Psychologist (HPC/ALH 1)

Practical Nurse needed.

Medical office in Kingston requires the services of a Practical Nurse.

Requirements

• Masters degree in the Clinical Psychology, from a recognized tertiary institution with three years working experience in the field of Psychology preferably within the public sector:   OR
• BSc. in Early Childhood Education, Child Development with emphasis in assessment or its equivalent in Social Sciences with five (5) years relevant experience in the field of psychology;
• Registered in practice with the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine.

Responsibilities

• Identifies psychological, emotional or behavioural issues in the children that interface with the early childhood sector through appropriate assessment;
• Monitors childrens progress through regular meetings or sessions;
• Develops and implements personalized treatment plants and therapeutic processes with children and make modifications as necessary and administer needs assessment and psychological intervention programmes/plans for children;
• Provides individual counselling services to children that interface with the education system as necessary;
• Participates as part of a multi-disciplinary team, in case-conferences and consultations for children;
• Devises or creates assessment tools, including  data collection instruments (surveys, questionnaires and general psycho-social instruments) to gather information about the needs of children who come into contact through the Jamaica School Readiness Assessments (JSRA);
• Develop relevant forms (intake, reporting, needs assessments etc.) and provides administrative support to the Jamaica School Readiness Assessment (JSRA) processes;
• Assists with the coordination of activities of non-governmental agencies that provide community services and psychological intervention programmes that will address the needs of students identified through JSRA Processes;
• Guides crisis intervention and follow up support as necessary;
• Assists in the design and implementation of capacity-building interventions;
• Ensures that effective Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism are in place to track counselling/psychological interventions.

Remuneration

Salary scale: $4,359,501 - $5,182,077 per annum and any other allowances attached to the post.

Note

Written application along with detailed curriculum vitae should be submitted no later than November 25, 2024.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Contact

Director

Human Resource Management and Administration

Early Childhood Commission

Shops 45-49 Kingston Mall

8-10 Ocean Boulevard

Kingston.

 

Email: careers@ecc.gov.jm

Base Salary: Undisclosed