Psychologist 6- Child Protection Team - Tallahassee

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Work type: Staff Full-Time
Location: Leon
Categories: Office/Administrative/Fiscal Support, Counseling/Community Outreach/Social Work, Early childhood education/Childcare
Department:30090000 - JX-PEDIATRICS-JACKSONVILLE

Classification Title:

Psychologist 6

Job Description:
  • Provides direct therapy and counseling services to child victims, siblings of
    victims, and non-offending caregivers. Provides crisis intervention to families.
    Coordinates intakes, evaluations, & interviews with children, family members to
    obtain psychosocial information for clinical evaluations. Develops and maintains
    relationships with staff and other agencies to provide coordination with needed
    services and support through advocacy, referral, and follow-up. Develops
    behaviorally specific treatment plans for all family members involved in the
    program. Completes safety planning to prevent continued or future abuse.
  • Provides program administration, budgeting, monthly and quarterly grant
    reporting.
  • Attends case staffings and coordinates client services and community referrals.
    Maintains client records, including documentation and tracking of treatment goals
    and objectives consistent with program requirements. Conducts training for the
    community as assigned.
  • Supervise, review and approve therapy plans and recruit community-based to
    serve our children and families in outlying areas.
  • Provides depositions and court testimony as required.
Expected Salary:

$88,000 to $93,000 annually depending on education and experience.

Minimum Requirements:

A doctorate in psychology from an accredited college or university, which includes one year of supervised internship experience in professional psychology; and licensure as a psychologist by the State of Florida in accordance with Chapter 490, F.S.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience in Trauma focused care and planning.
  • Use of standardized assessment tools in determining a client’s current presenting
    problem(s).
  • One year of clinical counseling experience, six months of which should be in providing
    treatment to sexually abused children and their families.
Special Instructions to Applicants:

This is a time-limited position.  Time limited positions are based on circumstances, such as funding sources, which control the length of time for which the position is available.

Licensure as a psychologist by the State of Florida in accordance with Chapter 490,
F.S. is required.
Annually maintains the required annual training in accordance with Florida
Administrative Rule 64C-9.002 to keep current on treatment issues pertaining to the child abuse population.

A minimum of 8 hours continuing education annually in child abuse must be completed.

Background Check is Required.

To be considered you must upload your Cover Letter, Resume/CV, and 3 References.

University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville:   Visit this link to watch the video.

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.

The University of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to nondiscrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations, genetic information and veteran status in all aspects of employment including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training.

Health Assessment Required: Yes.

 

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