Psychological Technician

Job Opportunity at Ellisville State School

Provides indirect and direct clinical services to each person served as assigned by the unit Director of Psychology or designee. Examples of work: individualized (one-on-one) behavioral intervention with each person; data management including preparation of scatterplots and measurement materials, review of scatterplot data collection, systematic observation, and graphing; reliability probes of scatterplot data; participates in scheduled active treatment occurring in their assigned dormitory and Alternate Skills Training as designated by the Behavior and Integrated support plans; monitors implementation of Behavior and Integrated Support Plans; inservices staff on program related intervention methods and each persons right to be free from restraints; maintains permanent and ongoing electronic data folder retaining psychometric data, monthly behavior graphs, monthly sleep scatterplots, annual behavior graphs, annual sleep graphs, and adheres to retention schedules as stated in Psychological Services P&P. Vacancy is at the Paul D Cotten Unit. Agency requires a Psychology Degree.

What you'll need to be successful: Efficient organizational and time management skills. Good oral and written communication skills. Positive work morale. Ability to be flexible in thinking and problem solving. Realistic expectations about the difficulty and challenges of the work. Ability to handle an often-unpredictable work environment. Preferred Qualifications Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree and 2-4 years of experience. Agency preferred qualifications: Agency requires a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and 2-4 years experience.