Support Therapist

About the Role:

The ideal candidate will be a highly skilled and experienced Psychology Support Professional, with a strong background in working with children and adolescents. The successful applicant will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and be able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities:

• Assessment:
• Conduct comprehensive assessments of each student with special needs, to understand their unique challenges, strengths and developmental needs to develop individualized plans for each child based on their specific needs.
• Conduct School readiness assessment (SRA), using appropriate assessment tools, write interpretative reports, make appropriate school placement recommendation and debrief findings of assessment with parents and the team.
• Intervention:
• Provide comprehensive learning support for students in the classroom through classroom management strategies/learning support strategies.
• Provide behaviour management support for students by analysing behaviours using appropriate tools (FBA, escalation cycle, iceberg analysis, etc.) to address maladaptive behaviours and maintain appropriate documentation.
• Monitor intervention goals, plans and outcome for individual students or whole class.
• Guide staff to understand their child holistically, implement social, emotional, learning and intervention, customised to student's needs.
• Guide & support parents to understand their child holistically, implement social, emotional, learning and intervention, customised to student's needs.
• Monitor intervention goals, plans and outcome for individual students or whole class.
• Provide consultations to parents/caregivers on needs basis.
• Training & Support:
• Conduct (and/or support) workshops for parents/caregivers across programmes on a wide array of topics such as self-care, improving overall wellbeing, behaviour management, play & leisure activities etc.
• Conduct (and/or support) training for staff across all programmes as required by the programmes.
• Attend trainings relevant to the programme needs and one's core skills in discussion with the HOD (subject to availability of funds).
• Research:
• Participate in research and programme evaluation projects.
• Administration:
• Keep and maintain relevant documents/records of all assessment reports/protocols, case notes of intervention sessions & documents related to department/programmes/organisation.
• Maintain inventory of department and make recommendations for purchases of new materials and equipment.
• Participate actively in sub-committee meetings/Projects (some of which include Case & Review sub-committee & Professional Sub-committee etc) or any ad-hoc project.
• Assist HOD in the administration of the department.
• Other Assignments:
• Undertake any other responsibilities and duties as deemed necessary and beneficial for the Association to attain its Mission and Vision.

Requirements:

• A Master's degree in Educational/Clinical/Applied Psychology (relevant sub-specialty)
• Relevant clinical experience with children and adolescents preferred
• Conversant in learning, emotion and social development skills, child development and classroom management skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work independently in a multidisciplinary team
• Eligible for full membership with Singapore Psychological Society or registration with the Singapore Register of Psychologists/HCPC/APHRA

Working Location: 65 Pasir Ris Drive 1 Singapore