Counselling Psychologist

Responsibilities

As a counselling psychologist, you'll need to:

- undertake assessments, including assessment of mental health needs, risk assessment and psychometric testing
- establish a collaborative working relationship with the client based on trust and respect
- formulate a psychological explanation of the client's issues, exploring their experiences and how they think, how they behave and relate to others, and how they carry out their everyday lives
- plan and implement specialist psychological treatments to help clients to understand their feelings/behaviour
- empower clients to address their issues, take control of them and make positive changes to their behaviour
- monitor and evaluate the outcome of treatments
- collaborate with - and provide advice to - colleagues, the broader multidisciplinary team and referrers in the planning of treatment and provision of services to meet the client's needs
- communicate complex, technical and/or clinically sensitive information clearly, both orally and in writing, to clients, their families and carers
- contribute to research, service evaluation and audit, either individually or as part of a team
- receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist
- carry out continuing personal and professional development to keep your knowledge and skills up to date.

With experience, you may also need to:

- train and mentor trainee psychologists
- provide clinical and professional supervision for trainees and more junior psychologists
- manage a team including other psychologists, assistant psychologists and other health staff
- manage, audit and develop counselling psychology services.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹14,000.00 - ₹18,000.00 per month

**Benefits**:

- Cell phone reimbursement

Schedule:

- Day shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay
- Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Pallavaram, Chennai - 600043, Tamil Nadu: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Hospital: 1 year (preferred)