Bilingual Licensed Psychologist

New Alternatives for Children•New York, NY

11d•$81,000 - $86,000

About The Position

New Alternatives for Children, Inc. (NAC) is an award-winning not-for-profit agency dedicated to serving children and families with medical complexities, chronic illnesses, and disabilities throughout the five boroughs. To assist in achieving this mission, NAC is currently seeking a Bilingual Licensed Psychologist to join it's Mental Health department. The position entails a combination of clinical service provision, consultation to other professionals within the agency, supervision and training. Clinical experiences may be tailored to the expertise and interest of the psychologist.

Requirements

Candidates for the bilingual licensed psychologist position must hold an active license in NYS to practice psychology and a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical, Applied Developmental, School, Counseling Psychology or closely related area from an accredited graduate psychology program.
Candidates should have experience working with populations that represent a range of backgrounds and clinical presentations, and should have some experience with children with developmental or medical disabilities.
Must be able to provide clinical services in Spanish.

Nice To Haves

Priority will be given to candidates familiar with administration of the ADOS-2 or other autism assessment measures.

Responsibilities

Provides individual, family, and collateral psychotherapy sessions to children, adolescents and adults in NAC's Mental Health Clinic
Provides psychological and developmental evaluations
Participates in NAC's Building Blocks parent-child bonding program, providing dyadic therapy using a mentalization-based treatment modality
Conducts intake assessments and diagnostic interviews
Completes required documentation including progress notes and treatment plans
Acts as a psychological consultant to staff within NAC's child welfare programs (i.e. Prevention and Foster Care)
Provides consultation to foster care staff and clinical care to children with foster care involvement as part of the Article 29I
Provides supervision to psychology trainees
Participates as part of the Psychology Training Committee (i.e. takes part in psychology internship and externship recruitment, evaluation of trainees, evaluation of the internship/externship programs, etc.)
Provides didactic training to psychology trainees and/or to NAC staff
Receives approximately two hours of supervision weekly provided by licensed psychologists, one hour provided by the Director of Psychological Services, and one hour provided by psychological consultants to the Building Blocks program
Participates in bi-monthly group supervision with licensed psychologists at NAC