CAREERS
Applications to be sent to hr@promises.com.sgPsychiatrist
Role:
- Providing quality care and treatment for persons with various mental health issues
- Conducting assessments, diagnosis, and providing pharmacological treatments
- Prescribing medication and monitoring for side effects and medication efficacy
- Work together with our multidisciplinary care team to treat complex cases
- Collaboration with mental health professionals and organisations to improve client care
- Contribute to mental health promotion programmes and psychological duties within the organisation
Requirements:
- Registered with Singapore Medical Council as a specialist in Psychiatry
- Possesses good record in clinical excellence and commitment to medical education
- Ability to perform age-appropriate assessments on clients
- Able to interact effectively with clients of diverse educational, socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, skill levels and value systems
- Excellent written and verbal communications, listening, and social skills
- Compassionate about helping clients and using clinically proven protocols
- Thrive in a collaborate environment and able to work together with a multi-disciplinary team to treat complex cases
Salary commensurates to experience.
Senior Occupational Therapist - Full Time or Locum
Role:
- Assess and provide individualized Occupational Therapy intervention for children and adolescents with a wide range of developmental challenges (eg. developmental coordination disorder, dyspraxia, sensory processing disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or autism spectrum disorder).
- Conduct group Occupational Therapy classes if required (eg. in executive functioning skills)
- Able to work with children and adolescents across the age range of 6 to 18 years old.
- Provide regular feedback to parents and caregivers with updates on the child’s progress and relevant home strategies and recommendations after each session with the child
Job Scope:
- Full registration with Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC)
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Therapy, Master’s preferred.
- Minimum 5 years post-graduation work experience in OT
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Being bilingual (English and Mandarin) would be an advantage
- Able to start work immediately or at short notice
Salary: Negotiable depending on qualifications and experience
Clinical Psychologist
Role
• Provide services that include psychometric assessments, as well as individual and group psychotherapy
• Contribute to mental health promotion programmes and psychological duties within the organisation
• Work together with a multi-disciplinary team to treat complex cases
We are open to accepting applications for a full-time position, or for those wishing to practice on a sessional basis. Position is open to both Local/PRs and Foreigners
Requirements:
• Masters’ degree in Psychology or Clinical Psychology
• Minimum two years post-qualification work experience in said areas,
• Skilled in carrying out mental health assessments,
• Strong report-writing competencies,
• Ability to speak one or more non-local languages, e.g. Dutch, French, German, Japanese would be an advantage
• Valid registration, license or practising certificate with an established or recognised psychological professional body such as APA, APS or BPS would be an advantage
Full-Time Salary Range: $4,500 to $6,000 depending on qualifications and experience.
Locum/Sessional: A percentage of the revenue brought in to the clinic by their practice (therapy & assessments)
Child Psychologist
Role:
• Provide services that include psychometric assessment of children, as well as individual and group psychotherapy for children
• Contribute to mental health promotion programmes and psychological duties within the organisation
• Work together with a multi-disciplinary team to treat complex cases
We are open to accepting applications for a full-time position, or for those wishing to practice on a sessional basis. Position is open to both Local/PRs and Foreigners
Requirements:
• Masters’ degree in Psychology or Clinical Psychology
• Specialisation in the treatment and assessment of children (6-18 yo)
• Minimum two years post-qualification work experience in said areas,
• Skilled in carrying out mental health assessments,
• Strong report-writing competencies,
• Ability to speak one or more non-local languages, e.g. Dutch, French, German, Japanese would be an advantage
• Valid registration, license or practising certificate with an established or recognised psychological professional body such as APA, APS or BPS would be an advantage
Full Time Salary Range: $4,500 to $6,000 depending on qualifications and experience.
Locum/Sessional: A percentage of the revenue brought in to the clinic by their practice (therapy & assessments)
Addictions Therapist
Status: Full-Time
Reports To: Director of Addiction Services
About the Organization: Promises Healthcare is a well-established and well-known provider of Psychiatric and Psychological support in the Mental and Behavioral Health field in Singapore. We are expanding our services to launch an Intensive Outpatient Program for Addiction and Behavioral Health. This exciting expansion will in time include residential services in Singapore, and opportunities to replicate the model across Australasia. As such, this is a unique opportunity to join a respected team and to be part of its ongoing development.
Position Summary: We are looking for a locally-based, Masters level Counselor. You should have experience of working in the addictions field. Ideally, this experience will include creating, preparing and running groups as well as delivering one-to-one therapy. Group work should include the ability to deliver psychoeducational as well as process groups. Experience of working with family systems that include addiction would also be beneficial.
Responsibilities:
- Conducting Bio, Psycho, Social Assessments
- Provide all addictions counselling to individuals, families and groups
- Conduct group education programs
- Provide crisis intervention and counselling
- Develop recovery plans and makes referrals to appropriate service providers
- Maintain client case records
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree or higher in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, or related mental health field
- Minimum of two years of direct work experience in the Addiction field
- Ability to set short term objectives and use a strength-based, solution-focused approach
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent time-management and organizational skills
- Proven ability to work with an all addictions model of treatment
Salary Range:
S$3,500 to S$4,500 depending on qualifications and experience
Work Schedule:
This full-time position will require some evening and occasional weekend work.
*This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities but constitutes a general definition of the position’s scope and function in the company.
