Psychology Associate Sr.
About The Position
The Behavioral Service Unit (BSU) at the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center is seeking a motivated and dedicated Psychology Associate Senior. This role provides supportive, preventive, and responsive care to youth with significant mental health challenges and/or developmental delays. Populations served may include male and female juvenile offenders. The service needs may encompass mental health, sex offender treatment, substance abuse, and aggression management treatment. The incumbent will provide crisis intervention, and individual, group, and/or family therapy. This position also involves participating in an on-call rotation and working at least one late evening each week. The Psychology Associate Senior develops individualized treatment plans and other professionally written reports. The candidate will consult and collaborate with clinical peers, psychiatry, case management, correctional center staff, facility administrators, court service units, and outside agencies regarding assessment, treatment, crisis intervention, and planning for continuity of care during resident transitions to the community. The role also involves providing high-quality training to various personnel in specific mental health-related interventions, offering clinical expertise in facility and agency meetings or workgroups, and providing leadership to interns. Opportunity for limited telework is available.
Requirements
- Knowledge of theory and evidence-based practices for treatment of delinquent juveniles, including those with co-occurring mental disorders.
- Extensive knowledge of the principles and techniques used for psychological assessment and evaluation for diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment evaluation.
- Knowledge of developmental psychopathology and interventions to reduce risk factors and enhance protective factors for this population.
- Knowledge of crisis intervention.
- Competencies in individual, group and family psychotherapies.
- Knowledge of principles of behavior management.
- Ability to function effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team which includes community partners.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to function independently.
Nice To Haves
- Graduate degree in clinical or counseling psychology
- Education and experience conducting psychological assessments and evaluations
- Experience providing treatment services to the juvenile delinquent population
- Licensure as a clinical psychologist
- Certification/licensure by the Department of Health Professions as a sex offender treatment provider (CSOTP) and/or a substance abuse counselor (CSAC or LSAT)
Responsibilities
- Provide crisis intervention, and individual, group, and/or family therapy.
- Participate in an on-call rotation and work at least one late evening each week.
- Develop individualized treatment plans and other professionally written reports.
- Consult and collaborate with clinical peers, psychiatry, case management, correctional center staff, facility administrators, court service units, and outside agencies related to assessment, treatment, crisis intervention and planning for continuity of care when a resident is about to transition to the community.
- Provide high-quality training to various personnel in specific mental health-related interventions.
- Provide clinical expertise in facility and agency meetings or workgroups.
- Provide leadership to interns.
Benefits
- Free supervision hours for licensure
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
