Psychologist - Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress - Hiring Incentive

Responsibilities

• Provides psychotherapy to children through individual, family, or group modalities as appropriate.
• Provides diagnostic intakes and psychological evaluations covering cognitive, emotional, and achievement functioning of referred children.
• Participates in psychology staff meetings and CCFTS staff meetings to support ongoing program development.
• Demonstrates the ability to work clinically with severely disturbed children by identifying and managing acute crises.
• Collaborates with referring agencies, the local social service department and the school system to assist them utilizing the evaluation/treatments service to develop an agency services plan for the child and family.
• Maintains client activity at the projected level set by the department.
• Maintains each client’s medical record, which may include psychological evaluations, assessments and treatment plans, progress notes, reviews, and discharge summaries.
• May participate in the psychology training program and supervise externs, interns, or post-doctoral fellows when interest and capacity is demonstrated.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of an APA approved internship in clinical psychology.
• Must hold and maintain CPR certification.
• Doctoral degree in psychology from an accredited college, university, or professional school and is licensed to practice psychology in the state of Maryland.
• Must have had at least one year's supervised post-doctoral experience in clinical psychological work with children, preferably in a community or hospital setting with children who are traumatized, severely emotionally disturbed, or who have experienced abuse/neglect.
• Must have clinical practice experience with marginalized communities and people of color.

Pay

Minimum pay range: USD $72,770.26/Yr.
Maximum pay range: USD $129,818.62/Yr.