School Psychologist - Fully Remote
Position Description:
Maxim Healthcare Services is seeking a Full-Time Remote School Psychologist. The School Psychologist is responsible for providing psychological services to those applicable under the jurisdiction of the state and client. Must have a Masters degree/ED in School Psychology
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Completes multi-factored evaluations (initial and re-evaluations) in compliance with state
- regulations with in a designated time frame
- Conducts pre-referral consultation/intervention, including but not limited to:
- Being a standing member of the pre-referral team within the assigned school(s)
- Observing the student(s)
- Serving an assessment specialist who may do any or all of the following:
- Screen at-risk children for intervention
- Monitor progress during intervention
- Assess instructional strategies
- Consults with teachers to add instructional strategies/interventions
- Monitors response to curriculum modification
- Serves as an instructional intervention specialist who plans intervention and individual education
Pyscho-educational assessments shall include:
- Norm referenced test that measure intelligence, visual motor skills and fine motor skills
- Interviews with the patient and/or individuals familiar with the patient
- Observations of the patient
- Consults individually, or in groups, with patients and/or parents or other personnel on matters relating to the education and mental health of the patients to ensure the development and provision of the most appropriate education program
- Maintains a monthly Pyscho-Educational Evaluation log for each month of service
- Participates in on-going training/in-servicing related job duties
- Consults with teachers and other team members on an ongoing basis
Conducts an evaluation of each student assigned which shall include, but not limited to:
- Conducting pre-diagnostic meetings in order to determine scope and sequence of
- needed evaluations
- Interviewing the student
- Consulting the student’s parents and teacher(s)
- Conducts psycho-educational evaluations of the child’s learning process and level of educational achievement
- Administers specialized evaluations specific to the nature of the child’s problems
- Helps create Behavior Intervention Plan for student, if required (consultation with team members required)
- Attends pre-referral and screening team meetings in buildings assigned
- Enters information regarding the psycho educational evaluation on CRT at least 24 hours prior to the extended IEP team meeting (as applicable per client/state requirement)
- Participates in the extended IEP team meetings and other such procedures as necessary, including manifestation determination review meetings
As a part of the team, determine the nature of a child’s problems through a full case study evaluation. When necessary, the Psychologist participates in:
- Parent conferences
- Classroom observations
- Consultations with local agencies
- Extended IEP team meetings
- Case follow-ups
- Consultations with teachers, the other diagnosticians assigned to the case, supervisors,
- and social workers
- Attends PAEC meetings, completing psychological evaluation reports, and scheduling/chairing pre-diagnostic meetings (PDM’s)
- Participates in other duties based on the needs of students and programs. These may include teacher in-service, counseling, screening of students (preschool, etc), parent groups, supervision of interns, research of ongoing programs, and development of new programs
Minimum Requirements:
- Masters Degree in School Psychology
- Experience in adolescent population is preferred but not required
- Observe all laws, regulations and policies of the State Board and Client in providing psychologist services
- Ability to effectively elicit/provide information to and from appropriate individuals (including, but not limited to, supervisors, co-workers, clients) via strong communication skills; proficiency in the English language may be required
- Computer proficiency required
- Must be at least 18 years of age