Post-Doctoral Fellowship Positions in Child and Adolescent Psychology at the Child and Family Institute 2014-2015
Introduction:
Each year the Child and Family Institute at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center offers post-doctoral fellowship positions for candidates who are interested in extending their knowledge and experience in the practice of clinical work with urban children, adolescents and families. All of our fellowships offer a full range of training experiences in clinical work with an ethnically and socio-economically diverse population. Fellows provide individual, group, dyadic and family therapy, crisis services, diagnostic interviews, neuropsychological assessment and school and community-based interventions. The implementation of empirically validated strategies is emphasized. All fellows have the opportunity to develop supervisory skills and will participate in advanced courses on supervision and psychotherapy. We offer five positions based in our outpatient department (OPD) and one in the Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Education Service (CARES), a day program for singly and dually-diagnosed teens.
Program Descriptions:
The post-doctoral fellowship training program in psychology at the Child and Family Institute OPD consists of the following tracks:
Parent-Infant Treatment/Community Psychology:
The fellowship in our Parent-Infant Center (PIC) provides the opportunity for two trainees to spend approximately half of the their time focusing on assessment, intervention strategies, and program development related to work with at-risk caregivers and their babies/toddlers ages 0 to 3. Under the supervision of Dr. Wendie Klapper and a team of specialists in early childhood development, the fellows will conduct intakes, developmental screenings and dyadic psychotherapy sessions with the goal of facilitating the establishment of healthy attachments between caregivers and their young children and promoting healthy child and parent development.
Testing and Assessment/Community Psychology:
The fellowship in Testing and Assessment will allow one trainee to focus on the development of skills in neuropsychological testing and assessment with adolescents who present with learning difficulties and developmental delays. This fellow will spend time each week in our adolescent day program administering evaluations, analyzing results, writing reports and collaborating with educational and clinical staff to implement recommendations. The fellow will work closely with Dr. Preetika Mukherjee, a pediatric neuropsychologist who will provide mentoring and supervision.
Community Psychology (DBT Focus):
Under the supervision of Clare Dacey, LCSW and Dana Parchi, Psy.D. this post-doc will learn about the assessment and treatment of patients with affect regulation difficulties. Responsibilities will include providing evidence-based Dialectical Behavior Therapy in both individual and group formats to adolescents and their families in our outpatient program. Individual supervision will be provided by the program’s lead clinicians. The fellow in this position will also attend weekly consultation team meetings as well as an intensive didactic course on DBT.
The other portion of the fellows’ clinical time for all of these positions will be spent working in the general OPD and in the community treating children and adolescents in satellite clinics located within local elementary and high schools. Throughout the training year they will have the opportunity to supervise both psychology and psychiatry trainees as part of a course on supervision. They will also attend case conferences, Journal Club, Grand Rounds and a variety of individual and group supervision sessions (i.e., family therapy supervision and group therapy supervision).
Adolescent Substance Abuse and Day Treatment:
This is a one-year full time position for a recent, unlicensed Ph.D. or Psy.D. interested in working with adolescents who have co-occurring psychiatric and substance abuse diagnoses in a milieu treatment setting. Fellowship training takes place at the Comprehensive Adolescent Rehabilitation and Education Service (CARES). At CARES the fellow will act as a junior staff member in a community-oriented day treatment setting serving high school students with integrated Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and educational services. The fellow will also serve as a clinical liaison to the Education Staff. The CARES program incorporates an eclectic approach to treatment with an emphasis on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), the Transtheoretical Model of Stages of Change, and trauma-focused treatments. The fellow will receive intensive training and supervision in these models. They will also receive training in the treatment of substance abuse and will have the opportunity to provide clinical supervision to a pre-doctoral intern. As part of their training, fellows also function as milieu staff where they gain experience in brief solution-focused triage and intervention. Fellows carry a caseload of individual therapy patients and co-lead various therapy groups, which may include recovery groups as well as DBT groups. Fellows also conduct psychiatric intake evaluations for CARES referrals.. In addition, they take seminars on professional development, supervision and advanced psychotherapy techniques. Additional opportunities for supervision and/or teaching at CFI may be available and can be tailored to individual interests.
Stipend and Benefits:
The stipend for the post-doctoral fellowships is currently $35,000. Future stipends will not be less than this amount. Post-doctoral fellows are entitled to full health insurance benefits for themselves and their families. They received four weeks of paid vacation, four personal days, twelve sick days and three conference days.
Instructions for Applying:
In order to be considered for a position applicants are required to defend their dissertations by June 30, 2014.
Please include the following materials in with your application:
1) One copy of your CV
2) One copy of a psychological testing report if you are applying for a testing position
3) One copy of an article/manuscript OR a brief (600 words or less) description of your dissertation research
4) Official transcript(s) of doctoral-level work
5) Two letters of reference (one academic/research, one clinical)
6) One copy of a personal statement illustrating your ideas about how the fellowship you are applying for will help you reach specific professional goals.
All applications are due by January 6th, 2014. If you mail your application all materials must be sent in a single envelope. Email submissions must be sent with all documents attached to a single message. Offers for all positions will be made on February 19th, 2014.
Please send your application to the attention of:
Rakiya Spady, Education Coordinator
St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center
Department of Psychiatry
1090 Amsterdam Avenue,16th FL
New York, NY
10025
Telephone: (212) 523-5194
Fax: (212) 523-3642
Email: rspady@chpnet.org
Please contact Elizabeth Merrill, Psy.D., ABPP, CGP, Assistant Director of Child and Adolescent Psychology Education and Training with questions about these positions at emerrill@chpnet.org.