Offering supervision for student/graduate counselors, psychological associates/psychology students, and social work students that require supervision for licensure purposes.
Primary Role:
The incumbent assumes responsibility for the provision of mental health services to patients/clients who are seen on an outpatient basis in the Outpatient Mental Health Center under the supervision of a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PsyD) to gain hours towards the State licensure requirements or academic requirements. The incumbent completes thorough psychosocial assessments as part of the consult process when the individual is initially referred to the Mental Health Center as well as therapy for each patient on their caseload.
Responsibilities:
Duties include, but are limited to:
- Completes thorough psychosocial assessments
- Establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships
- Participate as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team
- Mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures, including acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses, common medications and their effects/side effects
- Facilitate discharge planning through collaboration with Veterans and their families
- Independently implement treatment modalities, provide counseling and/or supportive groups
- Provide consultation and education to patients/clients and their families regarding community resources, benefits and specialty programs, and advance directives
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Receive supervision in adherence to the State of Maryland’s supervision requirements.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
SKILLS
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Science — Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
- Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Education and Experience:
· Must be actively enrolled in an academic institution or hold a license that requires supervision
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $10.00 - $40.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Professional development assistance
Application Question(s):
- Are you currently enrolled in a graduate academic mental health practicum/ internship?
- Do you hold a provisional license in counseling/ psychology? If so, which state?
Work Location: Remote
