Manager of Psychological Services

1 week ago

Whitby, Canada Durham District School Board Full time

**Title**:Manager of Psychological Services

**Type**: Full-time permanent

**Department**:Inclusive Student Services

**Number of Direct Reports and Titles**:4 direct reports - Autism Resource Team (professional level/clinical employees)

**Number of Indirect Reports and Titles**:34 - Supports professional development and training of other members of Psychological Services team.

**Reports to**:Senior Manager and Clinical Lead of Psychological Services

**Requirements**:Regular office hours

The DDSB is committed to meetings its responsibilities under the United Nations Declarations of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the Human Rights Code to provide inclusive and responsive services to all students without discrimination. The (this role) plays a key role in supporting leadership of services and strategies that promote the well-being of all students. This includes supporting an inclusive model of special education and mental health initiatives and resources, with a focus on identifying, preventing and addressing barriers to student learning and success.

Working with Senior Managers and Clinical Leads, (this role) provides leadership that centers the district commitments to disrupting barriers, structures and practices that impede the achievement and well-being of our learners. The team leads in collaboration with other district leaders to provide proactive and responsive supports for students and team leadership.

Co-leads departmental initiatives and provides consultation to senior management as required in collaboration with the Senior Manager and Clinical Lead including implementation and co-leading of Equity-based initiatives and ongoing training for staff. Carries out all of the functions and responsibilities of a Clinical Supervisor of Psychological Services. Carries out the five service functions of Psychological Services (consultation, assessment, direct service, crisis response and capacity building) and ensures that these are delivered in a professionally responsible manner that promotes student well-being and achievement and meets the standards and guidelines of the College of Psychologists of Ontario.

**Accountabilities***
- PRACTICE WITHIN THE COLLEGE OF PSYCHOLOGISTS OF ONTARIO (CPO) STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: Train staff new to Psychological Services team on the elements of the service model and related practices. Perform all job functions within the Standards of Practice and ethical guidelines set forth by the CPO, including supervision, record keeping, confidential maintenance of personal health information, obtaining of Informed Consent, selection of appropriate assessment measures, and mandatory reporting.
- SUPERVISE: Provide clinical supervision to non-registered members of the Psychological Services Department and administrative supervision to those who are members of the College of Psychologists of Ontario (Psychologists and Psychological Associates) to ensure quality of service provision to students, parents, other professionals outside the DDSB, staff, and schools in the Board, as well as foster staff’s professional development and meet practice standards set out in the Standards of Practice established by the CPO.
- PROVIDE LEADERSHIP FOR CAPACITY BUILDING: Provide leadership with respect to capacity building at school, district, and regional levels by working with multidisciplinary teams from across the DDSB and/or Durham Region community to design and implement capacity-building programs and/or systems for DDSB staff and stakeholders and to improve the system’s ability to promote educational practices that foster mental health, development, well-being and achievement within students. Provide professional development is to improve staff’s ability to promote student mental health, development, well-being and achievement though supervision, direct teaching/guidance, co-facilitating with supervisees at workshops/training, developing and following through with supervisee goals for professional development, and attaining and maintaining certified status in required programs. Work with community partners regionally to provide capacity building to the larger system, including collaborative service planning for students with complex needs, building system capacity to support students who present with neurodevelopmental or mental health challenges, applied suicide intervention training, and/or consultation when a risk of violence has been identified.
- PROVIDE DIRECT AND INDIRECT INTERVENTIONS: Provide direct and indirect psychological intervention to promote student mental health, development, well-being and achievement. Provide direct intervention to students one-on-one or in groups by performing the controlled act of Psychotherapy to treat serious disorders of cognition, mood, or emotional regulation that may impair a student’s functioning, providing skills training to improve student behavioral, social, and emotional functioning and psychoeducational support. Pro

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