Postdoctoral Staff Therapist

University of Illinois Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established urban public research university is seeking a Postdoctoral Staff Therapist to provide therapy and supervision in a diverse counseling center. This role emphasizes cultural humility and social justice, offering a breadth of clinical experience while allowing for specialty focus. The position includes direct clinical work, supervision of doctoral externs, and the development of outreach programs, making it an exciting opportunity for those passionate about mental health and community engagement. Join a vibrant and inclusive environment where you can make a meaningful impact on students' lives.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Leave

Tuition Waivers

Qualifications

• Completion of a doctoral degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology required.
• Professional experience in cultural humility and social justice framework required.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical work of 21-23 hours per week, including psychotherapy and crisis consultations.
• Supervise advanced doctoral psychotherapy externs and develop outreach programs.

Skills

Cultural Humility

Supervision

Clinical Psychology

Counseling

Education

Doctoral Degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology

APA-accredited Doctoral Program

APA-accredited Doctoral Internship

Job description

Postdoctoral Staff Therapist

Postdoctoral Staff Therapist

Hiring Department: UIC Counseling Center

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1028620

Salary: 60,000

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation's preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent "Best Colleges" rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has over 300,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

Benefits eligible positions include a comprehensive benefits package which offers: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability & AD&D insurance; a defined benefit pension plan; paid leaves such as Vacation, Holiday and Sick; tuition waivers for employees and dependents. Click for a complete list of Employee Benefits.

This job positing will remain open until the position has been filled.

Position Summary

The Postdoctoral Staff Therapist position is designed for postdoctoral clinicians (e.g., met requirements for PsyD/PhD and are pursuing licensure hours) who are interested in providing therapy, supervision, and training in a counseling center with a diverse population of students with an emphasis on cultural humility, inclusion, and social justice. The position has an emphasis on clinical service delivery, with opportunity to deepen outreach/consultation and supervision/training skills. While we pride ourselves on a position that provides a breadth of experience common to clinicians in a university setting, we are pleased to offer opportunities to postdoctoral staff therapists to focus on an area of specialty.

Duties & Responsibilities

Direct clinical work of 21-23 hours per week, including 2-3 regularly scheduled Initial Consultations per week, 1 hour of same-day appointments, 14 hours of psychotherapy and up to 3 hours of group therapy co-leadership (two groups). Provide 1 Crisis Consultation hour per week, which entails providing brief crisis/triage walk-in support to students presenting with urgent, same-day needs, and consultation to staff and faculty regarding their support of students. In summer, provide 2 hours of supervision/triage coverage which includes providing clinical consultation to Interns.

Supervise two advanced doctoral psychotherapy externs (one per semester) on half of their individual psychotherapy caseload. Other supervision/training opportunities, such as for specialty outreach programs or group therapy, may also be available.

Co-lead a training seminar with a staff member; seminar leadership will be informed by the postdoctoral staff therapist's specialty interests and seminar availability. Potential options include Multicultural Seminar, Group Therapy Seminar, Supervision of Supervision seminar, and Outreach seminar.

Develop/provide 3 outreach programs over the course of the year with additional involvement in the Counseling Center informational presentations held in early fall and orientation activities held in summer.

Present in the Professional Issues Seminar for trainees and staff on a topic of emerging expertise.

Participate in the weekly team disposition meeting and staff/training meeting.

Serve as a committee member of the Postdoctoral Fellowship search committee. Participate in application review in Internship selection.

Other duties as assigned by the Counseling Center.

Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Completion of a doctoral degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology prior to the start of the post-doctoral position required; note all degree requirements including your dissertation must be completed prior to the start date
• APA-accredited doctoral program and APA-accredited doctoral internship required
• Previous experience providing direct (i.e. non-simulated) supervision required
• Professional experience and competence working within a cultural humility, inclusion, and social justice framework required

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous counseling center experience preferred

The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.

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