Total 2 health instructor job vacancies in D27 Yishun, Sembawang

Senior Triage & Brief Intervention Specialist

Overview:

We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Senior Specialist to join our mental health team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for conducting initial assessments, triaging clients based on urgency and needs, and ensuring that clients receive timely and appropriate care and providing brief interventions to clients. Candidate will also be co-managing the triage team members, to make decisions for proper allocation and to provide support whenever needed. This role requires a deep understanding of mental health issues, excellent communication skills, and the ability to make quick, informed decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct comprehensive initial assessments of clients presenting with mental health concerns.
• Triage clients based on severity and urgency of their conditions, ensuring they receive appropriate and timely care.
• Provide brief intervention to clients.
• Co-manage, supervise and support triage team members.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date client records and documentation.
• Coordinate with other healthcare professionals, social services, and community resources to facilitate comprehensive care.
• Monitor client progress and adjust care plans as necessary.
• Participate in team meetings, case conferences, and professional development activities.
• Collates data for outcome tracking, trending and reporting.
• Stay current with best practices and emerging trends in mental healthcare.
• Maintains and safeguards confidentiality of patient health information.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Psychology with postgraduate qualification in Social Work, Counselling, Psychology or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in mental health triage, crisis intervention, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of mental health disorders, assessment techniques, and intervention strategies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-stress environment.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a supervisory or leadership role.
• Specialized training or certification in CBT.
• Bilingual or multilingual abilities.

Mental Health Counsellor / Clinical Psychologist

Broadly, this role ensures two outcomes of Clarity’s psychotherapy and professional counselling services to address the needs of the clients with mental health issues:

Professionalism in service delivery and adherence to standards of therapy.

Treatment efficacy for all clients undergoing individual psychotherapy or support group programmes.

Responsibilities

• Assessing clinical needs of clients, as well as plan for, and provide treatment, using evidence-based clinical models and treatment modalities. This is inclusive of individual and group psychotherapy/counselling, and crisis intervention.
• Applicants should also be able to modify treatment activities and approaches as needed, in order to comply with changes in clients’ progress and completing discharge plans. Establish positive therapeutic relationships with clients with mental health difficulties. Act as clients’ advocate in order to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations. Refer clients to community resources or specialists as necessary.
• Ensure compliance with Clarity’s professional conduct and code of ethics, such as the proper recording and prompt updating of clients’ personal data, maintaining case history and progress notes with strictest confidentiality. Participate in case supervision with relevant service partners.
• Keep abreast about new developments in the field by reading professional literature, attending courses and seminars, and establishing and maintaining contact with other social service agencies. Gather information about community mental health needs and resources that could be used in conjunction with therapy and psycho-education programmes.
• Deliverables – meet strategic plans and objectives of Clarity as directed by the Executive Director to meet Clarity’s mission and commitments to stakeholders.
• Ad-hoc projects – participate in ad-hoc projects as directed/required, e.g. developing training programmes, provision of public talks
• Assessment of client therapeutic needs and functionalities, (e.g. DASS, SDS, GAF, EPDS, YBOCs).
• Application of evidence-based therapeutic treatments for difficulties relating to mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, social and interpersonal problems.
• Developing and executing group psychoeducational and psychotherapy programmes.

Qualities

• Dynamic and resourceful team player.
• Ability to work independently in the challenging community environment.
• Passionate about community recovery work and rehabilitation.
• Good communications and organisational skills.
• Effectively Bi-lingual.

Requirements

• Masters of Counselling/Clinical Psychology/Applied Psychology with first degree in Psychology.
• Minimum 2-years work experience in clinical work.

Work Location

Toa Payoh