Assessment Psychologist
Assessment Psychologist
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05-04-2025
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Job Description
Join CASA Mental Health in shaping a brighter future for children youth and families by providing them with timely mental health care and empowering them to thrive.
Job Details
Wage range: $49.74 $63.18 per hour
Shift structure: Monday to Friday 7.25 hours per day
Primary location: CASA Fort Road
Union:Inscope
Classification:Assessment Psychologist
FTE: Up to1.0 FTE 36.25 hours per week)
Status:Permanent
About the Role
The Clinical Practice team is a collaborative interprofessional group that works to build capacity in mental health service providers through coaching mentoring education and consultation. The team supports service providers both within CASA and rural Alberta.
The Assessment Psychologist will:
Qualifications
Conditions of Employment
Closing Date: Open until filled.
Please quote the following competition number in your application materials: 25018.
Job Details
Wage range: $49.74 $63.18 per hour
Shift structure: Monday to Friday 7.25 hours per day
Primary location: CASA Fort Road
Union:Inscope
Classification:Assessment Psychologist
FTE: Up to1.0 FTE 36.25 hours per week)
Status:Permanent
About the Role
The Clinical Practice team is a collaborative interprofessional group that works to build capacity in mental health service providers through coaching mentoring education and consultation. The team supports service providers both within CASA and rural Alberta.
The Assessment Psychologist will:
- Conduct assessment and interpretation of tests of advanced and specialized clinical/psychological services including cognitive memory behavioural emotional academic social adaptive personality and executive functioning.
- Make independent advanced clinical decisions regarding assessment treatment and modification of treatment and discharge of multidimensional/complex patients.
- Effectively triage patients based on their level of need (i.e. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Treatment Resources and Community Supports (FASTRACS) program referrals; manage patients by discharge dates).
- Interpret assessment results and compile comprehensive psychological assessment reports that address the reason for referral and include appropriate recommendations.
- Oneonone consultation with caregivers or clinicians regarding school placement/programming or implications of cognitive abilities on the ability to engage in therapy.
- Attend school conferences to support the implementation of recommendations and school program planning.
- Facilitate psychoeducational groups or provide presentations to CASA staff families or external organizations.
Qualifications
- Masters degree in psychology and formal training in psychological assessments.
- Current registration in good standing with The College of Alberta Psychologists.
- A minimum of two years of clinical practice in child and family mental health and/or youth addictions.
- Prior educational and clinical experience in the administration scoring and interpretation of cognitive academic social/behavioural/emotional executive and adaptive functioning assessments of children and adolescents.
- Prior success with highneeds youth with learning disabilities/developmental delay/executive dysfunction/complex needs is an asset.
- Experience supporting the mental health of children and youth who identify as LGBTQ2S.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team to build consensus.
- Excellent organizational interpersonal and communication skills.
- Familiarity with electronic medical records or similar information systems.
- Valid drivers license and access to a vehicle.
Conditions of Employment
- A satisfactory Criminal Records Check with Vulnerable Sector Search and Child Intervention Check. This would be the financial responsibility of the successful candidate.
Closing Date: Open until filled.
Please quote the following competition number in your application materials: 25018.
Required Experience:
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