Associate Psychologist (NY HELPS)

Duties Description

The Office of Children & Family Services (OCFS), Division for Juvenile Justice and Opportunities for Youth (DJJOY) is seeking an Associate Psychologist to work as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team. In the Juvenile Justice residential setting/facility, the Associate Psychologist is responsible for the following:

• Admission screening, including mental status exam and suicide assessment.
• 30 day assessment, including administration of various mental health and substance use screens, youth and collateral interviews, and record review to develop a psychosocial assessment and subsequent mental health treatment plan.
• Collaboration and treatment planning with youths assigned psychiatrist as indicated.
• Individual and group counseling and psychotherapy.
• Treatment reviews.
• Cognitive and other psychological testing as indicated.
• Serve as a member of the facility Committee on Special Education.
• Discharge planning.
• Work with youth case managers, direct care staff, education and medical staff to develop and enact comprehensive treatment plans aimed at increasing youths’ skills in the areas of emotional intelligence, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance.

Requirements

Transfer: One year of permanent competitive or 55b/c service in this title or in a title eligible for 70.1 transfer. In addition, you must have a doctoral degree in a field of psychology.

Open to the Public: This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).

• Earned doctoral degree in a field of psychology;
• OR either a one-year, full-time clinical internship, or traineeship;
• OR one year of psychology experience in a clinical setting, under the supervision of a Licensed Psychologist.

Additional Comments: For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.