Psychologist

Psychologist

Correctional Service Canada - Health Services

September 16, 2027 (Pacific Time)

Reference number

PEN26J-127595-000005

Selection process number

2026-PEN-EA-NAT-201338

Location

PRAIRIES: Drumheller (Alberta), Edmonton (Alberta), Grande Cache (Alberta), Innisfail (Alberta), Maskwacis (Alberta), Stony Mountain (Manitoba), Duck Lake (Saskatchewan), Maple Creek (Saskatchewan), Prince Albert (Saskatchewan), Regina (Saskatchewan), Saskatoon (Saskatchewan);

PACIFIC: Abbotsford (British Columbia), Agassiz (British Columbia), Harrison Mills (British Columbia), Mission (British Columbia), Victoria (British Columbia);

ATLANTIC: Dorchester (New Brunswick), Moncton (New Brunswick), Renous (New Brunswick), Saint John (New Brunswick), St. John's (Newfoundland and Labrador), Dartmouth (Nova Scotia), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Springhill (Nova Scotia), Truro (Nova Scotia);

ONTARIO: Bath (Ontario), Campbellford (Ontario), Gravenhurst (Ontario), Kingston (Ontario), Kitchener (Ontario);

QUÉBEC: Cowansville (Québec), Donnacona (Québec), Drummondville (Québec), Joliette (Québec), La Macaza (Québec), Laval (Québec), Port-Cartier (Québec), Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines (Québec).

Salary

$105,672 to $123,196 (Plus applicable allowances: a terminable allowance of $6,000 for a Masters degree or $12,000 for a Ph. D., a Correctional Service Specific Duty Allowance of $2,140 per year and a Commuting Assistance may apply. These allowances are subject to change, modification or revocation, with notice.)

Level

PS-03

Who can apply: Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.

Organization information: For further information on the organization, please visit Correctional Service Canada (CSC)

About the position

Duties

• Provide assessments of risk to re-offend;
• Provide assessments of personality, mental health, and criminogenic needs;
• Assess risk for suicide or self-injury;
• Provide interventions to preserve life and prevent serious bodily harm;
• Provide interventions to promote improved emotional and behavioural adjustment;
• Provide supportive counselling to clients in crisis;
• Provide psychotherapy to facilitate positive change in emotional, behavioural, and social functioning;
• Conduct approved research with patients in the domain of forensic, clinical psychology or mental health;
• Provide leadership, mentorship or supervision to health professionals and interns or practicum students;
• Involved in Accreditation and Quality Improvement processes.

Work environment

• The CSC is hiring licenced Psychologists.
• As a Psychologist within our agency, you will work as an autonomous health provider in a dynamic, evidence-based multidisciplinary practice offering essential psychological services (assessment, intervention, and treatment) to a diverse patient profile.

Health Services vision is to provide professional, clinically independent, culturally safe and responsive, trauma informed, integrated, and coordinated person-centred care. In collaboration with our partners, CSC Health Services provides a broad range of informed health services that are responsive to the diverse needs of our population through promoting family and community supports, patient advocacy, respecting patient and provider rights and responsibilities, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and quality improvement. You will be called on to provide quality mental health services to promote patient safety, stabilization, recovery and successful reintegration into our society.

In addition to the exciting work available, we offer an excellent benefit package, promote a healthy workforce with continuous wellness initiatives, and encourage ongoing professional development aligned with priority initiatives. Furthermore, the structure of the organization supports a culture of career advancement and mobility opportunities.

We encourage diversity and we welcome you to apply.

Intent of the process

📌 CSC will review applications received on a regular basis and contact applicants who meet the below essential qualifications (education, occupational certification and experience) for further assessment based on the needs of the institutions. It is therefore important that you indicate all the locations where you are willing and available to work.

The candidates that meet the qualifications that are necessary for the work to be performed and that must be met in order for a person to be appointed in a position, will be placed in a pool of qualified candidates. A partially assessed pool may also be created. This is a repository of persons who have been assessed on some, but not all, of the qualifications of the position for which they were assessed. Pools resulting from this inventory may be used to staff similar positions on an indeterminate/permanent (anticipatory), term/temporary, or casual basis.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

The placement of CSC employees with an affected status* as a result of a current or future workforce adjustment exercise may be considered ahead of other candidates for a deployment or an appointment. * Affected status as defined in the Workforce Adjustment Directive or appendix to the relevant collective agreement.

Important messages

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

👉 Staffing needs include opportunities for indeterminate/permanent, term/temporary, and casual employment (note: casual work is offered for a fixed duration not exceeding 90 working days).

Please note that the effective communication may be assessed with your application and the assessments.

If you already deemed qualified in one of the following processes 2024-PEN-EA-NAT-192162 or 2025-PEN-EA-NAT-196467, please note that your assessment results may transfer to this selection process. The waiting period to be reassessed is 180 calendar days from your last assessment.

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