Assistant clinical psychologist
Code 3259.2
Assistant clinical psychologists aid psychologists in their work. They work in healthcare facilities or private practices where they assist psychologists with their treatment of patients. Assistant clinical psychologists are healthcare professionals that can assess patients with psychological tests and aid with therapy, as well as performing administrative functions.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- psychological concepts
- diagnosis of mental health issues
- psychological diagnostics
- evaluation of psychological performance
- psychological interventions
- psychology
- psychiatry
- therapy in health care
Skills and competences
- apply context specific clinical competences
- assist psychologist
- accept own accountability
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- decide upon a psychotherapeutic approach
- apply psychological intervention strategies
- identify mental health issues
- conduct psychological research
- conduct psychological assessement
- work with patterns of psychological behaviour
Transversal competences
- assess healthcare users' risk for harm
- assess the patient's therapeutic needs
- adhere to organisational guidelines
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences