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Neurodiversity at Work

Employer Services from Specialisterne Ireland

With over 13 years of experience working with neurodivergent individuals and businesses in Ireland, Specialisterne’s employer services centre around recruitment, support and retention to help you build an inclusive workplace.

Practical Expertise, Individualised Support, Employer Partnership

Why neuroinclusive workplaces matter

Moving from awareness to practical, sustainable inclusion

Attract talent

Reach neurodivergent candidates who may be missed by traditional recruitment and selection processes.

Enable performance

Put the right supports, adjustments and management practices in place so employees can perform at their best.

Retain capability

Build confidence among managers and create workplaces where neurodivergent employees can develop and stay.

One partner across the employee journey

A connected service offering, rather than isolated interventions

Train

Build capability

Recruit

Find and select talent

Assess

Identify workplace needs

Support

Support employee and manager

Retain

Embed sustainable inclusion
  • Engage us for one service, or combine services into a tailored employer programme.
  • Support can be delivered at individual, team or organisation level.

Neurodiversity Training

Build practical confidence across HR, managers, recruiters and leadership

Awareness & Inclusion

Practical neurodiversity awareness designed to build understanding and create more inclusive workplace behaviours.

Managers & Leaders

Equip managers to communicate effectively, support different working styles and manage performance inclusively.

Recruitment & Interviewing

Help recruiters and hiring managers reduce unnecessary barriers throughout attraction, interview and selection.

HR & People Teams

Develop practical capability around workplace adjustments, employee support and neuroinclusive policy.

Tailored Programmes

Bespoke workshops and programmes shaped around your organisation, sector and workforce.

Details of some of our available training packages are below:

Working in Neurodiverse Teams

A one-hour online session which covers:

  • Overview of neurodiversity
  • Bias
  • Inclusive language
  • Executive function and strategies
  • Social connection
  • Disclosure and accommodations
  • Supports

Managing a Neurodiverse Team

A two-hour online session which covers:

  • Overview of neurodiversity
  • Benefits of a neurodiverse team
  • Practical strategies
  • Communication tips and techniques
  • Challenging conversations
  • Disclosures and reasonable accommodations
  • Hiring and onboarding neurodivergent employees
  • Career development
  • The PIP process
  • Q&A

 

Interview Specific Training

A 30 to 40-minute online session for line managers.

This training session covers providing reasonable accommodations in an interview. It provides support to any person carrying out an interview with a neurodivergent candidate. The goal is to foster a positive interview experience for all, regardless of the hiring outcome.

Interview Specific Training

A 30 to 40-minute online session for HR teams.

This training session covers providing reasonable accommodations in an interview. It provides support to any person carrying out an interview with a neurodivergent candidate. The goal is to foster a positive interview experience for all, regardless of the hiring outcome.

HR Specialist Training (Hiring Process Review)

An in-person or online training providing guidance on inclusive hiring processes, plus additional preparation work from us. This includes a review of your:

  • Job advertisements
  • Online hiring process
  • Invitation to interview email/letter
  • Interview process
  • Suggested interview information pack, offer and contract stage advice and other general considerations

 

Development of HR Templates and Resources

We can help you design or update your HR materials in an online, back and forth process. This includes:

  • Templates for HR to use when employees disclose neurodivergence (What to ask? What to document?)
  • Create, or updates to, Reasonable Accommodation Statement
  • Procedure for disclosures
  • Guidance documents on disclosure conversations for HR/line manager or employee

Neurodiversity Awareness Training for Tutors

An interactive online or in-person workshop, suitable for tutors in ETBs/colleges and educators looking to provide an inclusive learning environment for students or apprentices. This covers:

  • Overview of neurodiversity
  • Executive functioning and learner engagement
  • Practical neuroinclusive teaching strategies
  • Universal Design in practice
  • Online engagement and accessibility
  • Assessment considerations and supports

Our pop-ups are an opportunity for your staff to meet with Specialisterne, either on-site or online, and discuss any concerns, get advice on next steps or seek out supports. It is an opportunity to show your organisation’s investment in a culture of openness and support. Disclosures require employees to feel safe and to know there is a benefit in sharing their disability.

