Post-Offer Disclosure and Supplemental Agreement
  • Post-Offer Disclosure and Supplemental Agreement

    rev. 10.14.2025
  • Remote Test Administration Agreement

  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • PSPS is offering remote administration of the psychological test battery to job applicants. This option for testing will not require the usual in-person proctor but will nevertheless be proctored using a video-conference link to ensure that test administration protocol is followed.

     

    The testing presented online is protected by federal copyright law and any dissemination or copying of the material presented will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Accessing non test-related materials during the test administration is also expressly prohibited. If any of the above activities are detected, this behavior is grounds for disqualification from the hiring process and/or legal prosecution. 

     

    Utilizing remote testing services is expressly conditioned on the applicant's agreement to the following terms, in addition to those above (Please sign your name into each space below):

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  • Psychological Interview Conducted By Video-Conference

  • Explanation of the process: Pre-employment screening procedures for police and other public safety positions (firefighter, dispatcher, etc.) include psychological screening. The psychological screening process includes written testing, a review of behavioral history, and an interview by a licensed psychologist. We will conduct the interview via a HIPAA compliant and private video-conference with one of our staff psychologists.

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  • Disclosure, Informed Consent And Release Statement For The Job Suitability Assessment After A Conditional Offer Of Employment.

  • Overview Of The Selection Process After A Conditional Offer Of Employment (COE)

  • This psychological suitability assessment is only one part of the selection process for the position you have applied for. The agency that referred you for assessment has given you an offer of employment conditioned, in part, on the satisfactory completion of a job-related psychological assessment. Your prospective employer may consider the psychologist’s recommendation and the data you provide during this evaluation together with other information such as the background or a polygraph, if administered, to determine whether you meet the suitability standards of the agency.

     

    This Evaluation Assesses Job Relevant Traits And Attributes, And Emotional Stability.

     

    This psychological assessment will consist of standardized written psychological tests, in-depth personal history questionnaires, an examination of any collateral or third-party information made available by the hiring agency (or in the case of medical records, by an authorization from you), as well as an interview with a licensed psychologist with experience screening public safety officers. Note that collateral or third-party information reviewed by the psychologist may include reports from the background investigation (or polygraph examination if administered), you authorized the hiring agency to conduct, and any prior psychological evaluations or records of psychological treatment you have authorized us to obtain and review for the purpose of the current assessment.

     

    One objective of this psychological evaluation is to assess personality traits and attributes. The psychological tests, personal history questionnaires and psychological interview will probe public and private aspects of your life. These inquiries are necessary to adequately assess whether you satisfy the suitability requirements of the position you have been conditionally offered.

     

    A second objective of this assessment is to rule out the presence of job relevant psychopathology (although it is not designed or intended to diagnose mental disorders). Please note that some of the questions will be medical in nature such as past or present psychological/psychiatric treatment. This employment assessment represents the psychologist’s professional opinion about your suitability for the position you have applied for, at the specific agency you have applied to. It is not a statement about your suitability for this same job class with different departments or for a different employment position with the same agency.

     

    If at any time you wish to ask about the relevance of any questions in this process, please let the psychologist know and she/he will explain why the requested information is needed.

     

    Remember, as with any job application, you have the right to terminate the process at any time.

     

    Limits Of Confidentiality And Report Of Findings And Conclusions.

     

    Although your prospective employer is the client of this firm and the interviewing psychologist, and you are not, the psychologist is aware of the duty to conduct this evaluation with fairness, impartiality, and objectivity. Because the psychologist is conducting this evaluation at the request of your prospective employer and for reasons having nothing to do with treatment or health care, you do not have doctor-patient or psychotherapist/patient privilege in your communications with the psychologist. The hiring agency may require a report of pertinent findings about your behavioral history, psychological attributes, and will require a recommendation concerning your suitability for this position following the completion of the assessment. Reports to your prospective employer necessarily will contain private information, but we will make a good faith effort to restrict the disclosure of private information to the minimum necessary to satisfy the purpose of the examination and to support our findings, conclusions, and recommendations. If our findings, conclusions, opinions, or recommendations are challenged in an adjudicative forum, we may make full disclosure of all information as may be necessary or required by law.

