Postdoctoral Fellow - Psychology Department (Clinical) (40 Hour) Office/On-site #260611-6628FL-001

About the role

The State of Connecticut, Department of Children and Families (DCF) is seeking qualified individuals for Post-Doctoral Fellow Psychologist (Clinical) positions located at Solnit South Campus-Children's Hospital in Middletown, CT.

Responsibilities

• Manages an individual case load of 2-3 youth conducting both individual and family therapy in addition to conducting psychological assessments and associated report writing in a 40-hour work week.
• Conducts individual and group psychotherapy, family counseling and community consultations under supervision.
• Makes recommendations for transfer, discharge and follow up activities.
• Participates in development, implementation and coordination of new service programs.
• Conducts psychological research.
• Writes professional reports.
• May assist in supervision of psychology interns.

Requirements

• Graduated from an educational program approved by the Board of Examiners of Psychologists with consent of the Commissioner of Public Health.
• Completion of a one (1) year clinical internship.
• Experience providing clinical services to children, adolescents and/or transition-age youth with complex psychiatric profiles and to their families.
• Experience collaborating with community systems of care.
• Experience implementing evidence-based practice and working as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team.
• Experience providing clinical services to a culturally diverse population.
• Experience utilizing varying testing measures with considerable knowledge and skill in selection, administration, scoring, and evaluating of intelligence achievement, and personality and diagnostic tests for adolescents.
• Fluency in a foreign language or proficiency in the use of the American Sign Language.
• Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Considerable knowledge of abnormal and clinical psychology with a general knowledge of other psychological disciplines.
• Knowledge of psychological research techniques.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to make psychological diagnosis and prognosis.
• Conduct psychotherapy.
• Provide consultation and training services.
• Write case histories, discharge summaries and professional reports.
• Relate experimental data to treatment modalities.

Skills

• Selection, administration, scoring and evaluation of intelligence, achievement, personality and diagnostic tests.

Benefits

• Professional growth and paid professional development opportunities.
• A healthy work-life balance to all employees.
• State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loan forgiveness after 10 years of service.

Pay

• $105,202 - $138,924/year

Schedule

• Full-time, 40 hour per week
• Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm, with one evening 11:00am - 7:00pm position
• Schedule flexibility may be needed in order to meet the needs of the agency.