Lead Counsellor
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Student wellbeing and support is a top priority and a key foundation for the University. As a key team member of the University Counselling Centre (UCC), this role provides professional counselling and clinical consultation to support and promote the psychological wellbeing of the NTU student community.
Responsibilities
Provision of professional counselling, case management and consultation
Provision of psychological critical incident management
Community approach to counselling case management
Strategic support in UCC/UWO
Requirements
Hiring Institution: NTU
Responsibilities
- Provision of clinical supervision to counsellors and Senior Executive (Care and Counselling).
- Lead and manage various counselling related portfolios to strengthen and promote the counselling, case management and critical incident management services of UWC.
Provision of professional counselling, case management and consultation
- Provide professional counselling to 33,000 NTU undergraduate and graduate students, which also involves family, peer, or couple counselling besides individual counselling to students, where relevant.
- Provide consultation to students, staff, family members, etc. on concerns they have regarding a student.
- Provide case management to counselling clients including at-risk student cases.
Provision of psychological critical incident management
- Provide consultation and psychological critical incident management to distressed students and employees through working closely with various stakeholders.
Community approach to counselling case management
- Work collaboratively with schools, student service offices, Halls of Residence, psychiatrists and other relevant stakeholders to facilitate a campus community approach towards managing counselling cases on campus.
Strategic support in UCC/UWO
- Provide strategic support to Head, UCC in overall provision of UCC services.
- Submit statistical data and/or related reports to Head, UCC as and when required.
- Implement/organize and/or participate in initiatives and programmes under UCC and/or University Wellbeing Office, as assigned by Head, UWC and Head, University Wellbeing Office.
Requirements
- Graduate qualification in counselling, counselling psychology or clinical psychology.
- Preferably a registered counsellor with the Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC) or a registered psychologist with the Singapore Psychological Society (SPS).
- More than 9 years of professional counselling experience.
- About 4 years of experience in clinical supervision or being a certified clinical supervisor.
- Experience with young adults preferred.
- Experience in psychological critical incident management is preferred.
- Experience in working with SEN youths is advantageous.
- Experience in planning and managing mental health-related programmes will be advantageous.
- Possess professional values that are in line with the Code of Ethics of SAC or SPS.
- Proficient in professional counselling approaches and tools to help clients with diverse issues and conditions, including case conceptualisation and assessment.
- Competent in case management and critical incident management.
- Leadership and organizational skills, including in leading by example and garnering consensus.
- Personal initiative and team spirit in the effective implementation of policies, protocols and plans.
- Proficient with Microsoft 365 and technological tools and information systems relevant in a university setting.
Hiring Institution: NTU
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