Psychologist — Children & Adolescents

About Les ToisesLes Toises – Centre de psychiatrie et psychothérapie is a Swiss private outpatient mental health group founded in Lausanne. What began as a single centre has grown into 9 establishments: 8 in Switzerland and 1 in the UAE; all built around one idea: that specialised psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care should be delivered to the highest clinical standard, and shaped around the individual rather than the diagnosis.Our new clinic in DubaiDubai marks the next step: our first full clinical establishment outside Switzerland.The Dubai clinic brings the Les Toises model — multidisciplinary, evidence-based, personalised, with real time given to each patient — to a city whose families are international, mobile and often navigating mental health care across several countries and systems. We are building the team now, and the people who join at this stage will help shape how the clinic practises.The roleWe are looking for a Psychologist with a clinical focus on children and adolescents to join the founding clinical team.The role is open on either a full-time or part-time basis. We are happy to discuss reduced hours, a fixed number of clinical sessions per week, or an arrangement that sits alongside an existing practice. Experience working with families and parent–child systems is a significant advantage: much of the work we do with young people is done with the family in the room.What you will doDeliver individual psychotherapy to children and adolescents across a range of presentations — anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, neurodevelopmental difficulties, behavioural and emotional regulation, school-related distressConduct clinical assessments and formulations, and contribute to psychometric and psychoeducational assessment where indicatedWork with parents and families, including parental guidance, family sessions and systemic interventionsCollaborate closely with psychiatrists and colleagues in multidisciplinary case discussionLiaise, with consent, with schools, paediatricians and other professionals involved in a young person's careMaintain clinical records to Les Toises standards and contribute to the clinic's quality and safeguarding processesTake part in the clinic's teaching, supervision and continuing education programmeWhat we are looking forEssentialMaster's or Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, or equivalent recognised qualificationSpecialist postgraduate training and demonstrable clinical experience in child and adolescent psychologyDHA licence as a Psychologist, or eligibility and willingness to complete DHA licensure (we support candidates through the process)Strong grounding in at least one evidence-based modality applied to young people — CBT, systemic/family therapy, EMDR, ACT or psychodynamic child psychotherapyFluent English, spoken and writtenComfort working with an international, multicultural patient populationDesirableExperience with families and parent–child work, including systemic or family therapy trainingAdditional languages — Arabic and/or French are particularly valuable to our patient baseExperience with standardised assessment (ADHD, ASD, psychoeducational batteries)Prior experience in a private or multidisciplinary clinic settingInterest in teaching, supervision or clinical research