Psychologist in the Development and Growth Service - 30%

Offer criteria • Professions : • Developmental Psychologist in Child Protection (M/F) • Min experience : • 3 to 5 years • Skills : • French • Locations : • Genève • Conditions : • Permanent • Salary not specified • Full Time Offer criteria • Professions : • Developmental Psychologist in Child Protection (M/F) • Min experience : • 3 to 5 years • Skills : • French • Locations : • Genève • Conditions : • Permanent • Salary not specified • Full Time The company : HUG ## With more than 13'000 employees representing 160 professions, the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève are a reference institution at national and international levels. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to consult our 2025 retrospective by clicking here. The Department of women, children and adolescents has the mission of offering quality care adapted to the needs of women at every stage of their lives and to the health problems faced by newborns, children and adolescent girls and boys from birth until the age of 16. It works towards the development of cutting-edge services and specialty competence centers. The development and growth service team works on issues related to the development, functioning and recovery capacity, "brain plasticity", of the brain. Its research is interested in various fields of development ranging from cognitive neuroscience to child psychology. More info on HUG Job description ## You are attached to the development and growth service in close collaboration with the Université de Genève, the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Psychology. Affiliations are possible depending on the scientific profile. You work on the multidisciplinary aspects of child development and you perform developmental assessments of children aged 0 to 12 within the framework of the Centre de développement de l'enfance. You also contribute to the service's research program on the outcome of children at risk of developmental disorders, covering applied and fundamental aspects. Profile description ## You possess a MAS in psychotherapy or neuropsychology (or have been in the MAS training process for at least one year) or a title deemed equivalent. You have experience in the field of developmental assessment of young children at risk (prematurity, perinatal complications, genetic syndromes, high-risk parenting, etc.), as well as in conducting assessment interviews with families. You possess strong knowledge of assessment tools for preschool and school-age child development, in-depth knowledge of cognitive and motor development, as well as in child psychopathology and the direction of research and teaching. Your areas of expertise are psychological assessment of the child, the cognitive-behavioral approach, communication techniques, developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychopathology, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders and multiple disabilities. You have excellent interpersonal skills and an aptitude to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams while being autonomous. You possess organizational skills and a sense of initiative. Your mother tongue is French.