Assistant Supervisor – Psychological Assessments

Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Provides day-to-day support, direction and clinical supervision for Mental Health Clinicians conducting a variety of evaluations.
• Develops mastery of all assessments performed by YAI Center for Specialty Therapy (CST) Article 16 clinics.
• Oversees and ensures compliance with all applicable rules and regulations for evaluation services.
• Reviews evaluations completed by Mental Health Clinicians to ensure completeness, accuracy and adherence to specific test requirements.
• Facilitates specialized, complex evaluations and psychological assessments.
• Affords clinical supervision as authorized by State of New York.
• Assists leadership with maintaining a safe, secure and compliant work environment.
• Participates in planning and monitoring of staffing, scheduling and caseloads for evaluation and assessment-related services.
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary clinical team and external providers.
• Maintains awareness of and/or provides insights regarding complex cases, evaluations and escalates concerns or questions.
• Performs all duties of Mental Health Clinician, as indicated in job description.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

• Current and valid license and registration as a Psychologist issued by the New York State Education Department (NYSED).
• Doctoral degree in Psychology from a program that is registered or otherwise recognized by NYSED as licensure qualifying, including PsyD or PhD in Clinical or School Psychology.
• Eligibility for licensure as a Psychologist by NYSED with current pending application for Psychologist license or ability to submit completed application within one (1) month of appointment.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-directed, detail oriented and highly organized, with strong time management skills.
• Ability to meet essential physical demands of position including frequent walking, sitting, standing, bending, twisting, stooping, kneeling, crouching, pushing, pulling and reaching with hands and arms; use hands to handle, finger or feel objects, tools or controls; assisting with lifting/moving individuals of any weight with assistance of mechanical lifts or other equipment and/or pushing individuals in wheelchairs; lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds on occasion.

Preferred Qualification Requirements

• Experience working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD).
• Experience with and/or strong interest in psychometrics, specifically with standardized testing and assessments including Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Weschler Scales, Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence, Leiter International Performance Scales, Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales.
• Formal training and/or certification in assessments specific to the I/DD population, including Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2).
• Verbal and/or written fluency in a second language preferred, Spanish highly preferred.