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g. At the direction and with the consent of City Police Department, Consultant shall provide similar post-traumatic incident counseling services to immediate family members of involved officer(s) adversely impacted by the incident. The goal of such services shall be to stabilize external factors, which might otherwise affect officer( s) return to duty or recovery and to determine if referral to other private service providers is warranted. Verbal consultation with City's Police Department is recommended but no written reports of family member counseling sessions are required unless otherwise indicated or where the fitness for duty of the officer(s) comes in doubt. REVIEW OF FITNESS FOR DUTY Consultant agrees to review background investigations, clinical interviews, administrative reports and/or other relevant documents to determine an employee's psychological fitness for duty, when so directed by City. a. For purpose ofthis Agreement, a fitness for duty review includes, but is not limited to, clinical interviews, administration of necessary tests, scoring of tests and preparation of verbal and written recommendation for employment. b. Consultant agrees to outline all psychological concerns resulting from that review and submit to City's Police Department a recommendation concerning further testing and/or evaluation, which may be deemed appropriate. c. Consultant agrees to provide City's Police Department with verbal notification as to the above within forty-eight (48) hours, and with a complete written report concerning reviews of fitness for duty within ten (10) working days following receipt of documents or the last clinical interview of employee(s) in question. CRISIS INTERVIEW COUNSELING Consultant agrees to conduct crisis intervention counseling with authorization and approval ofCity's Police Department when a Department employee(s) is believed to be gravely disabled as a result of psychological disorder or emotional disturbance and unable to perform any or all of the full range of duties of an employee's classification. a. Consultant agrees to obtain authorization from City's Chief of Police, or designate, prior to conducting crisis intervention counseling of City's Police Department employee(s). Should intervention be requested by employee and not Department, Consultant agrees to obtain authorization from City's Chief of Police, or designate, prior to conducting crisis intervention counseling. II. COMPENSATION In consideration for Consultant services, City shall pay Consultant the hourly rate as follows: 8