Job Brief
Child psychologists are medical professionals who diagnose and treat children with mild or severe mental disorders.
Job Description
- ● Recommend rehabilitation or intervention programs to overcome addiction issues
- ● Provide complete documentation and records of assessments and treatments according to in-house policies
- ● Coordinate with other child health experts, like child protection workers, pediatricians and social workers, to facilitate and ensure the patients’ psychological development
- ● Organize educational programs to inform adolescents or teenagers about the repercussions of high-risk behaviors and ways to adjust to them
- ● Address issues such as depression, bullying, various mental health issues and learning difficulties in children by providing appropriate psychological intervention
Job Requirements
- ● Proven work experience as a Child Psychologist or similar role
- ● Must be approachable and empathic so children will be comfortable working with you
- ● Knowledge of different therapeutic methods and the ability to switch between different approaches to meet each child’s needs
- ● Excellent communication skills, specifically the ability to communicate with children of different ages and from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds
- ● A bachelor’s degree in psychology and a Ph.D. in clinical or child psychology is required