Clinical Psychologist (Adult Disability Services)

Responsibilities

• Conduct Psychological Assessments
• Conduct psychological assessments to support intake, placement, intervention planning, progress monitoring, and service reviews across varying CAF-R support tiers.
• Administer and interpret relevant psychological, psychoeducational, adaptive functioning, behavioural, socio-emotional and mental health assessments, where appropriate.
• Provide assessment input to facilitate vocational, educational, community, day activity, or other service placements based on clients' support needs and functional profiles.
• Conduct initial assessments and periodic reviews as part of routine implementation, intervention planning, and outcome monitoring.
• Prepare clear and timely psychological assessment reports, case formulations, recommendations, and documentation to support intervention and care planning.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to translate assessment findings into practical support strategies for staff, caregivers, and service teams.
• Deliver Psychological Intervention and Behaviour Support
• Provide psychological intervention and consultation for adults with developmental disabilities presenting with behavioural, emotional, adjustment, or mental health concerns.
• Deliver tiered support across different client profiles, including:
• higher-functioning clients requiring emotional regulation, social skills, transition, vocational-readiness, or community participation support;
• moderate-support clients requiring structured behavioural, adaptive functioning, and socio-emotional interventions;
• high-support clients requiring intensive behavioural consultation, environmental supports, caregiver/staff coaching, and quality-of-life focused intervention.
• Provide holistic frontline support as part of multidisciplinary or transdisciplinary teams working with individuals with complex needs and their families.
• Participate in transition planning, case management, routine care planning, Individual Training/Care Plan reviews, and case conferences.
• Collaborate with centre staff, allied health professionals, caregivers and external stakeholders to implement practical, individualised support strategies.
• Support the development and implementation of Positive Behaviour Support plans and other systemic interventions for clients with behaviours of concern.
• Provide guidance on environmental modification, communication supports, sensory-informed strategies, and proactive behavioural supports.
• Build Stakeholder Relationships and Capability
• Provide professional consultation to staff, caregivers and allied health professionals supporting adults with developmental disabilities.
• Design, implement and review programmes and interventions that support behavioural wellbeing, emotional regulation, functional participation, adaptive skills, community integration and quality of life.
• Develop staff and caregiver capability through training, coaching, case discussions and consultation in areas such as:
• Positive Behaviour Support;
• understanding behaviours of concern;
• emotional regulation;
• mental health in persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities;
• trauma-informed and person-centred support;
• communication and sensory-informed approaches.
• Provide evidence-based input to support programme design, service development, policy improvement and clinical governance.
• Strengthen consistency of behavioural and psychological support practices across different centres, service models and client tiers.
• Uplift Professional Practice in Psychology and Disability Services
• Provide clinical consultation and psychological input to other allied health professionals and service teams.
• Assist in the delivery of professional training, clinical seminars, workshops and case-based learning platforms for psychologists, allied health professionals and centre staff.
• Participate in, facilitate and present at professional development platforms to support knowledge-sharing and enhancement of

Additional Information

Job Description Position Overview This full-time position is for a Clinical Psychologist working with adults with developmental disabilities across Adult Disability services i.e., Sheltered Workshop and Day Activity Centre. The Clinical Psychologist will provide psychological services across a spectrum of support needs, from CAF-R Tier 1 clients with higher functional abilities and vocational/community participation potential, to CAF-R Tier 3 clients with significant support needs, low adaptive functioning, complex behavioural presentations and/or mental health concerns. The role aims to strengthen psychological assessment, intervention, behaviour support, caregiver/staff consultation, and service capability across centre-based and community-facing disability services. The Clinical Psychologist will work independently and collaboratively as part of multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams to support client wellbeing, functional participation, behavioural stability, and quality of life.

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