Job Purpose
The incumbent is a highly experienced mental health professional who is able to lead a therapeutic team of counsellors, therapists, associates and specialists to provide early identification and intervention services in the areas of psychological assessment, counselling, and support services to vulnerable children/youth and their families.
Job Responsibilities
Functional Responsibilities
- To provide supervision, mentoring and training to clinicians like counsellors, therapists, associates, interns and youth workers.
- To oversee psychological assessments, therapy and counselling services and contributing to programme development
- To coordinate case review of clinicians like counsellors, therapists, associates and specialists.
- To develop individualised treatment plans and provide evidence-based therapies like individual, group, or family therapy.
- To manage complex cases with significant mental health challenges.
- To provide crisis intervention and case management.
- To provide consultations with stakeholders, while remaining involved in the care of the client, revising the treatment protocol as and when needed.
- To conduct talks/workshops on selected mental health topics for the community (e.g. schools, parents, families, peer supporters, volunteers, other social service agencies).
- To carry out work in a professional manner, including protecting the confidentiality of the sessions, and the clients.
- To uphold the ethical practices and legal guidelines relating to client care.
- To maintain detailed clinical records and reports of the client. This includes clients’ personal information, reports and proper documentation of all sessions and clients.
- To ensure flexible working hours, according to the needs of the programmes and clients.
- To work in close collaboration with the other staff of the Home and of the other components of Boys’ Town in matters pertaining to the welfare of the clients.
- To participate in research to advance knowledge and stay current with evidence-based practices and professional standards.
- To present research findings at conferences and contribute to publications.
Managerial Responsibilities
- To assist the Director in maintaining documentation detailing service delivery, audit and governance, outcome measures, community contacts and referrals.
- To lead in roadshows and community programmes in support of children and youth mental health.
Organisational Responsibilities
- To participate actively in all fundraising activities as well as any other commitments that Boys' Town undertakes.
- To work in close collaboration with other staff, department and components of Boys' Town.
The Executive Director and/or his/her representative may assign you any other duties that are within reason for the operation needs of Boys' Town.
Competencies Required
- Planning & Coordinating – able to plan & coordinate
- Communication – verbal & written
- Interpersonal – able to communicate and interact with people, both individually and in group
Job Requirement
- Masters in Counselling.
- Registered Counsellor and Supervisor with the Singapore Association of Counsellors.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
- Extensive experience in clinical practice with diverse populations.
- Expertise in evidence-based therapies and interventions.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Possess humility, emotional maturity, empathy and self-reflexive in working with client and with multiple stakeholders.
- Energetic, dynamic and willingness to learn.
- Strong commitment to professional ethics and integrity.
- Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
