2027 Intern Educational Psychologists
Nova Pioneer · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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- Working with the school's educational psychologist to provide educational psychological services to students across campuses of Nova Pioneer. This will include individual therapeutic interventions, psychoeducational assessments, group intervention, meeting attendance and collaborative multidisciplinary work, case management, and consultations with parents and teachers.
Your key responsibilities will be to
- Work under the supervision of Nova Pioneer's assigned educational psychologists, who will act as the site supervisors
- As per the HPCSA requirements, the internship will be full-time, and the intern will be required to work through school holidays. Leave days are allocated according to the HPCSA guidelines and the school contract
- Provide therapeutic interventions, including play therapy and trauma support to primary and secondary school students from Grade 00/000 to Grade 12
- Provide learning support and remedial interventions to students in primary school.
- Conduct psycho-educational assessments
- Write professional, useful, and psychometrically sound assessment reports
- Provide workshops, group interventions, and facilitate Social and Emotional Learning experiences with an emphasis on prevention and psychoeducation to students, staff and parents
- Attend Student Support Team SST meetings and work as part of a collaborative student support team
- Maintain accurate clinical records
- Maintain the highest level of professional and ethical conduct, upholding the professional rules of conduct pertaining to the profession of psychology as laid down by the HPCSA
ABOUT YOU
Essential
- Have completed or be nearing completion of an accredited Master's degree in education or counselling psychology no time will be given for completion of coursework
- Have an individualised internship program that has been approved by the Professional Board for Psychology by December 2026
- Be registered with the HPCSA as an intern Psychologist by no later than January 2027
- Be willing and able to work on different campuses of the school
- Have supervised experience in therapeutic interventions and psychological assessment
- Be willing and able to work on different campuses of the school.
- Be willing to travel when necessary
- Have supervised experience in therapeutic interventions and psychological
- You land career empathetic and care deeply about the success of every student
- You have a deep understanding of children, and you know how to connect with the specific age group that is referred to you
- You are a team player, and you enjoy group problem-solving
- You are adept at using technology for instruction