Job Title: School Psychologist
Department: Student Services
Supervisor: Director of Student Services
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Milford, NE
Salary: Commensurate with Education and Experience
Contract Days: 195

Summary

Evaluates needs of children within ESU 6 service area, and plans and carries out programs to enable children to attain maximum achievement and adjustment by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Conducts diagnostic evaluations to identify child's needs, limitations, and potentials, observing child in classroom and at play, studying school records, consulting with parents and school personnel, and administering and interpreting diagnostic findings to help determine verification of disabilities.
• Prepares formal reports on students evaluated with diagnostic statements and recommendations.
• Serves as a member of the multi-disciplinary team to determine disabilities and program recommendations.
• Carries out research to aid in introduction of programs in schools to meet current psychological, educational, and sociological needs of children.
• Counsels pupils individually and in groups to assist pupils to achieve personal, social, and emotional adjustment.
• Provides classroom observations upon teacher request and parental permission to aid in evaluating students or to assist the teacher in behavioral management.
• Facilitates referral of students with disabilities to other agencies upon request of schools or parents.
• Maintains records in accordance with state and federal requirements.
• Advises teachers and other school personnel on methods to enhance school and classroom atmosphere to provide motivating educational environment.
• Refers individuals to community agencies to secure medical, vocational, or social services for child or family.
• Serves as consultant to ESU 6 Director of Student Services, administrative committees, and parent teacher groups in matters involving psychological services within educational system or school.
• Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this job.

Qualifications 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: 

• Master's degree required

• Four to ten years related experience and/or training preferred

   

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: 

• Current driver's license

• Valid Nebraska teaching certificate with an endorsement in School Psychology

   

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet with occasional moderate noise.

Benefits

• BCBS EHA Health Insurance
  • $850 Deductible PPO or $3,800 High Deductible HSA Eligible with HSA
  • ESU 6 pays 85% of the premium
• BCBS EHA Dental Insurance
  • ESU 6 pays 85% of the premium
• Flexible Spending Account
• Supplemental Insurance Options
• Life Insurance
• Vision Service Plan (VSP)
• Long Term Disability
• Paid Leave
  • Personal - 3 days
  • Sick - 10 days
  • Bereavement - 5 days
• Mileage Reimbursement and/or Use of ESU 6 Vehicle