Child Psychologist (Assessments & Therapy)

Young Sprouts Therapy; Canada; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Young Sprouts Therapy in Thornhill seeks a psychologist or psychological associate to lead the clinical assessment service with autonomy over test selection, reporting, and workflow. You will manage intake, testing, scoring, and reporting for children and adolescents, while ensuring actionable recommendations for schools.

Responsibilities include tailoring test batteries, delivering clear feedback to families, and maintaining professional liability coverage.

Qualifications

• Registered with the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario as a Psychologist (C.Psych.) or Psychological Associate (C.Psych.Assoc.).
• Competent in clinical, school, or clinical child psychology with child/adolescent population.
• Experience administering, scoring, and interpreting standard measures (WISC-V, WPPSI-IV, WIAT-4, BASC-3, Conners-4, ADOS-2).
• Strong assessment report writing with school meeting recommendations.
• Able to deliver difficult news to families with warmth and clarity.
• Current professional liability insurance and a clear Vulnerable Sector Check.
• Able to work in person at Thornhill office; some sessions may be virtual.
• Familiarity with PHIPA and EMR usage (Jane).

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychoeducational, ADHD, autism, gifted, and learning disability assessments for children and adolescents including intake, testing, scoring, and interpretation.
• Choose the right test battery for each referral question rather than a fixed template.
• Write clear, parent-friendly reports with actionable school recommendations.
• Deliver feedback sessions that help families understand their child beyond scores.
• Carry a therapy caseload with children and teens addressing anxiety, ADHD, emotional regulation, and school refusal.
• Consult with social workers, psychotherapists, and occupational therapists on shared clients.
• Liaise with schools, physicians, and other providers with family consent.
• Help shape the assessment service growth: intake criteria, waitlist policy, fee structure, and future services.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Report writing

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Psychologist (C.Psych.)

Psychological Associate (C.Psych.Assoc.)

Tools

EMR Jane

Job description

Young Sprouts Therapy is a child, teen, and family practice in Thornhill serving Vaughan and York Region. Our team includes registered social workers, psychotherapists, and a pediatric occupational therapist, and families regularly ask us for assessments we cannot yet provide in-house.

That is the gap this role fills. Rather than joining an assessment assembly line, you would be the clinician who decides how this service runs: which tests we use, what our reports look like, how long a file should reasonably take, and what we will and will not take on. We would rather do fewer assessments well than promise turnaround times that produce thin reports.

The role suits a psychologist who wants clinical autonomy without the overhead of running a private practice. No lease, no bookkeeping, no chasing intake calls, and no marketing spend of your own.

What you would be doing

• Conduct psychoeducational, ADHD, autism, gifted, and learning disability assessments for children and adolescents, including intake, testing, scoring, and interpretation.
• Choose the right combination of tests for each referral question rather than working from a fixed template.
• Write clear, parent-readable reports with recommendations schools can actually implement, including language that supports IEP and IPRC discussions.
• Deliver feedback sessions that leave families understanding their child, not just their child's scores.
• Carry a therapy caseload with children and teens. Anxiety, ADHD, emotional regulation, behavioural challenges, and school refusal are our most common referrals.
• Consult with our social workers, psychotherapists, and occupational therapist on shared clients, and act as the clinical voice on assessment questions.
• Liaise with schools, physicians, and other providers where families have consented to it.
• Help shape the assessment service as it grows: intake criteria, waitlist policy, fee structure, and which services we add next.

Qualifications and requirements

• Registered in good standing with the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario as a Psychologist (C.Psych.) or Psychological Associate (C.Psych.Assoc.). Candidates in supervised practice are welcome to apply; tell us your supervision arrangement.
• Declared competence in clinical, school, or clinical child psychology with the child and adolescent population.
• Demonstrated experience administering, scoring, and interpreting the standard child measures, for example the WISC-V, WPPSI-IV, WIAT-4, BASC-3, Conners-4, and ADOS-2.
• Strong assessment report writing, with a track record of recommendations that hold up in a school meeting.
• Comfortable delivering hard news to parents with warmth and clarity.
• Current professional liability insurance and a clear Vulnerable Sector Check.
• Able to work in person at our Thornhill office for testing sessions. Therapy and feedback sessions can be virtual.
• Familiar with PHIPA obligations and comfortable working in an EMR. We use Jane.

Considered an asset

• Experience with the Ontario Autism Program, school board assessment work, or IPRC processes.
• Fluency in a language other than English. Russian, Hebrew, Mandarin, Cantonese, Farsi, Italian, and Punjabi all come up among the families we see in Thornhill and Vaughan, and any additional language is genuinely useful here.
• Supervision experience, or interest in supervising provisional members as the team grows.
• Comfort with neurodiversity-affirming assessment practice.

What the clinic provides

• A steady referral stream, so your calendar fills without you having to chase it.
• Intake, scheduling, billing, insurance receipts, and follow-up handled by our admin team.
• A furnished room for testing at 1137 Centre Street, Thornhill, with free on-site parking.
• Core test kits owned by the clinic and kept in secure storage, so you are not buying a WISC-V in order to start a job. You are welcome to bring your own preferred measures as well.
• Marketing, website, and search presence, so you do not need to build a practice or a personal brand to keep your calendar full.
• A collaborative team of child clinicians for consultation, and no expectation that you work in isolation.
• Genuine schedule control. You set your availability, your caseload size, and how many assessments you take on.
• No exclusivity clause and no non-compete. If you hold a caseload elsewhere or run your own practice alongside this, that is your business.

Compensation

• $110–$165 for each 50-minute therapy, consultation, or feedback session. Where you land depends on your registration category, your child assessment experience, and relevant approved training.
• $1,200–$2,200 for each completed assessment. A focused single-question assessment sits near the bottom of that range; a comprehensive psychoeducational, ADHD, or autism assessment with a full report and school consultation sits near the top.
• Paid monthly against completed sessions and submitted reports. No desk rent, no admin fee, and no platform charges.

Registered in good standing with the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario as a Psychologist (C.Psych.) or Psychological Associate (C.Psych.Assoc.). Candidates in supervised practice are welcome to apply; tell us your supervision arrangement. Declared competence in clinical, school, or clinical child psychology with the child and adolescent population. Demonstrated experience administering, scoring, and interpreting the standard child measures, for example the WISC-V, WPPSI-IV, WIAT-4, BASC-3, Conners-4, and ADOS-2. Strong assessment report writing, with a track record of recommendations that hold up in a school meeting. Comfortable delivering hard news to parents with warmth and clarity. Current professional liability insurance and a clear Vulnerable Sector Check. Able to work in person at our Thornhill office for testing sessions. Therapy and feedback sessions can be virtual. Familiar with PHIPA obligations and comfortable working in an EMR. We use Jane.