School Psychologist

Job Description

Job Description

Kelly Pediatric Therapy is seeking a School Psychologist to provide school-based services for a local school district in Newark, Delaware.

Perks
We offer competitive rates with compensation for direct AND indirect time, including treatment sessions, documentation, meeting attendance, and report writing.

This is a 1099 Independent contracting position, allowing for greater flexibility.

Kelly Pediatric Therapy provides consistent on-site and off-site mentorship with Clinical Directors and Team Leaders.

School-Based Academy: We provide the support and community that a new school-based therapist needs to feel comfortable and to be successful.

Lending Library: Kelly Pediatric Therapy recognizes the additional expenses involved in providing evaluations and materials. We have an extensive library of testing tools and assessments for therapists to borrow as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Provide counseling, instruction, and mentoring for students struggling with social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to evaluate eligibility for special education services.
• Increase student achievement by assessing barriers to learning and determining the best instructional strategies to meet individual needs.
• Design and implement interventions and student progress monitoring systems.
• Support effective individualized instruction.
• Help create positive classroom environments.
• Collect and analyze data related to school improvement, student outcomes, and accountability requirements.
• Promote school policies and programs that ensure the safety of all students by reducing school violence, bullying, and harassment and maintaining positive school climates conducive to learning.
• Respond to crises by providing leadership, direct services, and referrals to community support services when needed.

Company Profile:
Each year, the number of students receiving related services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) changes and grows. The need for expert clinicians (like you!) to serve these students is the catalyst for Kelly Pediatric Therapy’s mission to deliver holistic, comprehensive, education-based therapy services.

For over 20 years, Kelly Pediatric Therapy has partnered with Independent Contractors who share this same mission. Together, we can change the way we help children access their full education and reach their potential!

Qualifications:

• DE State License in Psychology
• Child Abuse, State, and Federal Clearances

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Please note: The following benefits reflect Kelly's general offerings. Eligibility may vary by assignment, location, and job type. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly Pediatric Therapy?

Looking to impact the future of children’s lives? At Kelly Pediatric Therapy, we endeavor to find the right therapy or related service opportunities for providers who are dedicated to our passion of helping children thrive. Kelly Pediatric Therapy is leading the charge as a provider focused environment, in the areas of Early Intervention, School-Based Services, and Outpatient care. No need for you to navigate the pediatric therapy world alone. Committed to quality treatment and provider retention, we offer programming, solutions, and resources - Always allowing you to treat with confidence, knowing that mentors, other clinicians, clinical directors, resources, ideas, and experience surround you and are available for you to utilize.

About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life-just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

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