Salary: $49,500.00 Annually Job Type: Full-Time Job Number: 2015-1603831 Location: CA 94556, CA Department: Student Life Closing: 2/19/2023 11:59 PM Pacific
Background Founded in 1863, Saint Mary's is a residential campus nestled 20 miles east of San Francisco in the picturesque Moraga Valley. Based in the Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts traditions, Saint Mary's currently enrolls more than 4,000 students from diverse backgrounds in undergraduate and graduate programs. The De La Salle Christian Brothers, the largest teaching order of the Roman Catholic Church, guide the spiritual and academic character of the College.
As a comprehensive and independent institution, Saint Mary's offers undergraduate and graduate programs integrating liberal and professional education. Saint Mary's reputation for excellence, innovation and responsiveness in education stems from its vibrant heritage as a Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts institution. An outstanding, committed faculty and staff that value shared inquiry, integrative learning and student interaction bring these traditions to life in the 21st century. The College is committed to the educational benefits of diversity.
Responsibilities
We are currently looking for 2 Post-Doctoral Resident to begin in mid-August of 2023for a 9.5 month period
Position Description and Job Duties
Performs supervised individual and group counseling, supervision, crisis intervention, programming, and consultation/outreach to the College community.Provides brief therapy, Single session therapy, and makes appropriate referrals.Work is supervised by professional staff, and individual clinical work is supervised by a licensed psychologist. This is a 9.5 month position.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conducts intake interviews with students who request counseling services and completes the required clinical documentation via electronic record keeping system within the same day.
- Provides individual and group counseling to students on a scheduled basis or through crisis intervention.
- Periodically serve as an 'on-call' counselor after-hours, conduct risk- and safety-assessments, and respond as needed.
- Provides clinical supervision to a practicum student and maintains supervision notes.
- Provides outreach workshops to the campus community.
- Consults with supervisors and staff as needed.
- Acts as a campus resource regarding mental health issues and represents CAPS on campus
- Serves as a liaison between client and campus or community resources as needed.
- Provides consultation to staff, faculty, and parents seeking assistance for distressed students or those with serious mental health issues.
- Attends all required training seminars, staff meetings, and supervision on a weekly basis.
- Interacts with staff and students in a professional and ethical manner.
- Participates in supervision and training with an openness to learning and receiving feedback.
Start Date: August 14th, 2023 - Orientation takes place during the first two weeks. Orientation is mandatory and takes place Monday through Friday 9am-5pm from 8/14-8/25. Normal hours begin on August 28th, 2023. Postdoc year ends May 31st, 2024.
Application Deadline: 1/10/22
Experience and Qualifications Required Qualifications Earned a doctoral degree (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) from a regionally or APA-accreditedCounseling or Clinical Psychology program. Completion of a doctoral psychology internship that included counseling/psychotherapy as a main component of the training program.
Preferred Qualifications Prior experience working with developmental issues of late adolescence, college students, and with diverse populations. Completion of doctoral psychology internship at a university counseling center. Prior experience working with 'high-risk' clients (e.g., emotional dysregulation, suicidality, substance use, self-harm) Familiarity with Psychodynamic/relational theory and technique. Knowledge and experience in sports psychology and working with student athletes strongly encouraged to apply
Please read on-line instructions carefully as you must upload and include the below in order for your application to be considered complete:
1. A cover letter briefly describing your interest and why you would be a good fit for this postdoc position at Saint Mary's College.
2. A current curriculum vitae, which includes the expected date of your graduation.
3. Three letters of recommendation. (1 letter from a clinical supervisor from your predoctoral internship, 1 letter from either clinical or administrative supervisor, and 1 letter from your dissertation chair outlining a timeline for completion of dissertation and graduation date.)
