Senior/ Psychologist

The Psychologist provides psychological services within multi-disciplinary settings, applying a wide array of psychometric assessments and treatments for clients with routine psychological conditions. S/He conducts and writes reports for Mental Capacity Assessment for deputyship. S/He conducts psychoeducational programmes and training for other professionals. S/He works under supervision and in collaboration with other professionals in the course of his work.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological assessments and assessment interviews to assess client's mental capacity under supervision
• Manage psychological cases
• Prepare assessment reports for routine cases and deputyship applications.
• Identify gaps in assessment tools in relation to application in local contexts and propose possible contextualisation to supervisors
• Deliver case presentations within psychological services
• Formulate evidence-based and data-driven intervention plans in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams for routine cases
• Deliver interventions for cases including medico-legal and forensic cases under supervision
• Identify areas of improvements to existing interventions based on research and sector trends
• Deliver psychological programmes and services
• Provide psychological inputs to other specialised departments and relevant professionals
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver and improve client care and services
• Adhere to professional standards in clinical and legal and ethical practices
• Adhere to policies and procedures for professional practice
• Identify areas of improvement in client care and services for quality improvement projects
• Assist in the delivery of training programmes as part of continuing professional development
• Deliver psychoeducation programmes for clients and other organisations
• Identify areas of improvement in models of client care and services based on evidence-based practices
• Perform data collection and analysis to support research
• Provide peer support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with Honours in Psychology or Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology or Clinical Psychology or Educational Psychology or Applied Psychology (preferred)
• Certification in conducting mental capacity assessments (preferred)
• Knowledge or expertise in disability or related fields

Other Information

• 3 years related experience
• Knowledge or expertise in disability or related fields
• Registration with Singapore Psychological Society (SPS) preferred