Senior Psychologist

APSN EDUCATION SERVICES LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational services organization in Singapore is seeking a Psychologist to provide a comprehensive range of psychological services to students. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, facilitating interventions, and managing crises. The ideal candidate will have a Master's in Applied Psychology, at least 5 years of relevant experience, and be skilled in crisis management and training. This role offers the opportunity to lead training for stakeholders and maintain collaboration with various professionals.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in intellectual disability or related fields.
• Registered or eligible for registration with SRP or an equivalent body.
• Skilled in conducting and interpreting psychological assessments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological assessments for school admissions and placement.
• Implement psycho-educational interventions for students.
• Manage crises and provide required interventions.
• Deliver training to stakeholders and evaluate training programs.

Skills

Psychological assessment expertise

Crisis intervention skills

Training delivery

Collaboration with stakeholders

Evidence-based therapeutic interventions

Education

Masters in Applied Psychology/ Clinical Psychology

Job description

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

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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 of data to measure training effectiveness
   • Evaluate and review effectiveness of training design to ensure overall training objectives are met
5. Perform Clinical Supervision
   • Provide guidance to junior staff on assessment, case intervention so as to adhere to both organisational and psychological guidelines
6. 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
7. Administrative duties
   • Digitization 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
• Working Location: Choa Chu Kang