Psychologist

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Assessment accommodation

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Duties

The successful candidate will join the National Security Intervention Program and will be responsible for: applying psychological tools to assess risk of violence, providing training to staff on the use of psychological tools, contributing to the development of the National Intervention Program and providing advice to management based on their psychological expertise.

Work environment

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is looking for talented and skilled individuals in psychology to join our dynamic team. We offer a diverse, inclusive, respectful and healthy work environment that offers flexible work arrangements to ensure work-life balance. If you value teamwork, challenging assignments and are innovative, collaborative and value high quality service to clients, we want to hear from you!

Our team is located at 73 Leikin Drive in Ottawa, Ontario (Barrhaven), in a modern building with plenty of free parking, convenient access to bus routes immediately outside of the building, free use of a gym, and a cafeteria onsite.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff one (1) position on an indeterminate basis, with a linguistic profile of Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC and an RCMP Top Secret security clearance.

A pool of candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions within the RCMP in the National Capital Region on an indeterminate or specified period (including term, acting, or assignment) basis, with various bilingual linguistic profiles (Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC) and various RCMP security clearances.

Should a Civilian Member (CM) be found qualified and selected for appointment, the appointment will not result in a change of status to the Public Service (PS) category for the CM.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Education:
Graduation with a master's degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with specialization in personnel psychology, psychometrics, industrial psychology, clinical psychology or some other specialty relevant to the position.

Note: The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and must have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization.

Degree equivalency

Occupational Certification (essential):
1. Registration for autonomous practice as a psychologist with a College of Psychologists in Canada (areas of declared competency in clinical psychology and counselling psychology), or eligible for registration as a psychologist with a College of Psychologists in Canada.

Experience:
1. Experience in providing psychological intervention (e.g., crisis intervention, psychological first-aid following critical incident, short-term counselling, psychotherapy)
2. Experience working with and providing advice and guidance to a variety of partners, stakeholders, clients or management and liaising with external mental health providers or specialists.
3. Experience in the use of clinical tools to evaluate violence, recidivism and risk mitigation.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

Assets Experience:
1. Experience in working with specialized units within police or military organizations.
2. Experience in providing psychological assessment services to children and adults
3. Experience in assessing risk and evaluating predisposition to criminal behaviours, psycho-social risk factors and mental health concerns.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
1. Knowledge of principles and applications of psychological services (including mental health services), including assessment, treatment and crisis intervention.
2. Knowledge of various legislations and standards for the practice of psychology in Canada.

Competencies:
1. Effective interpersonal relations
2. Dependability
3. Integrity
4. Innovation
5. Results oriented

Abilities:
1. Ability to effectively communicate orally with varying audiences.
2. Ability to effectively communicate in writing with varying audiences.
3. Ability to research and analyze complex information and provide recommendations.
4. Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.
5. Ability to train others.

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Asset Knowledge:
1. Knowledge of general principles in forensic psychology.

Conditions of employment

Top Secret security clearance - Top Secret security clearance
All applicants for positions within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be subject to a thorough security clearance process which includes an interview wherein questions may include (but not limited to), reference checks, previous employment, on-line activities, credit checks, alcohol and/or drug use."

Condition of Employment:
• Willingness to travel occasionally
• Willingness to apply assessments tools and provide testimony in court

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

A written exam may be administered.
An interview may be administered.
Reference checks may be sought.
A simulation/situational exercise or role play may be administered.

Candidates must meet all essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. This will be determined through the use of various evaluation tools.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

You must provide proof of education credentials. If you obtained your degree outside Canada, it is your responsibility to demonstrate its equivalence, please take a look at the following link for more information: https://www.cicic.ca

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level, or equivalent may be considered for deployment, assignment/secondment prior to the assessment of other applicants.

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.

If a qualified candidate has been selected and appointed on an indeterminate basis from the established pool, they will be removed from the pool. If a candidate is selected for a specified period (including term, acting, or assignment/secondment) appointment, they will remain in the pool for future offers.

Our means of communication with applicants is via e-mail. Please ensure to include a functional e-mail address, which will accept messages from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mails). It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

HOW TO APPLY:
You will be required to answer screening questions to demonstrate how you meet the Essential Qualifications (Education and all Essential Experiences).
When answering the screening questions, it is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current or past responsibilities. Rather, you must provide concrete examples of tasks you have accomplished with significant details to explain the WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and HOW you acquired each qualification.

For each experience criteria, please provide the following information:

1- Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired;
2- Title of the position occupied, group and level and the period(s) in which you performed the functions (M-Y to M-Y)
3- Specific details of tasks or projects demonstrating how the experience was acquired (Situation/Challenge, Tasks, Action and Result)

Should your responses to the screening questions contain insufficient details to demonstrate that you meet the screening criteria, your application will not be given further consideration in this process. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.