P-24-004 | Psychologist

at  Eastern Townships School Board

DETAILS OF THE POSITION

Job title:
Psychologist
School / Centre / Department :
Alexander Galt Regional High School Feeder Schools
Location :
Office location: Sherbrooke (New Horizons Adult Education Centre)
Workload :
100% replacement
Salary :
51 739 $ to 96 5754 $
Supervisor :
Director of Complementary Educational Services

• Participates in developing and implementing a psychological service that meets the academic and administrative requirements of both the educational institutions and the school board.
• Contributes to the screening and identification of students experiencing problems, using an approach focusing on prevention and intervention.
• Plans and conducts evaluations of the students’ psychological and mental functioning.
• Selects and uses recognized standardized psychometric tools; he or she conducts interviews and makes observations, analyzes and interprets the observations and data gathered.
• Works with a multidisciplinary team to draw up and review a student’s individualized education plan
• Collaborates with teachers to determine the nature of the problem; provides them with advice and support in their educational process; he or she suggests or applies solutions conducive to improving the conditions for the success of a student or a group of students; he or she plans, organizes and conducts training activities.
• Works with students, groups of students or parents, helps them identify difficulties, supports them in exploring solutions and, as needed, recommends resources.
• Advises management staff, prepares expertise, evaluation, briefing and progress reports and formulates appropriate recommendations to support decision making.
• May be called upon to defuse a crisis or emergency situations and to propose solutions
• Develops and maintains relations with representatives of partner organizations, the health and social services network and school boards
• Prepares and updates files according to the standards related to the practice of the profession and the rules defined by the school board; he or she prepares progress notes or reports as well as end-of-process and follow-up reports on his or her interventions.