Postdoctoral Fellow - Palo Alto, United States - Children's Health Council

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Job Description

Job DescriptionMission and Priorities:At Children's Health Council, we believe in the promise and potential of every child, teen and young adult. Our mission is to transform young lives by providing culturally responsive best-in-class learning and mental health services to families from diverse backgrounds regardless of language, location, or ability to pay. We specialize in ADHD, Learning Differences, Anxiety & Depression and Autism. Our strategic priorities include: being people first and empowering our workforce, creating systems built on equity, access, and inclusion, elevating technology and strengthening our community partnerships.

Could this be you?

• Do you like to work in an environment where we live our mission?
• Do you value celebrating our differences and learning from them?
• Are you passionate about the work you do?
• Do you value collaboration?
• Are you looking to be empowered as a professional to help us grow as an organizational community?
• Are you a skilled cross-cultural communicator, helping cultivate a place of acceptance?
• Do you value cross-cultural competence and communication with individuals, teams, and systems within our organization?

If you can answer "yes" to these questions, this job could be for you

As Postdoctoral Fellow, you will:

• Work on comprehensive assessments on a multidisciplinary team
• Therapy with a wide range of clients, including both internalizing and externalizing disorders. The additional 20% of training will take place within our R.I.S.E. Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), which is operated in conjunction with Stanford's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Dept. and involves co-leading DBT groups for teens and/or families and holding individual therapy cases.
• Opportunity to experience working with a rich array of cases including children and teens with ADHD, Autism, Anxiety and Mood Disorders, Oppositional Disorders, and complex trauma, to name a few.
• Enhancing knowledge and sensitivity to multicultural factors as well as building upon knowledge and experience with empirically supported practices (ESP) are key training goals.
• Learning how to adapt ESP to complex cases and to a variety of ages and cognitive abilities is also a priority.
• While you receive extensive (four hours) clinical supervision on a weekly basis, gradually increasing autonomy (as competencies are demonstrated) and professional development are highly valued and promoted.
• The opportunity to participate in providing in-service training and parent education presentations is one of the ways in which we support this professional development.

What we're looking for:

• Thorough knowledge of procedures for developmental and psychological evaluations of young children through adolescence.
• Knowledge and understanding of CHC's four areas of expertise: ADHD, LD, Anxiety & Depression and Autism Spectrum Disorders.
• Knowledge and skills in child and adolescent therapies, case formulations and treatment planning.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
• Flexibility to respond to changing circumstances and priorities within the agency.
• Knowledge and use of computers and an Electronic Health Record (EHR) is essential.

About your background (education/experience);

• Our postdoctoral fellow will have completed an APA-accredited Ph.D. or Psy.D. graduate program in clinical or counseling psychology and a doctoral internship.
• Doctoral degree prior to starting the fellowship.
• Bilingual applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

Working Conditions:

• Exempt Full Time
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• The person in this position needs to move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 20 lbs.

Compensation:Range: $80,000 per yearPay Type: Salary* The starting base salary for this position is as shown above. The actual base salary is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs, and market demand. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.