School Psychologist

Department: Deafblind Program

Schedule: Full-time, 37.5 hours/week

$5,000 Sign on bonus!!!! 

Our Perkins Story

If you’re looking for a chance to change the world for children and young adults with multiple disabilities and visual impairments, Perkins School for the Blind has opportunities for you.

We’re looking for energetic and talented individuals committed to helping people reach their full potential. Our work begins with students on our campus in Watertown, Massachusetts, but spans the globe with partnerships that help the world’s most vulnerable children.

As an organization, we encourage our employees to:

• Think Courageously: Pave the way for change. Be creative, curious & resilient. Challenge yourself to try, fail and try again. Think big and embrace unconventional approaches.
• Take Ownership: Don’t wait, initiate. Invest fully in your work. Own your choices. Deliver results. Have a bias for action and a dedication to quality.
•  Be Collaborative: Create a diverse and inclusive community. Foster positive relationships. Communicate openly & respectfully. Build trust and operate with integrity. Be willing to disagree, commit and keep moving.

 Across all departments, these actions are fundamental in helping Perkins achieve its mission of building a world where people with complex disabilities and visual impairments can learn and thrive. If these sound like you, we encourage you to consider a career at Perkins. 

About this Role

Under the general direction of the Education Director; the school psychologist may provide direct psychotherapeutic individual and group counseling and perform diagnostic evaluations for students who are blind, visually impaired, and multiply impaired; provide in-service training related to clinical issues to program staff; work with families of enrolled students; provide case management services; design individual and/or group behavior management programs; provide crisis intervention in classroom or cottage; and, provide ongoing support and consultation regarding behavioral concerns to program staff.  Participate as a member of an interdisciplinary program team providing educational, prevocational/vocational, and residential services.  Provide or arrange for psycho-diagnostic testing of students within the program on a periodic basis.

We’d love to talk with you if you have many of the following:

• Participate as a member of the interdisciplinary evaluation team; Act as liaison between Perkins and other mental health professionals who have direct contact with students.
• Provide crisis intervention to students as needed and assist in making necessary referrals to specialists; Provide ongoing consultation to program staff.
• Plan, develop and implement behavior management programs for individual students and communicate this information and coordinate consistent application of the program to the appropriate individuals.
• Provide consultation to families regarding approved behavior management techniques.
• Serve as a consultant on research related to individuals who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind and multiply impaired.
• Develop or adapt measurement instruments for use with individuals who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind and multiply impaired.
• Participate in program meetings, case reviews, triennial evaluations and IEP meetings and prepare reports of current progress and needs of the students.
• Provide formal and informal in-service training to staff members.
• Participate in the screening of evaluation of individuals referred for placement and participate on interdisciplinary teams to determine admissions and future programming.
• Make professional contributions to the field including planning and participating in workshops, delivering presentations at conferences, conducting research in the field and preparing articles for publication in professional journals.
  
• Provide field placement supervision and act as a mentor to undergraduate and graduate students when requested.
• Prepare reports based on observations and assessments of students; Maintains appropriate current records on students.
• Collect and prepare statistical data regarding service delivery as requested.
• Performs other related duties and task as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Master’s Degree required from a National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) approved college or university in school psychology; Massachusetts DESE Certification as School Psychologist required with three (3) years experience as a school psychologist.

Benefits: We provide a complete benefits package which includes tuition reimbursement, medical and dental insurance, LTD and Life insurance, retirement programs and staff development and training.

Perkins seeks to enhance its community of intellectually, culturally, and socially diverse individuals to enrich the educational experience of our students.  Applicants from a multicultural background, are bilingual, and/or who have relevant life experience are encouraged to apply.