Clinical Psychologist, HSPP, Children, Adolescents and Families

About the Child and Adolescent Programs at Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center

The child and adolescent teams consist of an outpatient clinical team and a school-based team wherein team members engage clients and their families to address their unique needs.  Clients (ages 3-18 years) and families who receive treatment with these team experience a variety of mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders.  As CCBHC designated clinics in school-based, community-based, and outpatient clinic settings, clients receive individual, family and group therapy, individual and family skills interventions, and case management services in alignment with the nine core services provided by CCBHCs.   To support and enhance treatment and client outcomes, this team receives robust training, supervision, and ongoing support in the implementation of evidence-based practices like child-centered play therapy, CBT, TF-CBT, and MET-CBT.  Our team members, including psychologists, particularly enjoy the flexibility they have with a 32-hour work week (while still earning a full time salary and benefits) and the autonomy to manage their client schedules so that they can best meet the needs of their clients while enjoying work-life balance.

Where You Fit In

The Clinical Psychologist directs treatment and is responsible for attesting diagnoses and treatment plans for clients and families of the child and adolescent programs.  The Clinical Psychologist supports the Clinical Supervisors in the development of team members through their active engagement in staffing and group supervision by guiding development of team members’ clinical impressions, diagnoses, and treatment recommendations in school-, community-, and clinic-based settings.  This role utilizes a variety of tools to ensure successful treatment outcomes, fidelity to the evidence-based practices noted above as well as fidelity to the CCBHC model. This role also provides a comprehensive range of evaluation and treatment processes for clients and families through bio-psychosocial assessment and psychological evaluation instruments (such as MMPI).  This role remains connected to client care and maintains subject matter expertise by also carrying a small caseload of clients.

Am I Qualified?

• Completion of a Doctoral program in Psychology or Counseling
• Licensed as a HSPP Clinical Psychologist in the state of Indiana

What We Offer:

We strive to create a flexible and realistic work-life balance by providing the following:

• A 32 hour work week (paid for 40 hours plus full time benefits)
• Opportunities for further growth and development including two education days per year. 
• A culture of caring not only for patients/family members but also for our staff - ask your recruiter about the unique ways SEMHC supports our team members!

Why join our Team at Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nYioYHZhj4

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Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive range of evaluation and treatment processes for patient/family through bio-psychosocial assessment including psychological evaluation instruments (such as MMPI)
• Formulate an integrated diagnostic assessment
• Formulate patient treatment plans in response to an integrated diagnostic assessment
• Review and authorize (HSPP only) treatment plans of others
• Prepare written psychological assessments
• Perform individual, family and group psychotherapy
• Familiar with community resources and provide referral liaison as needed. Perform crisis intervention as needed
• Provides services in a variety of settings (office, homes, schools, etc.)
• Clinically supervise staff and offer staff development in a variety of areas
• Alter activities/behaviors to reflect/ensure adequate care appropriate to the age of patients served (i.e. adolescent, geriatric, pediatric, neo-natal, and adult) described in the area/unit age-specific and/or job specific competencies

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of patients served
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of patients served
• Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data/interpret appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to age-specific needs
• Ability to use age-appropriate communication and cognitive skills detailed in the department/area/unit/job specific/age specific competencies
• Ability to interact with a broad multi-disciplinary team
• Understanding a wide range of medical/psychosomatic illnesses and organic symptoms
• Understanding of "best practice" treatment modalities for various diagnoses and their availability in the community
• Establish a method of outcome measurements
• Ability to function independently
• Good communication skills both written and verbal