     

    Note that if you are hired and at some later date become the subject of a mandated fitness for duty evaluation, worker’s compensation evaluation or other medical evaluation, upon written request from our client (the agency) we will provide the data from this application assessment to a qualified professional. Additionally, if at a later date you apply to this agency again, or to some other public safety employer who is our client, we will request that you authorize us to use the current application information or any archival information contained in earlier assessments of you by our firm for the purpose of verifying the consistency of your self-reported personal history and comparing changes in your testing over time.

     

    Exceptions to the confidentiality of this assessment information may be required by law for reasons which include, but are not limited to, allegations of child abuse, a threat of serious harm to self or others, or in the event of a subpoena. Finally, in the event you sign a waiver permitting access to this information as part of your application to a public safety employer, we may release the data to the psychologist contracted by that agency.

     

    The hiring agency will maintain any written report provided to it by me in a confidential medical file separate from other personnel information and that the information should be made available only to persons who have a bona fide need to know the information included in the report. Nevertheless, by signing the authorization attached hereto as Exhibit A and authorizing the release of this information to the hiring agency, there is the possibility that the hiring agency could redisclose this information. By signing the authorization you will expressly release me from any liability for the disclosure.

     

    You agree that your electronic signature is the legal equivalent of your manual signature on this document. You consent to be legally bound by your electronic signature. You further agree that your use of a keypad, mouse or other device to select an item, button, icon or similar act/action constitutes your signature (hereafter referred to as "E-Signature"), acceptance and agreement as if actually signed by you in writing. You also agree that no certification authority or other third-party verification is necessary to validate your E-signature and that the lack of such certification or third-party verification will not in any way affect the enforceability of your E-Signature.

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  • Note: the information you provide may be compared to data from your background and/or polygraph report.

    If YES, you must list each department you were psychologically evaluated for, the approximate year, and whether or not you were hired, for each agency in the spaces below.

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  • Applicant's Statement Of Understanding And Legal Release

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  • Genetic Information

  • Under the terms of Title II of the Genetic Information NonDiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), family medical history or other genetic information about you will not be requested in the course of this examination and should not be provided by you. “Family medical history” means information about the manifestation of disease or disorder in your family members including your children, siblings, and parents (first degree) and extend to great-great grandparents and first cousins once removed (the children of a first cousin), as well as family members who are in between you and these persons (half-cousins, nieces, nephews, grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, great-aunts, and uncles and first cousins".

    If in the course of your evaluation you believe you have been dealt with in an unethical or unprofessional manner, you may report your concerns to the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) Health Professions QualityAssurance at (360) 236-4700 or the APA Ethics Office at (202) 336-5930.

  • Exhibit A - Authorization To Use And Disclose Protected Health Information

  • I authorize Public Safety Psychological Services,PLLC PC (PSPS) and the psychologist who interview me to use and disclose findings and opinions concerning my past, present or future physical or mental health or condition, as well as conclusions, opinions and recommendations as to my psychological qualification and suitability for the position I have applied for, to the agency that referred me for this examination (hereinafter referred to as the “hiring agency”. This authorization does not authorize any of my prior or current health care providers to disclose personal health care records to PSPS or my prospective employer without separate and specific written authorization, except as permitted by law.

    If the information to be disclosed contains any of the types of records or information listed below, additional laws relating to the use and disclosure of the information may apply. I understand and agree that this information may be disclosed if I place my initials in the applicable space next to the type of information.

  • I understand that PSPS will make a good faith effort to restrict the disclosure of private information to the minimum necessary to satisfy the purpose of the examination and to support the interviewing psychologist’s findings, conclusions and recommendations. Consistent with the provisions of state and federal law, I understand that the hiring agency will be advised to maintain any written report provided to it by PSPS in a confidential medical file separate from other personnel information and that the information should be made available only to persons who have a bona fide need to know the information included in the report. I have been informed that I will not receive a copy of the written report (except where required by law), nor will I be able to authorize its release to any other person or party.

