Senior Counsellor, Clinical Intervention Centre

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Planning & Coordinating – able to plan & coordinate
• Communication – verbal & written
• Interpersonal – able to communicate and interact with people, both individually and in group

• 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.