Post Doctoral Psychology Fellow

Devereux • West Chester, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Devereux Pennsylvania Children’s Services (DPACS) has an opening for a Post-doctoral Fellow in Psychology for the 2026-7 training year at our residential programs, located in West Chester and Malvern, PA. The fellow position plays a leadership role across several projects designed to implement program-wide positive behavior interventions and supports (PWPBIS) across the DPACS residential and acute inpatient programs. The fellowship will focus specifically on clinical and research, including training and consultation provided to school, residential and hospital personnel as they develop and implement universal and targeted inventions. There will be additional clinical responsibilities such as evaluation and consultation of individual clients. Additionally, the Fellow will be responsible for providing staff trainings broad behavioral principles pertinent to PWPBIS and clinical interventions such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Opportunities to carry a small PRTF or Acute Inpatient caseload may be available. The Fellow will be expected to contribute to dissemination activities (ie conference presentation preparation). This position is a one-year appointment pending continued funding starting in August 2026.

Requirements

• Doctoral Degree in Psychology
• Previous clinical experience in a behavioral health-care setting strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Maintains a lead role in PBIS Leadership Teams.
• Coordinates Tiered Fidelity Index (TFI) evaluations with external evaluators.
• Supports Doctoral Interns in completing PBIS data analysis and provides recommendations for Tier I, II and III interventions.
• Presents data analysis in team settings and is responsive to questions from colleagues.
• Consult with residential, school and psychiatric in-patient leadership teams to improve school, milieu climate and youth behavior.
• Develop and implement training programs to promote evidenced-based practices and interventions. Training should include general behavioral principles, functional assessment, and general understanding of clinical orientations including Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
• Conduct function-based assessments and interventions for individual students as needed.
• Participate in the design and implementation of applied research; assist in writing research proposals; disseminate research findings at national conferences; provide mentoring and supervision to junior staff.
• Ongoing development of PBIS fidelity monitoring.
• Provide evidence based clinical therapies as indicated.

Benefits

• Medical (including telemedicine via phone, web, app), dental, prescription drug, preventative care, and mental health services.
• Student loan debt assistance, tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.
• Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day), 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit, and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.
• Employee assistance / work-life balance program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree