School Psychologist (Mental Health)

22nd Century Technologies, Inc.
Pay Rate Range: $85/hr.- $90/h
United States, California, Hemet
Mar 28, 2025
Job Title: School Psychologist (Mental Health) Location: Hamet CA 92545 Duration: 1 year to Long term Shift: 7:30am -4:00pm Hours/week: 40 Hours/week Job Description: Under the direction of the Director of Special Education, to evaluate the needs of average, gifted, handicapped and disturbed children in an educational setting; to perform psycho educational assessments to determine appropriate programs and instructional processes to enable students to achieve maximum achievement and adjustment; to assist students in understanding and seeking solutions to social, emotional, or academic problems and issues; to serve as a resource pertaining to student behavior management and learning strategies, and welfare and attendance problems and concerns; and to do other related functions as directed. Site Support / Travel: These positions require the contracted employee to drive site-to-site daily supporting student assessments. Our school sites are located in the Hemet, San Jacinto, Idyllwild, and Anza areas. Average Assessments completed per psych - 70 Average Caseload - 960 students This average covers ALL students, not just Special Ed students. Essential Functions: Perform a variety of individual and group psycho educational assessment and diagnosis of specific learning, emotional and behavioral disabilities; Prepare recommendations pertaining to student remediation, placement in special programs, and psycho educational interventions; Consult and confer with instructional and administrative personnel in the development and implementation of instructional methods and procedures designed to facilitate learning and to overcome learning and behavioral disorders; Participate in parent conferences, pupil evaluation reviews and provide pupil profiles indicating learning strengths and weaknesses; Serve as a member of student study teams and collaborate with other team members in planning special programs, and in the use of remedial instructional materials for students with special needs; Consult with parents to further their understanding of the learning and emotional adjustment processes pertaining to their child; Counsel pupils individually and in small groups using a variety of data gathering and therapy techniques; Serve as a resource to site and District personnel and members of the school community concerning youth services; Serve as a liaison between the schools and mental health and juvenile agencies in pursuing referral follow-ups; Assist in the development and monitoring of individual education plans for students with exceptional needs; May pursue evaluation and research activities to determine the effectiveness of the school psychological service program; Assist in identifying school psychological service needs; Plan and present, as requested, a variety of management related reports pertaining to school psychological service functions and activities. Required Education : Bachelor's degree and Master's degree, including all courses needed to meet credential requirements. Required Experience: Two years of successful school psychologist experience; classroom teaching or counseling at the elementary or secondary school level is desirable. Requirement: Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPS) or Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP) certification.