Assistant, Associate, or Full Clinical Professor
About the role
The Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health at the University of Oregon Portland campus is establishing a new national model for behavioral healthcare for children and families. The institute aims to create the nation’s first undergraduate program in child behavioral health, focusing on underserved youth and making real system change.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the essential link between teaching and practice at the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health.
- Deliver instruction, supervision of students, and the modeling and training of the child behavioral health specialist role within health care systems, K12 schools, and/or other community settings.
- Deliver evidence-based interventions to promote well-being and prevent mental health problems from developing and worsening in children and adolescents.
- Oversight of the integration of Ballmer Institute undergraduate students at community training sites (i.e., schools, healthcare settings, community-based organizations).
- Provide instruction and supervision, and maintain alignment and communication with site staff.
- Provide direct behavioral health services and teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate level as aligned with their areas of professional, instructional, or research experience.
- Engage effectively with youth and families from diverse backgrounds.
Requirements
- To qualify for Assistant Clinical Professor: Master’s degree in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, social work, or related behavioral health field; experience teaching or supervising students at the university level; hold or be eligible to obtain prior to start date an Oregon professional license in clinical psychology, school psychology, counseling psychology, social work, or a related mental health field.
- To be considered for the rank of Associate Clinical Professor: 6 years of experience, post advanced degree, that aligns with the Institute's promotion policy.
- To be considered for the rank of Clinical Professor: 12 years of experience, post advanced degree, that aligns with the Institute's promotion policy.
Qualifications
- Ability to contribute to the Ballmer Institute through understanding of barriers facing students from historically and persistently underserved communities.
- Knowledge of effective strategies for working with diverse faculty, staff, alumni, students, and other key stakeholders.
- Expertise in delivering evidence-based behavioral health promotion, prevention, and intervention for common child/adolescent behavioral health concerns, including anxiety, depression, and trauma.
- Competency in collaborating with other professionals to meet client/student/institutional behavioral health needs.
- Competency in working with clients/students/colleagues/families of various backgrounds.
- Competency in addressing systemic, societal/institutional factors that produce disparities in child/adolescent behavioral health.
- Maintain professional Oregon practice license in an area aligned to training.
Skills
- Experience teaching a variety of courses aligned to the child behavioral health program.
- Experience supervising clinical skill training of university students in inclusive and equitable ways.
- Experience delivering universal behavioral health screening in K12 schools or health care systems or other forms of early identification of mental health concerns.
Benefits
The University of Oregon provides a robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information, visit our website.
Pay
The position is a 9-month career faculty position in the clinical professor series. Opportunities for summer funding may be available.
Schedule
The position’s responsibilities are guided by United Academics Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Ballmer Institute’s Career and Limited Duration Faculty Review and Promotion Policy, and the Ballmer Institute's Assignment of Professional Responsibilities Policy.