We can come to your premises to meet with your staff in person. We would advise informing staff via internal communications that they can either drop by or make an appointment for a 1:1 chat with a member of our team.

A pop-up can also take place virtually, whereby we allocate a time block for your staff to make an online Teams appointment with Specialisterne.

Workplace Needs Assessments

Individualised recommendations that translate needs into practical workplace solutions

  • Confidential, person-centred assessment of an employee’s workplace needs.
  • Exploration of strengths, challenges, working environment, communication and role demands.
  • Practical recommendations for reasonable accommodations and ways of working.
  • Clear guidance that can support the employee, manager and HR team.
  • Follow-up support can be added where implementation or review is required.

For Employees

A structured opportunity to identify what helps them work effectively.

For Managers

Clear, practical recommendations rather than guesswork.

For HR

A consistent process to support workplace inclusion and adjustments.

In-Work Support

Helping employees and managers turn recommendations into sustainable day-to-day practice

Employee Support

Individual coaching and practical support around communication, organisation, workplace relationships, confidence, routines and role expectations.

Manager Support

Guidance for managers on communication, feedback, expectations, adjustments and supporting individual working styles.

Ongoing Partnership

Short-term intervention, structured support packages or longer-term employer arrangements depending on need.

Neuroinclusive Recruitment

Helping employers access talent while making recruitment more inclusive

  • Role and recruitment process review
  • Candidate sourcing and matching
  • Candidate preparation and support
  • Inclusive interview guidance
  • Onboarding support
  • Post-placement support for employee and manager

More than a placement

Our approach can support the employer and candidate before, during and after recruitment — helping create the conditions for successful, sustainable employment.

Coaching

Leading a truly neurodiverse team requires planning and training, both of which we provide. Over our years of experience we have seen a strong growth in the demand for individual coaching for managers and employees. In response to this we now provide coaching sessions for both.

Coaching for Managers

Our Executive Coaching involves professional and personal development of managers. Our coaches provide a safe and structured environment in which to support managers to explore their skills and their leadership style. The coach also helps the leader to understand how they are perceived by others, and to focus on identifying and clarifying current goals as well as the appropriate action steps to reach those goals.

Coaching for Employees

Our Employee coaching sessions are informed by our years of working directly with neurodivergent people, supporting them to achieve their goals and to thrive, not just survive, in the workplace.

Importantly, all our Facilitators have a Diploma in Life Coaching and extensive experience in working with individuals who are neurodivergent.

Flexible ways to work with us

Start with a single service or build an annual partnership

Essential

A focused entry point for organisations building neuroinclusive capability.

Typical elements:
• Training
• Workplace Needs Assessments
• Specialist advisory support

Corporate Partner

A broader programme combining workforce capability and employee support.

Typical elements:
• Training
• Assessments
• In-work support
• Recruitment support
• Employer advice

Strategic Partner

An organisation-wide relationship designed around your priorities.

Typical elements:
• Recruitment programmes
• Manager capability
• Employee support
• Consultancy
• Impact reporting

Scope and pricing are tailored to organisation size, service mix and level of support required.

Why Specialisterne Ireland?

Specialist expertise combined with practical employer experience

Specialist Focus

Neurodiversity is at the centre of what we do — not an add-on.

Practical Approach

We focus on changes employers and employees can actually implement.

End-to-End Support

From awareness and recruitment through to assessment, support and retention.

Individualised

Support is shaped around the person, role, team and workplace context.

Mission-Led

Working with us supports better employment outcomes for neurodivergent people.

How an employer engagement can work

A simple route from initial conversation to measurable action

1 Discover

Understand your priorities, workforce and current challenges.

2 Design

Agree the right mix of training, assessment, recruitment and support.

3 Deliver

Implement services with clear points of contact and agreed outcomes.

4 Review

Review impact, emerging needs and opportunities to deepen inclusion.

Build a more inclusive workplace

Let’s identify where Specialisterne can make the biggest practical difference for your organisation.

For single-service engagements or tailored employer partnerships, get in touch with us today.