Psychologist

The employer is looking for a:

Occupational Psychologist (reported profession)

Tasks:

• conduct assessment, orientation, and professional support interviews.
• analyze the person's functioning profile in relation to the requirements of the role and the work context.
• evaluate skills, resources, interests, motivation, self-efficacy, coping strategies, and factors that may facilitate or hinder professional integration.
• define, with the person and the network, individualized development and reintegration goals.
• evaluate the suitability of professional contexts consistent with the person's profile, skills, and health conditions.
• monitoring and supervision of internship paths, professional assessments of work capacity, work training, and job search technique courses.
• support companies in defining appropriate tasks, framework conditions, adaptations, and supervision methods.
• observe and evaluate work performance directly in corporate contexts, drafting conclusions in intermediate and final reports upon request from institutional bodies.
• support the maintenance of the job and intervene early in the presence of critical issues.
• collaborate with the SIL interdisciplinary team and participate in the methodological and qualitative development of the service.

Requirements:

• cantonal authorization for clinical private practice constitutes a preferential qualification.
• experience in the field of work performance assessment, work capacity, motivational interventions with individuals and companies, professional orientation, selection, professional coaching, case management, or work integration.
• knowledge of the Ticino labor market and the main organizational and human resources management processes.
• experience in collaborating with companies and employers.
• knowledge of Disability Insurance, professional reintegration measures, and working with people presenting physical or mental health issues constitutes a preferential qualification.

Key Skills:

• ability to perform job or training analysis, evaluating compatibility between person, task, and organization.
• manage complex interviews and situations characterized by ambivalence, reduced motivation, conflict, or high emotional or relational load.
• work in a network and coordinate actors with different perspectives and mandates.
• use current IT tools confidently (MS Office, Word, Excel, Power Point, and OneDrive)
• excellent command of the Italian language, oral and written.
• driving license cat.B
• availability to travel within the cantonal territory.
• ability to listen and build interpersonal alliance.
• orientation toward resources and the evolutionary possibilities of the team.
• analytical thinking, judgment skills, concreteness, and solution orientation.
• organizational autonomy, ability to define priorities, and flexibility in managing complex situations.
• balance between supporting the person and realistic confrontation with labor market demands.
• negotiation skills and professional communication with companies and institutions.
• reliability, precision, respect for confidentiality, and aptitude for interdisciplinary collaboration.
• reflective capacity and availability for supervision and continuous training.

Knowledge considered an advantage:

• clinical knowledge of psychological distress and its potential impact on work functionality.
• ability to translate clinical and psychosocial information into concrete indications for the person's reintegration path, respecting the roles and skills of the various figures involved.
• knowledge of other national languages and/or English.

Employment details:

• work location Balerna
• occupation from 50 - 100%
• employment by prior agreement, permanent
• salary to be agreed upon

We offer:

• a specialist activity with a concrete impact on professional paths and social participation of people.
• an interdisciplinary context in which to integrate occupational psychology, clinical psychology, human resources management, skills development, and reintegration coaching.
• autonomy in case management, accompanied by professional consultation and teamwork.
• the possibility to contribute to the development of innovative tools, procedures, and projects.
• opportunities for supervision, intervision, and continuous training.
• contractual conditions commensurate with the function and professional experience.

Selection procedure:

• the procedure will include the evaluation of dossiers immediately after the application deadline and potential participation in up to two selection interviews.

Application:

• interested persons are invited to submit a motivation letter, an updated curriculum vitae, copies of diplomas, training certificates, and work certificates by October 16.

Submission of applications: info@sil.swiss
Information on the function:
Daniele Contestabile
Responsabile Area Aziende
+41 79 202 81 69
daniele.contestabile@sil.swiss

SIL promotes a professional environment respectful of differences and evaluates applications based on skills, experience, and suitability for the function.