School Psychologist

Job Description

Job Description

Position: School Psychologist

Commitment: Full-time, 11 months

Rate: Up to $80 per hour

Reports to: Director of Exceptional Learners

Job Overview:

We are seeking an experienced School Psychologist to join our partner school in Lynchburg, VA . The School Psychologist will provide psychological services within the school division in accordance with the policies of the school board.

Essential Functions:

• Consult with central office staff, school-based staff, parents, and other appropriate persons to agencies to increase their understanding of referred students and to assist in making recommendations for their optimal growth
• Conducts in-services, workshops, or consultative conferences for central office and/or school-based personnel, and as appropriate for parents and public or private agencies, in areas of mutual concern
• Assists in providing liaison services between the school division and the mental health clinic, social services, family court, and other community agencies that provide special services for children and their families
• Research to acquire information that will assist in enhancing psychological services and the educational process
• Participates in legal appeals and hearings regarding students who have been evaluated psychologically or are in special education programs
• Administrators and interpret individual psychological and psycho-educational testing to referred students for the assessment of intelligence, personality, aptitude, achievement, and perception as appropriate
• Provides crisis and non-crisis interventions including consultation, individual and group counseling, and assistance in developing behavioral programs
• Participates in school-based or division-wide committees or meetings for the exchange of information which would contribute to the enhancement of the education process or the awareness of the needs of specific children and their educational growth
• Participates in school-based School Consultation Team meetings upon request from the building administrator
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Special Education

Education and Experience:

Must possess or be eligible for a Virginia Health Board License as a School Psychologist

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Interprets and communicates the results of individual assessments and the recommendations developed from them through written reports to central office staff, principals, teachers, parents, and other public and/or private agencies as required by policy and/or by law

Supervisory Responsibility:

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the candidate. The School Psychologist will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the Director of Special Education. The school reserves the right to update, revise, or change this job description and related duties at any time.

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to frequently stand; sit; walk; talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle, type, or feel; and stoop, kneel, or crouch.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.