    I expressly acknowledge that PSPS has no control over how the hiring agency uses the report once it receives it. I understand that the information used or disclosed pursuant to this authorization may be subject to re-disclosure and no longer protected under federal law. I expressly release PSPS and the psychologist who interviewed me from any liability for that re-disclosure. However, I also understand that federal or state law may restrict re-disclosure of HIV/AIDS information, mental health information, genetic testing information and drug/alcohol diagnosis, treatment or referral information.

    SIGNATURE

    You do not need to sign this authorization. However, your refusal will mean that the required psychological evaluation will not take place. Failure to complete the required psychological evaluation may very well have implications for your candidacy for employment, but this is a determination that will be made by the hiring agency.

    You may revoke this authorization in writing any time. If you revoke your authorization, the information described above may no longer be used or disclosed for the purposes described in this written authorization. Any use or disclosure already made with your permission cannot be undone.

    To revoke this authorization, please send a written notice, stating that you are revoking this authorization, to PSPS 20818 44th Ave W Suite 150, Lynnwood, WA 98036.

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  • Supplemental Psychological History Questionnaire For The Job Suitability Assessment After A Conditional Offer Of Employment (COE)

  • Please remember that the information you provide will be verified through background investigation and, in most agencies, a polygraph examination.

    Providing false information during the application process may be grounds for rejection during the selection process, or termination from employment if falsification is discovered later.

  • Section 1A: Work History And Income Sources

  • List ALL employers for the last 10 years (but not different positions for the same employer), including part-time and seasonal positions. Account for ALL time periods including school and unemployment, starting with the present. If you have had more than 4 jobs in 10 years, or need to provide additional information, use the extra space provided on the last page to provide that information.

  • If you have additional employment to report, please use the extra space provided at the end of the form. 

  • SOURCE OF CURRENT INCOME: Report ALL income sources including salary, cash payments and any benefits/compensation from any source (such as VA disability payments, worker’s compensation, insurance settlements, trust funds, etc.)

  • Section 1B: Work Terminations/Resignations

  • Section 2A: Substance Use

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  • Section 2B: Alcohol Use

  • Section 3A: Legal History: Arrests And Outcomes

  • Please provide the details requested below for each occurrence. Do not list routine traffic tickets, but do list incidents such as DUIs, DWAIs and reckless driving. 

    If you were arrested without being convicted or arrested and convicted or pled guilty more than two times, please use the space provided on the last page of this form for additional information.

  • If you have additional arrests to report, please use the extra space provided on the last page. 

  • Section 3B: Legal History: Miscellaneous

  • Section 4A: Rehabilitation/Treatment History

  • Section 4B: Psychological Treatment And Evaluation History

  • To conduct an “individualized assessment” required by the ADA, the psychologist must take into consideration your most recent psychological treatment history, as well as all past contact with mental health professionals. You should be aware that a history of psychological treatment is usually not a concern and it does not automatically result in a disqualification.

  • If you were seen by one or more Psychologists or other Mental Health Providers, report the year, number of sessions and reason for each contact in the spaces below. (Use the last page of this form to list additional counseling contacts.)

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  • Section 4C: Medication

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  • Section 5: Miscellaneous

  • You agree that your electronic signature is the legal equivalent of your manual signature on this document. You consent to be legally bound by your electronic signature. You further agree that your use of a keypad, mouse or other device to select an item, button, icon or similar act/action constitutes your signature (hereafter referred to as "E-Signature"), acceptance and agreement as if actually signed by you in writing. You also agree that no certification authority or other third-party verification is necessary to validate your E-signature and that the lack of such certification or third-party verification will not in any way affect the enforceability of your E-Signature.

    Please remember that the information you provide will be verified through background investigation and, in most agencies, a polygraph examination. Providing false information during the application process may be grounds for rejection during the selection process, or termination from employment if falsification is discovered later.

    I hereby certify that the information provided by me in response to all of the questions in this application process may be grounds for my rejection during the selection process, or termination after employment if falsification is discovered later.

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