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The Gauteng Department of Education is a provincial government department under the Gauteng Provincial Government responsible for overseeing and regulating the basic education system in the Gauteng province of South Africa in accordance with the South African Schools Act of 1996.
Education Psychologist Grade 1 Vacancies at Gauteng Department of Education in Johannesburg.
Requirements :
- An appropriate, recognized master’s degree in Educational Psychology and current Registration with the HPCSA as an Educational Psychologist. Knowledge and understanding of all major education and psychology legislation and policies (White Paper 6: Special Needs Education, National Curriculum Statement, South African Schools Act, National Education Policy Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support [SIAS] and HPCSA Code of Ethics).
Duties :
- Comment on and implement policy, manage and expand inclusive education support services. Conduct psycho-educational assessments write appropriate reports and provide feedback on assessments conducted. Be an active member of the District Based Support Team (DBST), facilitate appropriate placements for learners, design and develop learning and developmental programmes including intervention programmes and Individual Support Plans for learners experiencing barriers to learning. Monitor and support implementation of development programmes.
- Support and facilitate specific placement of learners e.g. learners in Child and Youth Care Centres (CYCC), Member of the Executive Council (MEC) and Head of Department (HOD) Appeals as well as complaints. Co-ordinate intervene and close cases within the prescribed timeframes. Liaise with other relevant stakeholders and provide psycho-social support, conduct counselling and therapeutic intervention, co-ordinate and conduct debriefing, monitor and support learners in diversion programmes.
- Arrange for rehabilitation programmes for learners whose expulsion has been suspended as mandated by the Head of Department. Identify appropriate assessment tools for procurement and mediation. Submit statistics and reports on a monthly and quarterly basis as required. Provide specialist support to all Public Schools including Full-Service Schools and Special Schools Resource Centres.
- Work within a team supporting the clusters and reporting to the Circuit manager as well as the EOS directorate. Be competent in issuing Learner with Special Educational Needs (LSEN) numbers and have thorough knowledge of the category of disabilities. Be part of a multi-disciplinary team using an eco-systemic approach. Liaise with colleagues in other districts to facilitate cross district transfers to special schools.
