Associate to a Psychologist 1, 2, 3

State of Louisiana•Pineville, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Pinecrest Supports and Services Center (PSSC) supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in reaching treatment goals and returning to more integrated community living settings. The center specializes in supporting people with comorbid intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex medical, behavioral, and psychiatric needs. PSSC is seeking a dedicated, compassionate, organized, and team-oriented Associate to a Psychologist to help individuals maximize their potential for self-care, autonomy, and independence. The role designs and monitors individual behavior programs, supports staff in implementing interventions, provides individual and group sessions as directed by a supervising Psychologist, and coordinates programming with other departments. The position is located in the Psychology department at Pinecrest Supports and Services Center. The scheduled shift is 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with Saturday and Sunday as pass days. Compensation depends on qualifications: Associate to a Psychologist 1 is paid $18.75 per hour, level 2 is paid $20.06 per hour, and level 3 is paid $22.96 per hour. The position also receives premium pay of $5.00 per hour for hours worked.

Requirements

Master's degree in psychology.

Responsibilities

Design individual behavior programs, including descriptions of behaviors, goals and objectives, relevant historical information and behavioral functions derived from functional analysis, rationale for procedures, required materials, prevention and intervention strategies, data collection, evaluation and review procedures, success criteria, procedures for program changes, and recommendations for maintaining effects.
Instruct and consult with staff involved in proposed intervention strategies on implementing procedures and recording results.
Provide individual and group sessions as determined by the supervising Psychologist.
Monitor intervention effects through Performance Probes defined in the ISP, including on-site observations and reliability checks.
Monitor training objectives through support folder documentation forms.
Make changes in programs.
Provide professional and technical support to direct care and other staff through frequent visits to individuals' homes.
Monitor programming effectiveness by reviewing data and progress documentation in individuals' records and coordinating service delivery with other departments.
Evaluate program efforts and make changes and recommendations.
Complete supervisor-assigned projects within the scope of registration and applicable LDH and PSSC policies and state and federal statutes and regulations.
Perform other duties assigned by a Supervisor or Administrator to support the agency and the people it serves.