Staff Psychologist

Position Description

About Harris County Children Assessment Center:

The Children's Assessment Center (The CAC) provides a safe haven to sexually abused children and their families - a place where they can receive the kind of care and treatment they so richly deserve.

We employ an extraordinarily effective multidisciplinary team approach in the prevention, assessment, investigation, referral for prosecution, and treatment of child sexual abuse. Our goal is to promote the complete healing of child victims of sexual abuse and their families.

Staff Psychologist Overview:

The Staff Psychologist is responsible for providing psychological assessments and therapeutic services at Harris County The Children's Assessment Center (CAC).

The Staff Psychologist will also be responsible for providing expert court testimony in criminal and civil child abuse proceedings.

Duties & Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Conducts individual and group psychotherapy with victims of child sexual abuse, non-offending caregivers of sexual abuse victims, and siblings of sexual abuse victims.

• Conducts psychological evaluations of children and adults.

• Provides supervision to psychology interns and students.

• Conducts trainings pertinent to child development, child sexual abuse, youth with problematic sexual behaviors, and cultural diversity issues.

• Serves as a consultant to CAC staff and CAC partner agencies regarding the role of psychology and the dynamics of child sexual abuse.

• Works with an interdisciplinary team to provide effective services to youth, including child welfare, law enforcement, medical personnel, and the District Attorney's office.

• Conducts Crisis Interventions, including Suicide Assessments and Homicide Assessments

• Provides expert witness and fact witness testimony in criminal and civil child abuse proceedings

• Adheres to APA Ethical Guidelines in performing all job duties.

• Other duties as assigned:

• This Job Description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position.

• Management may, at its discretion, assign, or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

NOTE: Criminal and CPS background check required prior to hiring and E-Verify upon hiring. All candidates are screened for the presence of illegal drugs.

Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date.

Requirements

Education & Experience:

• Advanced Skill

• Must possess a Ph.D. or a Psy.D. in a practice-grounded area of Psychology, such as Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, or School Psychology

• Two (2) or more years of experience in Assessment, Psychotherapy and/or Child Sexual Abuse

• Professional experience in working with legal and protective systems

• Professional experience in working with multidisciplinary programs

Licensure:

• Licensed Psychologist in the State of Texas or be Provisionally Licensed in the State of Texas

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Knowledge of trauma and the assessment of trauma

• Knowledge of the treatment of trauma

• Knowledge of the stages of child development

• Knowledge of crisis intervention

• Ability to communicate well orally and in writing

NOTE: Qualifying education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications.

Preferences

Experience/Knowledge:

• Experience with child sexual abuse and/or other trauma populations.

Language:

• Bilingual in English/Spanish; must be fluent in written and oral communication, with the ability to provide mental health services in Spanish.

General Information

Position Type, and Typical Hours of Work:

• Full-time | Regular

• Monday - Friday

• Hours Will Be Discussed During Departmental Interview

• Pay is Commensurate With Experience Based on 26 Pay Periods

Additional Information:

• CPS and Criminal Background checks required
• EVerify upon Hire

Employment is contingent upon passing a background check and drug screen.

Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.

BENEFITS

Harris County offers a competitive benefits program, including comprehensive group health and related benefits plan as well as defined benefit retirement plan.

The following list of benefits is offered only to employees in regular (full-time) positions:

• Medical Coverage

• Dental Coverage

• Vision Coverage

• Wellness Plan

• Life Insurance

• Long-term disability

• Employee Assistance Program

• Ten (10) days of vacation each year for the first five (5) years of service

• Accrual rates increase based on years of service

• Eleven (11) County-observed holidays and one (1) floating holiday

• Professional development opportunities

• Dependent Care Reimbursement Plan

• Healthcare Reimbursement Account

• 457 Deferred Compensation Plan

The following benefits are also available to regular (full-time) employment and may be available to part-time employees:

• Retirement Pension (TCDRS)
• Flexible schedule (varies by department)
• Transportation Assistance (Metro RideSponsor Program)

In accordance with the Harris County Personnel Regulations, Group Health and related benefits are subject to amendment or discontinuance at any time. Commissioners Court reserves the right to make benefit modifications on the County's behalf as needed.

For plan details, visit the Harris County benefits website:

https://benefitsathctx.com/

01

Do you have a Ph.D. or a Psy.D. in a practice-grounded area of Psychology such as Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, or School Psychology?

• Yes

• No

02

Are you a Licensed or Provisionally Licensed Psychologist?

• Yes, licensed in the State of Texas.

• Yes, provisionally licensed in the State of Texas.

• Yes, licensed in another state, but understand I might obtain licensure in the State of Texas.

• No, not a licensed Psychologist.

03

Please enter your license information below include number, state of issue and expiration date. If you are not a licensed psychologist, type "none" in the space provided.

04

Which of the following best describes your years of professional experience working in assessment, psychotherapy, and child sexual abuse? Qualifying experience must be documented in the Work Experience section of your application.

• Less than two (2) full years

• Two (2) years, less than three (3) full years

• Three (3) years, less than four (4) full years

• Four (4) or more years

• I do not have this experience

05

Please provide details about your professional experience working in assessment, psychotherapy, and child sexual abuse. Please include: (a) your role(s), (b) types of organizations, and (c) scope of duties and responsibilities. If you do not have this experience, please type "None" in the space provided.

06

Do you have experience working with abuse/trauma populations? (Qualifying experience must be documented in the Work Experience section of your application.)

• Yes

• No

07

In which of the following do you have academic training or professional experience? (Select all that apply.)

• Working with legal and protective systems

• Working with multidisciplinary programs

• Assessment of trauma

• Treatment of trauma

• Dynamics of child sex abuse

• Stages of child development

• Crisis intervention

• None of the above

08

Which of the following describes your level of proficiency using a personal computer and common office software such as MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). Please select your level of proficiency based on the following descriptions: Advanced: A person with this level of skills is able to produce very large, complex formal documents that require a table of contents, footnotes, endnotes, bookmarks, and other special elements; a wide range of graphic effects, and use advanced techniques for analyzing and manipulating data. Has full mastery of Macro commands and skills to tie the objects together into a cohesive system by using Macros and Visual Basic for Applications code. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons. Intermediate: A person with this level of skills is able to customize toolbars, import and insert graphs, embed Excel data, and elaborate reports. Understands the concepts of databases and is able to work with charts and to use the list management capabilities of Excel. Able to use complex query techniques, create efficient forms and reports, and create Macros to automate these forms. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons. Basic: A person with this level of skills is able to use basic formatting, editing, printing functions, and understands the document page setup. Has the ability to enter and correct data, modify a workbook, format a worksheet, and use printing functions. Understands the different database concepts and structures and is familiar with data validation and is able to create a simple presentation in PowerPoint, run it, and print it. Entry Level: A person with this level of skills has the ability to open, create, save and modify documents in Word, send and receive email in Outlook and create spreadsheets in Excel. Format documents for printing, comfortable using the printer menu to preview documents. Has ability to change the font, the margins, insert or delete pages and use the built-in spellchecker and grammar check.

• Advanced

• Intermediate

• Basic

• Entry Level

• Not proficient

09

Are you bilingual in English and Spanish? If yes, do you consider yourself fluent?

• Yes, I am fluent in both of these languages

• No, I am fluent in only one of these languages

• No, I am not fluent in either one of these languages

Required Question

Agency Harris County

Address 1111 Fannin St

Ste. 600

Houston, Texas, 77002

Phone 713-274-5445

Website https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/harriscountytx