Psychologist

**Psychologist**

**Special Education and Student Services Department**

**Non Affiliated CAT III**
- **Provide consultation and support to educators in the area of student learning and achievement and student well being and mental health, including social emotional and behavioral functioning, from within a tiered approach**
- **Promote and implement evidence-based interventions to support student learning, academic development, social emotional functioning and mental health and system wide initiatives**
- **Employ diverse assessment methods, including standardized tests, observations, interviews, and rating scales, to identify student strengths and needs and recommend appropriate interventions**
- **Conduct psychological and diagnostic assessments to evaluate student strengths and needs in the areas of learning, development, behavior, social-emotional functioning, and mental health**
- **Provide clinical intervention and counseling to students, using trauma informed practices**
- **Provide crisis response and intervention to support students, parents and the school community during times of tragedy or emergency**
- **Participate in Violence Threat Risk Assessments (VTRA) and provide risk assessment for suicide as per Board protocols**
- **Support the development and implementation of programming and interventions within Special Education programs and classrooms**
- **Provide consultation and support to classroom and special education teachers in the development of Individual Education Plans**
- **Work collaboratively with other professionals including school staff and families as part of an interdisciplinary team to provide coordinated support to students**
- **Liaise with external service providers and community agencies to provide comprehensive student support**
- **Design and deliver professional learning sessions to educators, parents and other Board personnel on topics related to mental health, well-being, and academic achievement**
- **Participate in departmental and interdepartmental committees to contribute to strategic planning and initiatives**
- **Align the delivery of psychological services with Board strategic commitments and strategies and work to create an inclusive environment that respects and supports diversity in learning and development and the well-being of all students**
- **Maintain comprehensive records of all individual psychological assessments and student interventions in compliance with the Standards of Professional Conduct established by the College of Psychologists of Ontario**
- **Comply with all board policies and privacy legislation in relation to student records and information sharing**
- **Remain current with research in the area of best practices within school and educational psychology and developmental psychology**
- **Provide supervision and mentorship to psycho-educational consultants, psychology staff completing licensing requirements for autonomous practice and to psychology residents in training**
- **Perform other duties, as assigned by the Psychology Lead**

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- **Doctoral degree in Psychology**
- **Certificate of Registration Authorizing Autonomous Practice as a Psychologist in Ontario or eligible for registration as a Psychologist with the College of Psychologists of Ontario**
- **School psychology as a declared area of competency with the College of Psychologists of Ontario or eligible to declare school psychology as a declared area of competency**
- **Experience with a variety of current standardized assessment measures (WISC-V, WIAT-III etc.)**
- **Experience working with children and adolescents**
- **Experience working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team**
- **Excellent interpersonal and communication skills**
- **Strong public speaking/presentation skills**
- **Excellent judgment and analytical ability**
- **Proven organizational and time management skills**
- **Proficiency with technology for assessment, intervention and documentation purposes (e.g. Q-Interactive, Google Suite, Laserfiche etc.)**
- **A valid drivers license and a vehicle**

**The following would be considered an asset**:

- **Counselling or clinical psychology as a declared area of competency with the College of Psychologists of Ontario**
- **Experience with screening measures for literacy and math (DIBELS, Acadience etc.)**
- **Knowledge of relevant Ministry of Ontario policies and procedures**
- **Certification in Violent Threat Risk Assessment (VTRA)**
- **Training and Experience in clinical interventions such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) etc.**

**This is a permanent full time assignment (1.0 FTE) with an anticipated start date as soon as the recruitment process has been completed. The annual salary range for this role is $101,564 - $127,298. A comprehensive employee benefits and pension package is provided.**

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