How to hire a bilingual school psychologist

How to hire a bilingual school psychologist, step by step

Here's a step-by-step bilingual school psychologist hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a bilingual school psychologist job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new bilingual school psychologist
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   The bilingual school psychologist hiring process starts by determining what type of worker you actually need. Certain roles might require a full-time employee, whereas part-time workers or contractors can do others.

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   Hiring the perfect bilingual school psychologist also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   The following list breaks down different types of bilingual school psychologists and their corresponding salaries.

   Type of Bilingual School Psychologist	Description	Hourly rate
   Bilingual School Psychologist	Psychologists study cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior by observing, interpreting, and recording how people relate to one another and their environments.	$25-54
   Educational Diagnostician	School performance is assessed through surveys, students' conduct, and a curriculum check. This work is assigned to an educational diagnostician... Show more	$19-53
   School Psychological Examiner	A school psychological examiner specializes in assessing the students' and faculty's psychological health. Among their responsibilities include conducting interviews and evaluations, performing background checks, addressing concerns, answering inquiries, and providing psychological support to students, faculty, and school staff... Show more	$27-61

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • IEP
   • Adaptive
   • Crisis Intervention
   • Behavior Problems
   • Autism
   • Developmental Disabilities
   • Psycho-Educational Evaluations
   • Early Intervention
   • School Administration
   • Academic Achievement
   • Learning Disabilities
   • Crisis Situations
   • Social History
   • RTI

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   Responsibilities:

   • Lead small student groups addressing social skills, friendship-making, divorce, ADHD, organizational skills and homework completion.
   • Function as a child advocate during CPSE, and/or CSE process.
   • Conduct bilingual psychological, educational and adaptive functioning evaluations for the Pre-School population.
   • Complete re-evaluations and functional behavioral assessments for children who are classify with emotional disturbance, autism, and specific learning disabilities.
   • Share knowledge of effective strategies in mathematics instructional delivery.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your bilingual school psychologist job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A bilingual school psychologist salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, bilingual school psychologists' average salary in montana is 54% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level bilingual school psychologists earn 54% less than senior-level bilingual school psychologists.
   • Certifications. A bilingual school psychologist with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a bilingual school psychologist's salary.

   Average bilingual school psychologist salary

   $77,369yearly

   $37.20 hourly rate

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   Entry-level bilingual school psychologist salary

   $52,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 30, 2025

4. Writing a bilingual school psychologist job description

   A job description for a bilingual school psychologist role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a bilingual school psychologist job description:

   Bilingual school psychologist job description example

   Under the direction of the Chief Behavioral Health Officer, the Lead Behavioral Health Provider (LCSW or PsyD) is responsible for providing clinical and administrative supervision to licensed and unlicensed Integrated Behavioral Health staff including BHPs, and student interns. The Lead BHP recommends and implements changes that will improve service delivery and plays a key role in program development. This position provides consultation to clinicians in cases of clinical risk. This position provides direct services to clients and their families, including individual and group therapy, and consultation to medical providers.
   Additional administrative time will be allotted as required.
   Work hours: 24 to 40 hours per week.
   Must include cover letter briefly outlining interest for the position.
   
   Must be able to conduct clinical assessment interviews and intervention with patients in Spanish.
   
   Competitive salary and benefits packet.
   
   Sign-in bonus/relocation assistance if applicable.
   
   Responsibilities
   
   • Provides one-on-one and/or group clinical supervision and consultation to BH team;
   • Ensures consistent training and onboarding of all new BHP hires;
   • Serves as the “ on-call” go-to clinician for risk or clinical concerns during scheduled shifts, (may lead clinical supervision meetings);
   • Implements quality assurance plan, including chart reviews and panel management, to monitor clinical interventions and documentation of services, to ensure quality and appropriateness of services, including risk management.
   • Keeps records of supervision in accordance with standards
   • Participates in program development to improve program quality and to expand IBH services by providing input and recommendations.
   • May attend clinical training and help disseminate to BHPs and other clinic and staff as needed.
   • Works with site managers and other primary care staff to strengthen interdisciplinary team approach.
   • Completes staff evaluations in collaboration with CBHO and manager of pediatric integrated behavioral health.
   Clinical BHP duties and Responsibities:
   • Provide brief assessment and referral, behavioral interventions, education and short term follow up for English and Spanish speaking primary care patients (adults and pediatric) with mental health, substance abuse and medical compliance issues.
   • Provide consultation to primary care medical practitioners on behavioral health issues of patients. Develop joint plans with medical provider on behavioral health aspects of patient care.
   • Use the “ warm hand off” method for assisting patients who have identified behavioral health issues at the time of their medical visit, in addition to providing treatment to scheduled behavioral health patients.
   • Use the Clinic’ s electronic medical records system to document clinical work, produce billing, collect service data, and maintain a schedule as well as to communicate information to other clinic providers.
   • Provide crisis intervention and follow-up visits as needed.
   • Develop and facilitate psycho-educational support groups on behavioral health topics as needed.
   • Willingness to acquire basic knowledge of psycho-pharmacology. Committed to on-going learning about new medications and treatments commonly used for mental disorders, substance abuse and common health problems.
   • Provide education and support to patients and their families to encourage compliance with medical and behavioral regimes.
   • Develop and maintain procedures, protocols on an ongoing basis to ensure the program’ s relevance and effectiveness for patients and Clinic staff.
   • Attend medical provider meetings, all staff meetings and behavioral health team meetings as scheduled.
   • Provide their frank and considered opinion regarding quality improvement.
   • Schedule appointments, prioritize referrals, write brief case summaries and facilitate feedback and follow-up with medical providers.
   • Provide mental health assessments and assist with diagnosis based on DSM criteria.
   • Provide Behavioral Health care to satellite clinics as needed; may be asked to work variable schedule during extended-hour clinics (e.g., 10am-7pm on one or more days).
   • Other duties may be assigned.
   Qualifications
   Licensed clinical social worker or Licensed Clinical Psychologist; Previous clinical experience should include assessment and diagnosis, brief individual psychotherapy, group work, and crisis intervention, with at least 2 years’ experience providing clinical supervision. Knowledge of state regulations and standards related to client treatment, patient rights, and client/patient confidentiality. Knowledge of BBS clinical supervision and documentation standards. Familiarity with psychopharmacology is helpful; demonstrated ability to work effectively on a team preferably in a primary care environment. Previous experience collaborating with and providing information to medical personnel desirable.
   
   Language Skills:
   Must be fluent in English with the ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write in English reports and business correspondence. In English and Spanish must have the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from clients, customers, and the general public. Must be able to conduct clinical assessment interviews and intervention with patients in Spanish.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right bilingual school psychologist for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with bilingual school psychologists they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit bilingual school psychologists who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your bilingual school psychologist job on Zippia to find and recruit bilingual school psychologist candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with bilingual school psychologist candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new bilingual school psychologist

   Once you have selected a candidate for the bilingual school psychologist position, it is time to create an offer letter. In addition to salary, the offer letter should include details about benefits and perks that are available to the employee. Ensuring your offer is competitive is vital, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and it is important to be open to discussion and reach a mutually beneficial agreement. After the offer has been accepted, it is a good idea to formalize the agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   To prepare for the new bilingual school psychologist first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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