Occupational Psychology Services

Occupational Psychology Services

Occupational Psychology Services (OPS) offer consultancy, advice and guidance in areas relating to work, disability and health.

The OPS team consists of 5 Occupational Psychologists based in Belfast who provide services across Northern Ireland.

Our services are available to support clients with disabilities, employers and advisers. We also provide occupational psychology consultancy to the department and other agencies.

Examples of our services

Clients with disabilities

  • conducting employment assessments to provide guidance on strengths and support needs in relation to employment and to help identify suitable job goals
  • interventions with persons with disability to retain employment including job analysis, retraining, job redesign, working with partner agencies and guidance on redeployment where necessary.

Employers

  • advice and guidance regarding recruitment and retention of clients with disabilities

Personal Advisers in JBO's/JobCentres

  • on call support and advice
  • training design and development
  • case conferencing
  • client referrals for employment assessments

Consultancy

We provide occupational psychology consultancy to government departments and external agencies. Examples of recent projects include:

  • Project on employment of people on the autistic spectrum
  • Disability employment programme design and evaluation
  • Profiling impact of benefit changes on the claimant population

Contact us

Email: ops@delni.gov.uk external link
Tel: 028 90252365
Fax: 028 90252386
Text Phone: 0800 0284716
Occupational Psychology Services
1st Floor
Gloucester House
57/63 Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 4RA