وظيفة مطلوبة: عالم نفس تربوي في IUK في الكويت

The primary role of the Educational Psychologist is to work with university students, colleges, and families, using psychology to promote positive outcomes in relation to wellbeing, communication and learning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply effective interventions to promote psychological wellbeing, social, emotional, and behavioral development, and to raise educational standards.
• Design, develop and support therapeutic and behavior management programs.
• Assess the learning and emotional needs of students.
• Consult with various teams to advise on the best approaches and provisions to support learning and development.
• Advise, persuade, support, and negotiate with faculty members, parents, student affairs team and other education professionals.
• Conduct active research and formulate interventions that focus on how best to meet the social, emotional, behavioral, and learning needs of the students at IUK.
• Write reports making recommendations on action to be taken.

Qualifications

• Minimum masters degree in Psychologist or related discipline.
• Related professional affiliations
• Experience as an educator is valuable. Other relevant roles include education social worker, psychologist, teaching assistant, learning mentor or literacy tutor, careers adviser, speech and language therapist, or early years teachers.

Skills

• Sensitivity, tact and diplomacy
• Excellent bilingual communication skills
• An open-minded and sensitive approach to interact with young people
• Ability to be assertive, persuasive and an effective facilitator
• An understanding of confidentiality and how to deal with sensitive information
• An understanding of cultural diversity
• Interpersonal skills