Clinical Psychologist (Adult Disability Services)

Job Description

Position Overview

This full-time position is for a Clinical Psychologist working with adults with developmental disabilities across Adult Disability services i.e., Sheltered Workshop and Day Activity Centre.

The Clinical Psychologist will provide psychological services across a spectrum of support needs, from CAF-R Tier 1 clients with higher functional abilities and vocational/community participation potential, to CAF-R Tier 3 clients with significant support needs, low adaptive functioning, complex behavioural presentations and/or mental health concerns.

The role aims to strengthen psychological assessment, intervention, behaviour support, caregiver/staff consultation, and service capability across centre-based and community-facing disability services. The Clinical Psychologist will work independently and collaboratively as part of multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams to support client wellbeing, functional participation, behavioural stability, and quality of life.

Key Responsibilities:

Conduct Psychological Assessments

• Conduct psychological assessments to support intake, placement, intervention planning, progress monitoring, and service reviews across varying CAF-R support tiers.
• Administer and interpret relevant psychological, psychoeducational, adaptive functioning, behavioural, socio-emotional and mental health assessments, where appropriate.
• Provide assessment input to facilitate vocational, educational, community, day activity, or other service placements based on clients' support needs and functional profiles.
• Conduct initial assessments and periodic reviews as part of routine implementation, intervention planning, and outcome monitoring.
• Prepare clear and timely psychological assessment reports, case formulations, recommendations, and documentation to support intervention and care planning.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to translate assessment findings into practical support strategies for staff, caregivers, and service teams.

Deliver Psychological Intervention and Behaviour Support

• Provide psychological intervention and consultation for adults with developmental disabilities presenting with behavioural, emotional, adjustment, or mental health concerns.
• Deliver tiered support across different client profiles, including:
• higher-functioning clients requiring emotional regulation, social skills, transition, vocational-readiness, or community participation support;
• moderate-support clients requiring structured behavioural, adaptive functioning, and socio-emotional interventions;
• high-support clients requiring intensive behavioural consultation, environmental supports, caregiver/staff coaching, and quality-of-life focused intervention.
• Provide holistic frontline support as part of multidisciplinary or transdisciplinary teams working with individuals with complex needs and their families.
• Participate in transition planning, case management, routine care planning, Individual Training/Care Plan reviews, and case conferences.
• Collaborate with centre staff, allied health professionals, caregivers and external stakeholders to implement practical, individualised support strategies.
• Support the development and implementation of Positive Behaviour Support plans and other systemic interventions for clients with behaviours of concern.
• Provide guidance on environmental modification, communication supports, sensory-informed strategies, and proactive behavioural supports.

Build Stakeholder Relationships and Capability

• Provide professional consultation to staff, caregivers and allied health professionals supporting adults with developmental disabilities.
• Design, implement and review programmes and interventions that support behavioural wellbeing, emotional regulation, functional participation, adaptive skills, community integration and quality of life.
• Develop staff and caregiver capability through training, coaching, case discussions and consultation in areas such as:
• Positive Behaviour Support;
• understanding behaviours of concern;
• emotional regulation;
• mental health in persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities;
• trauma-informed and person-centred support;
• communication and sensory-informed approaches.
• Provide evidence-based input to support programme design, service development, policy improvement and clinical governance.
• Strengthen consistency of behavioural and psychological support practices across different centres, service models and client tiers.

Uplift Professional Practice in Psychology and Disability Services

• Provide clinical consultation and psychological input to other allied health professionals and service teams.
• Assist in the delivery of professional training, clinical seminars, workshops and case-based learning platforms for psychologists, allied health professionals and centre staff.
• Participate in, facilitate and present at professional development platforms to support knowledge-sharing and enhancement of professional practice.
• Contribute to the development of quality improvement projects to enhance client care, behavioural support, staff capability and service outcomes.
• Support the shift beyond custodial care by strengthening evidence-informed, person-centred and quality-of-life focused practice across Adult Disability services.
• Contribute to the development of shared frameworks, tools, and practice standards that can be applied in the Adult Disability service settings.

Administrative and Reporting Duties

• Maintain accurate, timely and confidential clinical documentation in accordance with organisational and professional standards.
• Prepare psychological reports, case notes, intervention plans, consultation records and progress updates as required.
• Attend clinical, multidisciplinary, operational, CPH-related and inter-agency meetings where necessary.
• Prepare and submit monthly reports, KPI tracking, service updates and other documentation as required by the reporting officer or Management.
• Support data collection and outcome tracking for psychological services, behaviour support and quality improvement initiatives.
• Carry out any other duties as assigned by the reporting officer or Management.

Professional Development and Supervision

• Attend endorsed training, workshops and seminars to develop relevant clinical, behavioural and disability-sector knowledge and skills.
• Receive formal supervision from approved supervisors as part of professional development and clinical governance.
• Keep current with evidence-based practices in clinical psychology, developmental disabilities, Positive Behaviour Support, mental health, neurodevelopmental conditions and adult disability services.
• Participate in reflective practice and supervision to ensure ethical, safe and effective clinical service delivery.

Qualifications

• A recognised Master's degree in Applied Psychology, such as Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology or Educational Psychology, from an accredited university.
• Registered, or eligible for registration, with the Singapore Psychological Society (SPS) as a Full Member and/or the Singapore Register of Psychologists (SRP)
• Relevant experience working with children, youth or adults with developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder and/or other special needs will be an advantage.
• Experience providing psychological services in SPED, social service, healthcare, disability, community or adult care settings will be an advantage.
• Experience working with clients across varying support needs, from higher-functioning individuals to those with complex behavioural and adaptive functioning needs, is preferred.
• Experience administering psychoeducational, adaptive functioning, behavioural and mental health assessment tools is preferred.
• Experience in Positive Behaviour Support, behavioural consultation, caregiver/staff training, and multidisciplinary casework is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with adult disability services, day activity centres, supported employment, community participation or transition planning will be an advantage.

Other Information

• Strong commitment to person-centred, dignity-based and quality-of-life focused disability practice.
• Able to work across different service settings, agencies and client profiles.
• Self-motivated, reflective and clinically grounded.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Able to translate psychological concepts into practical strategies for frontline staff and caregivers.
• Able to work independently while collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams.
• Strong planning, organisation and case formulation skills.
• Comfortable working with clients with complex needs, including behaviours of concern.
• Fluency in local languages will be an advantage.