Clinical Supervisor of Psychological Services - Whitby, Canada - Toronto Catholic District School Board

Toronto Catholic District School Board

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Whitby, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Title:
Clinical Supervisor of Psychological Services

Type:
Full-time, permanent

Reports to:
Senior Manager and Clinical Lead - Psychological Services

Department:
Inclusive Student Services

Requirements:
Regular office hours

Job Purpose:

This position within Psychological Services at the DDSB is a role that oversees clinical services provided by registered and non-registered Psychological Services staff within a Family of Schools to ensure that services are delivered in a professionally and ethically responsible manner, and in accordance with the regulations set out by the College of Psychologists of Ontario (CPO).

As well, direct client-based services are provided to students and staff, including: assessment, consultation, counselling/therapy, crisis response, and capacity building to promote student well-being and achievement.

Accountabilities:

SUPERVISE: Provide clinical supervision to both registered and non registered staff members in accordance with the Standards and Guidelines of Practice as defined by the CPO, including setting goals, coaching and developing professional competence; reporting to the Senior Manager and Clinical Lead
Psychological Services, and Area Superintendent regarding staff.
PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION: Provide direct psychological intervention to students and the controlled Act of Psychotherapy (as per the RHPA) to provide interventions to improve a student's social, emotional, learning or behavioral functioning, providing counselling and psychoeducational support, and/or skills training to improve student behavioral, social, and emotional functioning.
CONSULTATION: Provide indirect psychological intervention by consulting with teachers, parents/guardians, administrators, and other professionals; provide interpretation of behavior/learning/development/mental health information; make recommendations for interventions, programming, and safety planning; providing consultation to Special Education classes; collaborating with community based agencies for transition planning, seeking access for students to treatment programs, and advancing advocacy for the needs of the students and families.
ASSESSMENT: Provide assessment services to children and adolescents to make informed recommendations and decisions to promote well being, mental health, safety, and achievement for students; interpreting data and formulating cases, preparing formal psychological reports based on assessment findings, providing assessment based consultation to parents/guardians, Special Education Teams, and to other community professionals.
CRISIS RESPONSE: Provide Psychological support for traumatic incidents, tragic events, suicide risk assessment, and/or violence threat risk assessment to promote student safety, mental health, development, well being and achievement, and to lower risk in accordance with DDSB protocol/policies/procedures, including Violence Threat Risk Assessment (VTRA), Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), and Traumatic Response Policy and CPO Standards of Practice.
BUILD CAPACITY: Build capacity within DDSB staff, support staff, parents/guardians, and other community groups to improve staff/parents/community members' ability to promote the well being and achievement of students, including Applied Suicide Intervention Systems Training, Behavior Management Systems (BMS), and other system level initiatives and ad hoc committees.

Qualifications:

Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge of relevant legislation and practice standards/guidelines, including but not limited to Standards of Professional Practice of the College of Psychologists of Ontario, Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists, Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA), Personal Health Information and Protection Act (PHIPA) as well as relevant sections of the Education Act, Child and Family Services Act (CFSA), Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), Criminal Code of Canada (CCC), Day Nurseries Act, Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC), and Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA); ability to perform the controlled Acts of communication of diagnosis and provision of Psychotherapy. Ability to work within the guidelines of the CPO and protect personal health information (PHI); competence in administration, scoring, and interpretation of (standardized) assessment tools, integrated case formulation, preparing and writing comprehensive/integrative Psychological reports, and implementing evidencebased intervention techniques (e.g., Cognitive Behavioural Therapy); ability to provide clinical supervision for registered and nonregistered (with CPO) psychological services staff and students/trainees; competence in translating and communicating Psychological data for the purposes of educational programming and promoting student safety, mental health, and development.
Knowledge of and ability to follow specialized procedures and protocols (e.g., Violence Threat Risk Assessment (VTRA), App