4. Transcripts of graduate work, unofficial is acceptable
Saint Mary's College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
The foundation for everything we do at Saint Mary's is our mission: To probe deeply the mystery of existence by cultivating the ways of knowing and the arts of thinking. Recognizing that the paths to knowledge are many, Saint Mary's College of California offers a diverse curriculum that includes the humanities, arts, sciences, social sciences, education, business administration and nursing, serving traditional students and adult learners in both undergraduate and graduate programs. As an institution where the liberal arts inform and enrich all areas of learning, it places special importance on fostering the intellectual skills and habits of mind, which liberate persons to probe deeply the mystery of existence and live authentically in response to the truths they discover. This liberation is achieved as faculty and students, led by wonder about the nature of reality, look twice, ask why, seek not merely facts but fundamental principles, strive for an integration of all knowledge and express themselves precisely and eloquently. To affirm and foster the Christian understanding of the human person which animates the educational mission of the Catholic Church. Saint Mary's College holds... that the mystery which inspires wonder about the nature of existence is revealed in the person of Jesus Christ giving a transcendent meaning to creation and human existence. Nourished by its Christian faith, the College understands the intellectual and spiritual journeys of the human person to be inextricably connected. It promotes the dialogue of faith and reason: it builds community among its members through the celebration of the church's sacramental life; it defends the goodness, dignity and freedom of each person, and fosters sensitivity to social and ethical concerns. Recognizing that all those who sincerely quest for truth contribute to and enhance its stature as a Catholic institution of higher learning, Saint Mary's welcomes members from its own and other traditions, inviting them to collaborate in fulfilling the spiritual mission of the College. To create a student-centered educational community whose members support one another with mutual understanding and respect. As a Lasallian college, Saint Mary's holds that students are given to its care by God and that teachers grow spiritually and personally when their work is motivated by faith and zeal. The College seeks students, faculty, administrators and staff from different social, economic and cultural backgrounds who come together to grow in knowledge, wisdom and love. A distinctive mark of a Lasallian school is its awareness of the consequences of economic and social injustice and its commitment to the poor. Its members learn to live "their responsibility to share their goods and their service with those who are in need, a responsibility based on the union of all men and women in the world today and on a clear understanding of the meaning of Christianity." (From: The Brothers of the Christian Schools in the World Today: A Declaration).The foundation for everything we do at Saint Mary's is our mission: To probe deeply the mystery of existence by cultivating the ways of knowing and the arts of thinking. Recognizing that the paths to knowledge are many, Saint Mary's College of California offers a diverse curriculum that includes the humanities, arts, sciences, social sciences, education, business administration and nursing, serving traditional students and adult learners in both undergraduate and graduate programs. As an institution where the liberal arts inform and enrich all areas of learning, it places special importance on fostering the intellectual skills and habits of mind, which liberate persons to probe deeply the mystery of existence and live authentically in response to the truths they discover. This liberation is achieved as faculty and students, led by wonder about the nature of reality, look twice, ask why, seek not merely facts but fundamental principles, strive for an integration of all knowledge and express themselves precisely and eloquently. To affirm and foster the Christian understanding of the human person which animates the educational mission of the Catholic Church. Saint Mary's College holds that the mystery which inspires wonder about the nature of existence is revealed in the person of Jesus Christ giving a transcendent meaning to creation and human existence. Nourished by its Christian faith, the College understands the intellectual and spiritual journeys of the human person to be inextricably connected. It promotes the dialogue of faith and reason: it builds community among its members through the celebration of the church's sacramental life; it defends the goodness, dignity and freedom of each person, and fosters sensitivity to social and ethical concerns. Recognizing that all those who sincerely quest for truth contribute to and enhance its stature as a Catholic institution of higher learning, Saint Mary's welcomes members from its own and other traditions, inviting them to collaborate in fulfilling the spiritual mission of the College. To create a student-centered educational community whose members support one another with mutual understanding and respect. As a Lasallian college, Saint Mary's holds that students are given to its care by God and that teachers grow spiritually and personally when their work is motivated by faith and zeal. The College seeks students, faculty, administrators and staff from different social, economic and cultural backgrounds who come together to grow in knowledge, wisdom and love. A distinctive mark of a Lasallian school is its awareness of the consequences of economic and social injustice and its commitment to the poor. Its members learn to live "their responsibility to share their goods and their service with those who are in need, a responsibility based on the union of all men and women in the world today and on a clear understanding of the meaning of Christianity." (From: The Brothers of the Christian Schools in the World Today: A Declaration).