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PSYCHOLOGIST
Organization:
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Division:
Central East Correctional Centre
Language of Position(s):
English
Job Code:
09380 - Psychologist 1
Salary:
$1,474.27 - $1,892.04 Per Week*
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.
Are you a fully qualified Psychologist, interested in living in the beautiful Kawartha region with a wide variety of housing options and many year-round recreational activities? This 1,200 bed facility will give you interesting challenges working with concurrent disorders and multiple programming as part of a terrific multi-disciplinary team.
What can I expect to do in this role?
Your role will include:
- Providing varied psychological services in this correctional facility
- Performing clinical duties
- Facilitating offender psychological rehabilitation
- Providing consultation and advice to the institutional management team
- Organizing and conducting research and program evaluation projects
- Communicating with supervising psychologist, health care professionals in other disciplines, community agencies, offenders, their families and advocates.
How do I qualify?
Mandatory
Mandatory: The successful candidate will be registered as a Psychologist in the Province of Ontario.
Your skills, knowledge and ability will include:
- Demonstrated knowledge of science and practices of psychology, including psychotherapeutic and assessment techniques, to plan, conduct and coordinate services
- Ability to apply complex treatment techniques and provide consultation and advice on diagnosis and treatment of offenders
- Knowledge of forensic psychological theories, practices and procedures
- Oral and written communication skills to communicate information regarding assessment approaches, findings and treatment/rehabilitative activities
- Knowledge of program evaluation techniques
- Analytical skills to determine most appropriate diagnostic approaches from a range of alternatives
- Ability to organize, co-ordinate and supervise psychological services
- Diplomacy, tact and ability to gain confidence of clients, staff and supervisor.
A Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) check is required for the successful candidate
Additional Information:
Address:
- 1 English Permanent, 541 Hwy 36, Lindsay, East Region, Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) Screening Requirement
Compensation Group:
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Schedule:
3.7
Category:
Health and Social Services
Posted on:
Friday, August 12, 2011
All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.
Remember: The deadline to apply is Friday, August 26, 2011 11:59 pm EDT. Late applications will not be accepted.
We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.
All Ontario Public Service external job advertisements are posted in English and French. To confirm the language requirements of a job, check the "language of position" information at the top of each job ad. For all positions, candidates will be assessed in English, the business language of the Ontario Public Service. For English/French designated bilingual positions, candidates will also be assessed through French-language proficiency testing.
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario sont affichées en anglais et en français. Pour connaître les exigences linguistiques, vérifiez les renseignements sur la « langue du poste » figurant dans le haut de chaque offre d'emploi. Pour tous les postes, l'évaluation des candidates et candidats se fera en anglais, la langue usuelle de la fonction publique de l'Ontario. En ce qui concerne les postes désignés bilingues, la maîtrise du français des candidates et candidats sera également évaluée.
