RESPONSIBILITIES
Together with a Psychologist / Senior Psychologist / HOD
Assessment
- Conduct comprehensive informal assessments (through observations & interactions) of each student with special needs, along with the trans D team, to understand their unique challenges, strengths and developmental needs to develop individualized plans for each child based on their specific needs.
Together with the Trans D team
Intervention
- Provide comprehensive learning support for students in the classroom through classroom management strategies / learning support strategies.
- Provide behaviour management support for students by analysing behaviours using appropriate tools (FBA, escalation cycle, iceberg analysis, etc.) to address maladaptive behavioursand maintain appropriate documentation.
- Monitor intervention goals, plans and outcome for individual students or whole class.
- Guide staff to understand their child holistically, implement social, emotional, learning and intervention, customised to student’s needs.
- Guide & support parents to understand their child holistically, implement social, emotional, learning and intervention, customised to student’s needs.
- Monitor intervention goals, plans and outcome for individual students or whole class.
- Provide consultations to parents/caregivers on needs basis.
- Collaborate with external stakeholders such as hospitals, Ministries and or private clinics for student related matters.
Training & Support
- Provide support when Psychologists are conducting workshops for parents/caregivers across programmes on a wide array of topics such as self-care, improving overall wellbeing, behaviour management, play & leisure activities etc.
- Provide support when Psychologists are conducting training for staff across all programmes as required by the programmes.
- Attend trainings relevant to the programme needs and one’s core skills in discussion with the HOD (subject to availability of funds).
Research
- Participate in research and programme evaluation projects.
Administration
- Keep and maintain relevant documents / records of all assessment reports / protocols, case notes of intervention sessions & documents related to department / programmes / organisation.
- Maintain inventory of department and make recommendations for purchases of new materials and equipment.
- Participate actively in sub-committee meetings/Projects (some of which include Case & Review sub-committee & Professional Sub-committee etc) or any ad-hoc project.
- Assist HOD in the administration of the department.
Other Assignments
- Undertake any other responsibilities and duties as deemed necessary and beneficial for the Association to attain its Mission and Vision.
REQUIREMENTS
- A Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with Honours from a SPS recognised University.
- Willing to pursue a Master’s degree in relevant fields of Psychology (Clinical, Educational, Applied), within 2-3 years of working in CPAS as Associate Psychologist.
- Relevant experience with children and adolescents preferred.
- Expereince in learning, emotion and social development skills, child development and classroom management skills.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work independently in a transdisciplinary team.
- Eligible for full membership with Singapore Psychological Society or registration with the Singapore Register of Psychologists/ HCPC/ APHRA.
