School Psychologist position

International French School; Singapore; On-site; SGD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The International French School (Singapore) seeks a School Psychologist to provide psychological support to students, families and educational teams. The role involves screening, assessments, and advising to facilitate student care.

Responsibilities include coordinating with health professionals, conducting cognitive assessments, and supporting inclusion through prevention sessions and collaboration with teachers and boards. Fluent French and good English are required or desirable.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in psychology or educational psychology is required.
• Fluent in French; good level of English is desirable.
• Experience in education settings is preferred.
• Knowledge of psychopedagogy and assessment methods.
• Strong listening, observation, and empathy skills.

Responsibilities

• Respond to individual requests from students, families and teams regarding personal, educational or pedagogical issues and set up follow-up.
• Assist staff in screening and care of exceptional students.
• Undertake psychological assessments and analyze external assessments.
• Advise students and families, teams and management to facilitate student care.
• Participate in teacher boards to support student care and observe in class; conduct cognitive assessments on request.
• Establish links with health and paramedical professionals outside the school.
• Contribute to prevention sessions with students and coordinate with health and teaching teams.
• Participate in the GAIN structure to share expertise.
• Attend meetings for students with special educational requirements outside PPS and PAS.
• Supervise Student Assistants, assess needs, recruit and train.

Skills

Master in psychology

Educational psychology

French language

English communication

Empathy and listening

Team collaboration

Education

Master in Psychology or Educational Psychology

Job description

The International French School (Singapore) offers many career opportunities all year round for experienced, energised, passionate educators and administrators. IFS, one of the largest schools in the AEFE network, seeks to attract, nurture and retain individuals of the highest professional integrity and caliber who are committed to international education and fully believe in the power of a multilingual, multicultural environment as a gateway to educating tomorrow's global citizens.
We seek individuals able to work well on teams and within the framework of the whole-school project. We expect to see strong evidence of ability to work well within a team environment. Respect for others, loyalty and team spirit, lie at the heart of what we do.

Job Description

MISSION

The main mission of the school psychologist is to provide psychological support to students, their parents and educational teams.

RESPONSABILITIES

• Answering to individual requests from students, families and educational teams in relation to family, personal, educational or pedagogical problems. Set up the follow-up in relation to these requests.
  
• Assisting staff in the screening and care of exceptional students.
  
• Undertaking psychological assessments and analyze external psychological assessments.
  
• Advising students and their families, teams and management to facilitate the care of students in difficulty.
  
• Participate in the various boards of teachers, classes, cycles, educational teams, if necessary to facilitate the care of the students. Make observations in class; Carry out cognitive assessments at the request of the teams.
  
• Establishing links with health and paramedical professionals outside of the school.
  
• Training and contributing to the prevention of students' academic and personal difficulties: As a member of the Health and Citizenship Education Committee, conduct prevention sessions with students in connection with the health department and the teaching teams. Conduct conferences or debates; Teacher training sessions, School aids, nurses on the care of children or adolescents, behaviors, etc.
  
• Participating in the GAIN structure (Accompaniment and Integration Group) to contribute its expertise.
  
• Participating in meetings for students with Special Educational Requirements outside Personalized Schooling Projects (PPS) and Personalized Assistance Projects (PAS).
  
• Supervising the Student Assistants : assessing needs, participating in recruitment, coaching and animating of trainings
  

SKILLS, ABILITY AND REQUIRED FORMATION

• Master in Psychology and/or in Educational Psychology required
  
• Fluent in French
  
• Good level of English desired
  
• Desired school experience
  
• Knowledge in psychopedagogy
  
• Ability to listen, observe and empathize