Associate 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**

This full-time position is for the role of an associate psychologist or psychologist working with adults with autism and / or developmental disabilities and their caregivers in the community setting. This role primarily aims to provide psychological services through Home Intervention to improve the Quality of Life of persons with autism and their families, and to provide behavioural support, life skills training, family support and psychoeducation to enable people with autism to lead dignified and meaningful lives with their families.

**Responsibilities**

Your key responsibilities will be to carry out the following activities under supervision:
1. Conduct Psychological Assessments
- Conduct various psychological assessments to facilitate vocational, educational and other placements
- Prepare assessment reports

2. Deliver Interventions
- Provide holistic frontline support as part of the multi-disciplinary/ transdisciplinary team to support individuals with complex needs and their families
- Participate in transition-planning, case management, routine care-planning and meetings as part of the multi-disciplinary team
- Working with parents and caregivers to improve the home environment to better support needs

3. Build stakeholder relationships or capacity
- Design and implement programmes and interventions catered to supporting individuals with autism, inclusive of Positive Behaviour Support and other systemic supports
- Support training to help equip caregivers in relevant areas (e.g., regulation at home etc) for supporting clients in their home environments

4. Uplift professional practice in psychology
- Provide consultation to other allied health professionals
- Participate, facilitate and present in CPH professional development platforms for knowledge-sharing and enhancement of professional skills

6. Administrative duties
- Provide administrative duties relevant to clinical practices and as required of the SSA
- Attend CPH meetings and events when necessary
- Prepare and submit monthly reports, i.e., monthly KPI tracking as required
- Carry out any other duties as assigned by reporting officer or Management

6. 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
- (For Psychologist position) A recognised masters’ degree in Applied Psychology (e.g., Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Educational Psychology) from an accredited university. The programme must include a supervised practicum and supervised training in psychological assessments
- (For Psychologist position) Be eligible for registration with the Singapore Psychological Society (SPS) (Full Membership) and Singapore register of Psychologists (SRP) registration
- (For Associate Psychologist position) Minimum of Honours degree in Psychology

2. Knowledge & Experience
- Relevant experience working with either children or adults with autism and their caregivers will be an advantage
- Experience in administering psychoeducational assessment tools and providing intervention based on Positive Behaviour Support is preferable.

3. Other qualities
- Self-motivated with strong oral and written communication skills
- Able to work independently and collaboratively in multi-disciplinary team
- Exceptional planning and organizational skills
- Fluency in local languages