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Job Title: State of Connecticut - Pupil Services Specialist #070 School Psychologist Endorsement (Recruitment #240926-6659T4-001) Apply by 10/23/24
Location: Multiple facility locations throughout CT! , CT United States
Position Type: Full Time
Post Date: 10/11/2024
Expire Date: 11/11/2024
Job Categories: Education
Job Description
State of Connecticut - Pupil Services Specialist #070 School Psychologist Endorsement (Recruitment #240926-6659T4-001) Apply by 10/23/24
Pupil Services Specialist (12 Month) (35 Hour)
#070 School Psychologist Endorsement

Recruitment #240926-6659T4-001

Location Bridgeport, CT
Brooklyn, CT
Cheshire, CT
East Lyme, CT
Enfield, CT
Hartford, CT
Montville, CT
New Haven, CT
Newtown, CT
Somers, CT
Suffield, CT
Date Opened 10/2/2024 12:00:00 AM
Salary $68,792* - $104,174/year (*New Employees to State Service Start at Minimum)
Job Type Open to the Public
Close Date 10/23/2024 11:59:00 PM

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC) is creating a recruitment pool for the role of Pupil Services Specialist. We are interested in hiring for our various facilities with current positions available and anticipated openings over the course of the next year!

We encourage those who possess a School Psychologist (#070) CT Endorsement to apply directly to this recruitment!

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

First shift, Monday through Friday
Full time, 35 hours per week
These positions may be directed to any one of our facilities based on the candidates Education Endorsement and Department needs:
Bridgeport Correctional Institution - Bridgeport, CT

Brooklyn Correctional Institution - Brooklyn, CT

Cheshire Correctional Institution - Cheshire, CT

Corrigan Correctional Center - Uncasville, CT

Garner Correctional Institution - Newtown, CT

Hartford Correctional Center - Hartford, CT

MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution - South Suffield, CT

Manson Youth Institution - Cheshire, CT

New Haven Correctional Center - New Haven, CT

Osborn Correctional Institution - Somers, CT

Robinson Correctional Institution - Enfield, CT

Willard Cybulski Correctional Institution Enfield, CT

York Correctional Institution - Niantic, CT

ABOUT US

The Connecticut Department of Correction is a diverse agency with a wide variety of employees from Correction Officers, to Educators, to Managers and Skilled Professionals. We value differences that make us stronger as a team and support our mission statement.

The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The agency operates 13 correctional facilities. It has its headquarters in Wethersfield. The DOC protects public safety by ensuring offenders serve their sentences of imprisonments in facilities that are safe, human, and provide re-entry programming.

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction is a unified system; all sentenced and un-sentenced offenders are supervised by the DOC. The Department also provides supervision for offenders on parole, community release, and other discretionary release programs.

YOUR ROLE

The Connecticut Department of Correction Unified School District #1 is dedicated to providing quality educational programs for incarcerated individuals. Academic knowledge, vocational competencies and life skills integrated with technology are offered to students in a positive environment to foster lifelong learning, multicultural awareness and a successful transition to society.

As a School Psychologist, you will have the opportunity to work in the following areas:

Liaison Activities

Acts as a liaison between:

Students and former education placements
Outside agencies and local school programs
The school program and institutional DOC components
Interested parties and the school programs, particularly as it relates to transition to the community
Direct Service

Individual and group counseling of students with respect to the social, emotional, and psychological issues related to education; as well as vocational, educational, and career planning
Uses crises intervention skills to mediate student problems
Administers and analyzes psychological related assessments
Creates IEP goals in the areas of self-determination, behavior, and transition
Prepares and delivers classroom lessons and group presentations related to appropriate vocational, career, and social/emotional topics
General Assessment & Placement

Assists as needed with the general assessment program at the local site including the collection of information needed for educational and vocational placement and institutional classification
Administers group and individual achievement and vocational assessment as needed
Assists in development and administration of the process to make assessment data available for decision making
Assists the school administrator in the development and implementation of an efficient process for the placement of students into appropriate programs
More details can be found in the class specification.

Note: Candidates selected for hire, are required to attend a fourteen (14) week training at the CT DOC Training Academy. More details can be found in the 'Selection Plan' of this job bulletin.

PERKS OF JOB:

A variety of medical and dental plans;
Participation in a hybrid retirement plan which provides a retirement benefit, that may include retiree health insurance;
Option to maintain State of CT Teacher Retirement Plan or enroll in the State Employee Hazardous Duty Retirement System;
Sick and personal leave;
Five (5) weeks of scheduled vacation time;
Annual $1,000.00 lump sum payment;
Annual $4,000.00 stipend each contract year for those who obtained a School Psychologist (#070) certification consistent with the special services endorsements maintained by the State of CT Department of Education;
Tuition Reimbursement;
The State of CT is an eligible Public Services Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service.
Qualifications & Requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE
A Master's degree which includes a planned program of preparation for the field in which the special services are performed.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
State of CT Endorsement #070, School Psychologist
Experience in the identification and eligibility of Special Education Students
Experience acting as a liaison between students, former education placements, outside agencies, local school programs, and other interested parties
Experience with individual counseling of students
Experience with group counseling of students
Experience participating and contributing student information as a member of the PPT process
Experience with promoting student development of interpersonal and intrapersonal skills through counseling and instruction
Experience monitoring the achievement of IEP and ITP objectives
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Website:https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?b=&R1=240926&R2=6659T4&R3=001
Company Description:
The Connecticut Department of Correction is a diverse agency with a wide variety of employees from Correction Officers, to Educators, to Managers and Skilled Professionals. We value differences that make us stronger as a team and support our mission statement. The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. State of Connecticut. The agency operates 13 correctional facilities. It has its headquarters in Wethersfield. The DOC protects public safety by ensuring offenders serve their sentences of imprisonments in facilities that are safe, human, and provide re-entry programming. The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction is a unified system; all sentenced and un-sentenced offenders are supervised by the DOC. The Department also provides supervision for offenders on parole, community release, and other discretionary release programs.
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