Senior Psychologist

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

MINDS has been caring for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (PWIDs) and their families since 1962.

Grounded in the belief that all PWIDs have innate abilities and talents, MINDS is committed to empowering them and enhancing their quality of life, while advocating for greater inclusivity for PWIDs as a nation.

MINDS is today one of the largest charities in Singapore employing more than 1,200 staff. With the key focus to expand community-based services, improving the employability of PWIDS, strengthening education, and engendering inclusive community living, MINDS offers a holistic range of services and programmes across the PWIDs' lifespan.

These include schools, employment and training development centres, home-based care services and community-based services to cater to the physical, psychological, environmental and social needs of PWIDs. For more information, please visit www.minds.org.sg.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Psychologist provides psychological assessments and interventions for clients within multi-disciplinary settings and manages complex cases with medico-legal and forensic implications. S/He complements services provided by other professionals and ensures psychological services are delivered in accordance to organisational standards. An independent professional with excellent collaborative skills, S/He provides supervision for junior psychologists and conducts trainings for other professionals and also collaborates with other professionals in the course of his work.

Conduct psychological assessments

• Conduct psychological assessments to formulate evidence-based and data-driven hypotheses for challenging cases including medico-legal and/or forensic cases.
• Manage challenging cases and prepare assessment reports.
• Identify gaps in assessment tools in relation to application in local contexts and determine possible contextualisation.
• Deliver case presentations during multi-disciplinary team discussions.

Deliver interventions

• Formulate evidence-based and data-driven intervention plans in collaboration with relevant parties including medico-legal and/or forensic cases.
• Deliver interventions, psychological programmes and services.

Build stakeholder relationships or capacity

• Provide psychological expertise to other specialised departments and relevant professionals.
• Collaborate with social and healthcare sector professionals to deliver and improve client care and services.

Maintain professional, legal and ethical standards

• Assist in the implementation of professional standards in clinical, legal and ethical practices within departments.
• Monitor staff adherence to policies and procedures for professional practices.
• Assist in development of quality improvement projects to improve client care and services.

Uplift professional practice in psychology

• Deliver training programmes, lectures or workshops to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Review models of care and service delivery based on evidence-based practices.
• Conduct research, data collection and analyses.
• Provide supervision to entry-level psychologists, students in Masters and Doctorate programmes and interns.

• Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology or Clinical Psychology or Educational Psychology or Applied Psychology.

• At least 5 years of experience as a psychologist.
• Knowledge or expertise in disability or related fields.
• Registration with Singapore Psychological Society(SPS) and Singapore Register of Psychologists (SRP).