Clinical Psychologist **Repost Psychologist, Correctional

Introduction

If you are looking for an exciting career with great benefits, pension, generous leave, competitive salary, and the opportunity for advancement and professional growth, apply to join the DPSCS team today!
The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is seeking dedicated candidates to fill important roles within our department. We are one of the largest departments in Maryland with nearly 12,000 employees and a budget of more than $1 billion. In order to fulfill our mission of promoting safety, we have increased security at our institutions while leading the way in innovative restorative justice projects that will help offenders reintegrate into society upon release.
As a member of the DPSCS team, you can have a fulfilling career, while also enjoying a wide range of benefits such as medical and dental coverage, paid time off (i.e. vacation, sick leave), becoming vested in the State pension, supplemental retirement options, and even joining the Maryland State Employees Credit Union.

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This is part-time contractual position offering scheduling flexibility and hybrid work opportunities.
Baltimore City
Maryland Parole Commission
6776 Reisterstown Road
Baltimore, MD 21215

The primary responsibility of the Psychologist, Correctional is to complete risk assessments for incarcerated individuals as assigned by the Maryland Parole Commission. The risk assessments are utilized in the decision-making process related to the incarcerated individual being granted parole. It is critical that the Maryland Parole Commission have risk related data available in making decisions associated with parole status.

The primary focus will be the completion of risk assessment for incarcerated individuals with life sentences. However, the Parole Commission may also refer other incarcerated individuals for a risk assessment. The incumbent will need to be familiar with risk assessment instruments and maintain competency with other risk assessments that are developed within the professional community.

• Conduct in-person or virtual risk evaluations for incarcerated individuals across the State of Maryland Department of Corrections
• Review of electronic and paper base files, Offender Case Management System (OCMS), Electronic Patient History Record (EPHR), Pre-Sentence Investigations, and Previous Risk Assessments
• Administer measures of cognitive/intellectual functioning, literacy/comprehension, personality assessment, and violence risk
• WASI-II, WAIS-IV(V), WRAT5, PAI-CS, HCR-20-V3, PCL-R, SVR-20-V2,STATIC-99, and STABLE-2007
• Complete continuing education programs for the purpose of maintaining familiarity of risk assessments and licensure in Maryland as a psychologist

Applicants must meet all minimum qualifications to be considered, and to appear on the list of people eligible for hire. Please read all requirements before applying.

Education:

A Doctorate degree in psychology or a related field from an accredited college or university accepted by the Maryland Board of Examiners of Psychologists.

Experience:

Two years of experience rendering psychological services or engaged in psychological research.

Note:

Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Clinical Psychology classifications or Psychology specialty codes in the Psychology field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.

• Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCLR)
• Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI-CS)
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV)
• Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI-II)
• Historical Clinical Risk Management-20, version 3 (HCR-20,v3)
• STATIC-99R
• STABLE-…