Psychologist - APSN Tanglin School (Alexandra Road)

APSN Education Services; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational service provider in the UK is seeking a psychologist to deliver psychological services to students. The role includes conducting assessments, managing crises, and providing training to stakeholders. A Master's degree in Psychology and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience are required. The position offers a dynamic environment supporting professional development and collaboration with other professionals.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of work-related experience.
• Expertise in psychological assessment.
• Ability to work collaboratively with allied professionals.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological assessments and interventions for students.
• Manage crisis situations and provide appropriate interventions.
• Provide training to stakeholders and supervise junior staff.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Crisis intervention

Therapeutic interventions

Training provision

Education

Masters in Applied Psychology/Clinical Psychology

Job description

Work Location: APSN Tanglin School relocating to Ang Mo Kio in Q4 2025

Job Purpose

The psychologist is expected to provide a full range of evidence-based and best practices in psychological services to students including conduct psychological assessments, deliver interventions and manage crisis situations. You are also function as a member of the allied professional team to collaborate with stakeholders, maintain professional and ethical standards, undertake research and continuous improvement and uplift professional practice of psychology in education.

Key Responsibilities

• Psychological Assessment for (i) school admission, (ii) programme placement, (iii) identification of socio-emotional and behavioural needs, (iv) progress monitoring, (v) mental capacity for assisted deputyship application programme
  • Conduct vocational profiling and facilitate the combination of report meeting
  • Conduct admission screening to ensure fitted school placement
  • Select and administer screening and assessment tools (e.g. BASC, mood disorder checklist)
  • Select and administer standardised psychological assessment for mental capacity assessment
  • Prepare assessment resources and protocol for mental capacity assessments so as to contextualise to the needs of the student
  • Prepare assessment report including scoring and interpretation
  • Make recommendation and conclusion based on assessment results
  • Guide junior psychologist in psychological assessments including selection, test administration, and report writing
• Provide Psychological Interventions for students referred for socio-emotional and behavioural needs
  • Conduct individual intervention
  • Conduct group intervention
  • Guide junior psychologist in case conceptualisation, treatment planning and progress monitoring
  • Lead in the design and crafting of group intervention
• Manage Crisis
  • Recognise signs and symptoms of distress
  • Provide crisis intervention
  • Administer suicide risk assessment
  • Make recommendation for follow-up actions after the crisis
  • Guide junior psychologist in crisis intervention including recognising signs and symptoms of distress, soft-skills to de-escalate students in distress, and conduct risk assessment
  • Conduct psychological debriefing session after the crisis
• Provide training to stakeholders
  • Conduct training for stakeholders (e.g. employer education, staff induction)
  • Conduct specialised training (e.g. CARE Kit training, Understanding self-harm behaviour)
  • Lead in the design and customisation of training to meet needs of stakeholders
  • Collect and collate data to measure training effectiveness
  • Evaluate and review effectiveness of training design to ensure overall training objectives are met
• Perform Clinical Supervision
  • Provide guidance to junior staff on assessment, case intervention so as to adhere to both organisational and psychological guidelines
• Leadership
  • Provide thought leadership in the design of the various portfolios in psychology discipline
  • Provide ongoing guidance to junior psychologist or intern in their key responsibilities and functions
• Administrative duties
  • Digitisation of reports
  • Documentation of clinical duties
  • Assist in preparing and submitting Key Review Area (KRA) and targets to AP Manager
  • Carry out other administrative duties assigned by AP Manager

Job Requirements

• Possess a Masters in Applied Psychology/ Clinical Psychology from an accredited university and be registered/eligible for registration with SRP or an equivalent professional body.
• Possess a minimum of 5 years of work related experience with relevant exposure in the area of intellectual disability or other related disabilities.
• Expertise and familiarity in conducting and interpreting psychological assessment
• Proficient in a range of evidence-based therapeutic interventions
• Skilled in crisis intervention and management
• Ability to provide training to stakeholders
• Dedicated to ongoing professional development through clinical supervision
• Provide leadership in assigned initiatives
• Ability to work collaboratively with other allied professionals in the department and with teachers and caregivers
• Candidate with Masters in Applied Psychology/ Clinical Psychology without the required minimum years of work related experience will be considered for the position of Psychologist