ie

Closing date for applications is 12 noon on Wednesday, 20^th May 2026.  Applications received outside this time will not be considered.  Shortlisting will be carried out based on the information received in your CV and letter of application. Interviews will be held on week commencing Monday, 08^th June 2026.  

For informal enquiries, please contact Chloe Costello Carty, Peer Recovery Educator Discovery College West chloe.c@mentalhealthireland.ie

or Orla O Duinn, Occupational Therapist Manager / HSE lead for Discovery College West 087 6502715  Orla.oduinn@hse.ie

Please ensure to include the relevant Job Reference Number 2026-012 in your letter of application and CV.