Psychological Risk Assessor **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 a 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 electronic and paper-based 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, including: 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 to maintain familiarity of risk assessments and licensure in Maryland as a psychologist

• 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. 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-2007
• Sexual Violence Risk - Version 2 (SVR-20V2)

Candidates for this classification must be licensed by the Maryland Board of Examiners of Psychologists prior to permanent appointment to a position. Applicants who do not have a license may also apply before receipt of the required license but the application will be designated in pending status. When the license has been obtained, submit a copy of the license to DBM to remove the pending status from the application.

Candidates for this classification, prior to probationary appointment, must meet all selection standards as set forth in the Code of Maryland Regulations for the Maryland Correctional Training Commission. Candidates who receive a probationary appointment must satisfactorily complete a prescribed training program prior to permanent appointment.

Please provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. All information must be submitted by the closing date; we will not consider information submitted after this date. Successful candidates will be ranked as Best Qualified, Better Qualified, or Qualified and placed on the eligible (employment) list for at least one year.

The assessment may consist of a rating of your education, training, and experience related to the requirements…