Psychologist, Senior Psychologist

**To apply**:
Your latest **CV with details about your placements**, along with your **educational certificates** and **transcripts**.

Please also indicate the programme you are interested in (i.e., EIPIC or Psychological Services).

**Overview**

You will be deployed to a SSA for 4 days a week to provide innovative and quality psychological care to our clients and their families in the Development Support (DS) and Learning Support (LS) Programme (DSLS). Working in a multi-displinary setting, you will also conduct psychoeducational programmes and training for other professionals, so as to enable quality care and services.

**Responsibilities**

1. Conduct Psychological Assessments
- Coordinate and conduct formal and informal psychological assessments, including standardised tests e.g., school placement assessments (SPAs)
- Prepare assessment reports for routine cases
- Conduct intake assessment to determine child’s strengths and needs, and/or regular assessments for progress monitoring

2. Deliver Interventions
- Work in a multi-disciplinary team comprising teachers and other professionals such as social workers and speech therapists to co-develop and implement evidence-based and data-driven intervention plans (such as emotional and behaviour management, and social skills training), as well as to conduct home visits when necessary
- Deliver short-term direct intervention work for children at various centres throughout the year, working closely with various stakeholders

3. Deliver psychological programmes and services. This may include:

- Guide staff and parents/caregivers in implementing emotional, learning and behavioural evidence-based interventions, customised to the needs of individual child
- Maintain timely and accurate records of students and to maintain regular contact with the child’s family when required
- Conduct transitional planning from one educational setting to another
- Provide intervention for caregivers, where needed

4. Build stakeholder relationships or capacity
- Provide evidence-based input for program/policy improvements
- Provide consultation for parents, teachers, caregivers and other stakeholders so as to improve child outcome as well as enhance the child’s learning and development

5. Uplift professional practice in psychology
- Assist in the delivery of training programmes as part of continuing professional development
- Deliver psychoeducation programmes for staff and caregivers
- Identify areas of improvement in models of client care and services based on evidence-based practices
- Perform data collection and analysis to support research e.g., programme evaluation for new initiatives/programs introduced in the SSA
- Provide guidance to peers and interns
- Attain SRP status or its equivalent (within first two years of appointment as Psychologist)
- Assist in the delivery of training (clinical seminars, clinical workshops) for psychologists and/or other professionals in the social service sector
- Present, facilitate and participate in CPH professional development platforms for knowledge-sharing and to hone clinical skills

6. Administrative duties
- Attend and assist with group meetings, chair and/or present at the meetings when necessary
- Assist in the planning and implementation of SSA activities as assigned
- Attend CPH meetings and events when necessary
- Prepare and submit reports e.g., monthly KPI tracking as required
- Carry out any other duties as assigned by Reporting Officer or Management for the SSA/CPH

7. Self-development
- Attend CPH/SSA endorsed training/workshops/seminars so as to develop relevant knowledge and skills
- Receive formal supervision from CPH’s approved supervisors as part of professional development

**Requirements**:
1. Educational qualifications
- A recognised Masters’ degree in Psychology (e.g., Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology) from an accredited university. The programme must include a supervised practicum and supervised training in psychological assessments
- Be eligible for registration with the Singapore Psychological Society (SPS) (Full Membership) and Singapore Register of Psychologists (SRP) registration

2. Knowledge and experience
- Experience in clinical settings and/or working with/in SSAs will be an advantage

3. Other qualities
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Good psychological report writing skills
- Able to work in multi-disciplinary team
- Fluency in local languages and familiarity with the local context will be an advantage