Posted on: 02 November 2017
ID 552362

Education psychologist required

Education psychologist position is available at Tafelberg School.

Job responsibilities:

  • To render psychological counselling and support within a special school/resource centre environment.
  • To assist school management to make the school efficient and effective as a teaching and learning institution.
  • Provision of psychological support to learners as a member of a trans-disciplinary team.
  • Promote and support the implementation of inclusive education policy and guideline documents.
  • Assist within the School-Based Support Team (SBST) to develop and monitor Individual Support Plans (ISP) for learners experiencing barriers to learning.
  • Provision of psycho-educational and psycho-social support to learners, educators and parents.
  • Capacity-building of educators and parents within the inclusive education framework.
  • Administration of psychological and educational assessments.
  • Provision of short-term psycho-therapeutic support for learners.
  • Assist the school with the development of networks for support.
  • Adhere to the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) ethical code for psychology, scope of practice and other guideline documents.
  • Undertake Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and professional supervision as a personal responsibility.
  • Maintain a record of all psychological and educational interventions. Draft professional psycho-educational and psycho-social reports.
  • Maintain a sound administrative system ensuring confidentiality of records.

Job requirements:

  • Basic counselling skills.
  • Child development.
  • Computer literacy.
  • Masters-level degree in Psychology. Registration as a psychologist (Educational, Clinical or Counselling) with the Professional Board for Psychology of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).
  • Recognized post-graduate qualification [REQV 14] which must include appropriate training as an educator.
  • Registration as an educator with the South African Council for Educators (SACE).
  • At least 3 to 5 years relevant psycho-educational and/or psycho-social experience.
  • A certified copy of a valid drivers’ licence.
  • Proficiency in English and at least 1 other official language of the Western Cape.
  • Knowledge and experience in the early identification, assessment and support of learners experiencing barriers to learning. Knowledge of the Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (SIAS) policy. 
  • Crisis management, diagnostic assessment, inclusive education policy and guideline documents.
  • Learning strategies.
  • Multi-disciplinary teamwork.
  • National curriculum policy statements.
  • Presentation skills.
  • Preventative programmes.
  • Professional ethics.
  • Psycho-educational assessment, psycho-social support, psycho-therapeutic techniques, psychological research methodology.
  • Report writing, teaching styles, sound administration, trauma de-briefing, whole school development.
  • Please note that if you have had no response by the 15th of November 2017, take it as your application was not successful.

About us:

Tafelberg School is located in one of the most beautiful cities in the world: Cape Town. We take pride in creating the ideal environment for our learners to thrive, do what they’re passionate about and experience success in all areas of academics. 

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