Addiction Recovery Coach / Peer Recovery Coach
We are looking for a self-motivated Addiction Recovery Coach/Peer Recovery Coach for our expanding clinic operations. The right candidate will have an opportunity for growth and development and be part of our growing team in the Visions department to guide our clients towards a path of holistic recovery and positive transformation.
Role:
- Develop and conduct outreach work
- Assist in running Relapse Prevention Groups
- Provide one-to-one support and para-counselling
- Participate in education and training, such as experiential therapy, family education and evidence-based therapy training
- Assist with Detox Management
- Oversee urine-testing for clients
- Advocate & promote recovery from addictions
- Assist the team with assessment of clients’ recovery
- Collaborate with team members for referral management, connecting with clients and families with the services they need at Promises
- Involvement in youth work to provide emotional support, encouraging education, training, and employment
- Support and encourage clients to attend self-help groups regularly
- Conduct risk assessments of clients
- Conduct hospital visits when necessary
Requirements:
- Willing to work flexible hours and days, including weekends and after-office hours
- Has a passion to support individuals who are considering or in recovery from addiction to live fulfilling lives in the community.
- Preferably with some experience in working with people struggling with addictions.
- Volunteer experience and certified training in addictions work are a plus.
- Personal lived experience of recovery is helpful for advocacy
- Diploma level education
- Preferably a trained addiction coach or willing to be trained.
Salary Range: $2800 – $3200
Forensic Psychologist
Role:
To conduct medico-legal assessment and report writing, in conjunction with forensic psychiatrists. To determine how an individual’s mental state, pre-existing mental condition or illness may have influenced or affected the nature of their offending behaviour and whether this affects their likelihood of re-offence. Provision of clinical therapy in individual and group settings.
Requirements:
- Masters’ degree in Clinical Psychology or Forensic Psychology,
- Persons with a forensic psychology degree would be advantageous,
- Minimum two years post-qualification work experience in said areas,
- Specialised training in assessing risks of reoffending,
- Skills in doing mental health assessments,
- Strong report-writing competencies
- Experience dealing with addicts would be advantageous.
Salary commiserates to experience.
Part - Time Psychodrama Coordinator
Admin
- To book rooms for psychodrama events to be held, check with Front Desk to ensure there are no clashes or double-bookings.
- To register clients and collect payment for sessions, ensuring proper accounting procedures are followed.
- To assist with physical setup before psychodrama sessions, including preparing any needed materials.
- Managing and answering emails.
- Communicating with Psychodrama participants/trainees.
Planning
- To assist in planning the yearly psychodrama calendar, including producing revenue projections for any new event series or trainings
- Assist the psychodrama department head with planning & producing content for marketing-related campaigns.
- To assist the psychodrama Director with any other miscellaneous tasks as needed and directed.
Requirements
- Good command of English
- Organised
- Good interpersonal skills
- Proactive
- Good knowledge of Canva & Google suite
Salary: $15/hr for a minimum of 10 hours per week to a maximum of 20 hours per week.
Clinic Assistant
We are looking for self-motivated Clinic Assistant (Customer Service) for our expanding clinic operations.
Desired Characteristics and Expected Behaviours:
- The Desire To Serve
You have a heart to serve, have good customer service skills and service-oriented. - Team Player
You are collaborative and appreciate good team spirit. - Initiative Taker
If something needs to be corrected, you will go ahead and problem-solve. You will discuss how to make things better, but only after thorough thought and evidence to support your beliefs. When unable to do something, you ask explicitly from your peers and team for assistance but also come up with some possibilities of what you can do first. - Adaptable
Able to be flexible and adapt to changes.
Be able to think of Plan Bs if Plan A cannot work.
Jobscope
- Day to day clinic operations
- Registration of patients
- To pack medicines as stated in the doctors’ invoices, including printing of medicine labels and dosage/ consumption instructions, and explain the consumption instruction to the patients.
- Attending to patient queries and incoming calls
- Collecting payments from patients
- Booking of appointments
- Coordination with therapists and psychiatrists on appointments and miscellaneous duties
- Clinic Admin Duties
- To ensure the cleanliness of the Clinic, particularly the customer waiting areas, at all times.
- To check and acknowledge receipt of suppliers’ deliveries, mainly drugs and medicine.
- To perform certain general administrative duties, which may differ for each Clinic Assistant/team member, as directed by your reporting officer
- To perform any other duties that the directors or management of the Company may assign
Working Hours
- Must be willing to perform full rotating shifts including Saturdays
- Weekday shifts: 8.30am – 7.30pm
- Saturday shift: 8.30am – 5.30pm
- (4-day, 40 hours work week)
(Rest day on Sundays, and 2 other off-days during the week)
Candidates may be required to start on a 5-day week (office hours) during the probation period for on-the-job training before assigned to full rotating shifts.
Vacancy is available for candidate who is able to commit to the rotating shifts as above-mentioned.
- Experience in front line customer service is REQUIRED.
- Communicates well and fluent in English
- Warm personality
- Positive attitude towards work
- Values punctuality
- Willingness to learn
- Have good team spirit
- Pays attention to details
- Follows through on tasks assigned
Candidates with customer service experience are welcome to apply. We are looking for someone who has the interest and passion to work in the healthcare industry front-line, especially in the mental health sector.
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