Sobre esta vaga de School Psychology Intern na Chesterfield County Public Schools
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General Description:
Under supervision, provides professional educational and psychological services to students to include classroom interventions, student assessments and placement recommendations, individual and group counseling, consultation services to staff and parents and crisis intervention. Complex work is performed within specific program objectives and policies; the employee communicates with teachers and other school personnel to plan work and coordinate with others to ensure service effectiveness. Contacts are made regularly and frequently with instructional and administrative personnel, as well as, with community resource personnel.Job Description:
*This is for the 2027-2028 school year.
Essential Job Functions:
- Provides academic and behavioral intervention services for students in collaboration with classroom teachers.
- Develops and refines skills in understanding and applying research data and research studies as it relates to interventions and support at the school level.
- Consults and assists teachers to determine and implement appropriate academic and behavioral interventions in classrooms.
- Consults with other psychologists to enhance and broaden the internship experience.
- Consults and collaborates with parents, teachers, students and administrators.
- Serves as a liaison between home, school and community. Coordinates community resources to address child and family needs.
- Performs psycho-educational assessments of students, observations, data collection, interpretation and analyses.
- Participates in referral and eligibility meetings of students to identify strengths and weaknesses and to develop student interventions. Assists teams in determining the eligibility of students for various programs.
- Provides written evaluations that are reviewed and co-signed by supervisor, as required by state, federal and local guidelines.
- Works with a critical incident team in the schools, including reaction to illness, death and abuse.
- Provides individual and group counseling services.
- Develops and coordinates various psychological services available to students and staff. Provides training to staff and parents.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Budgetary Responsibility:
N/A
Report Preparation:
N/A
Equipment Operation:
Intern Psychologist must be knowledgeable and proficient with technology skills. General office equipment.
Contacts:
Students, parents, school staff and outside community agencies.
Work Direction/Supervision:
N/A
Decision-Making:
Performs work tasks under the supervision of a VDOE licensed school psychologist.
Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities:
N/A
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 the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, printed materials related to test delivery, and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit and drive. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision and depth perception.
Work Environment:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee performs work in various locations within the public school system. Frequent travel is required within the school system. Work may require transport of some materials from location to location. The noise level in the work environment is quiet to moderate.
Qualifications:
Advanced knowledge of the concepts, principles and methodologies of school psychology including psychological evaluation using intelligence, personality, psycho-motor function, behavioral and personality instruments; of child growth and development, learning organization, measurement, research and statistics and of intervention strategies. Advanced knowledge of federal and state regulations and guidelines related to special education and pupil services programs. Demonstrated ability in individual and group decision-making, problem analysis and conflict resolution and to collaborate with other therapeutic and instructional personnel.
Additional Job Requirements:
Interns must be enrolled in a graduate level school psychology program.
Applicants considered for employment must successfully complete the following background investigations/tests:
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal History Investigation
State Police Criminal History Investigation
Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation
Tuberculosis Screening/Test
Compensation
$19.60 per hourBenefits
Chesterfield County Public Schools offers a wide variety of benefits to employees. Benefit offerings may differ based upon full-time and part-time employee status.
Chesterfield County Public Schools assures Equal Employment Opportunities for employees as required by Federal and State Orders and Laws. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks. This job description is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements. However, administration reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary. It is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position and does not imply an employment contract.