Senior Psychologist – Adult Disability Eslp Technical Assistance

The Community Psychology Hub (CPH) is dedicated to improving people’s lives through innovative, quality psychological and research services. We work in active collaboration with partners in the social service and public sector to provide care for persons with vulnerabilities alongside their families in the community. This position is for the role of a senior psychologist working with adults with developmental disabilities and other special needs in the Adult Disability setting. This role aims to provide psychological services to individual clients presenting with behavioural issues and/ or mental health concerns vis-a-via consultancy, training and coaching to the staff and caregivers who support our clients. Specifically, this role is part of a pilot project looking at redefining programmes within the Adult Disability setting to create a continuum of service across the lifespan, and to generalise interventions and learnings from current services into the home setting. You will be working both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team within the social service agency (SSA) and with the core technical assistance team at CPH. Your role will primarily be to support capability-building through training and coaching of the Master Trainer (MT), fellow allied health professionals (AHPs) and senior/ training officers (STOs/ TOs) of the SSA onsite. Responsibilities 1. Conduct Psychological Assessments Assess fidelity of MT/AHP/STOs in delivering staff training on Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) and Practice-Based Coaching (PBC) practices Establish inter-rater reliability with SSAs to assess fidelity of staff in both PBS technical skills and PBC across 3 years Be part of review panel for eligibility criteria and inter-rater reliability of relevant assessment tool within the ESLP 2. Deliver Coaching/Intervention Develop training material on PBS strategies, and co-deliver staff training alongside MT/AHP for other staff within the SSAs Establish and expand coachin…