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Student Services |
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Counseling Center |
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SCNC4345A |
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Closed |
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02/01/2013
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| Salary: |
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$32,000 Annually
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Campus Site
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| Description: |
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The University of California, Merced is the newest and tenth campus of the University of California system and the first American research university built in the 21st century. With more than 5,600 students, UC Merced has planned for additional student growth until we reach an enrollment of approximately 25,000 students. With undergraduate, graduate, and PhD programs, plans for a future medical school program, partnerships and community involvement, the UC Merced campus is continually evolving, requiring talented, knowledgeable and dynamic educators, researchers, management and staff.
Under the direct supervision of the Director of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), the Psychology Fellow performs supervised individual, couples and group counseling, psychological assessments, intake evaluations, crisis interventions, and outreaches/workshops to the campus community. May perform other related tasks that
are a part of the agency's operation. Ability to function in an environment controlled by HIPAA, FERPA, and CIMA regulations required. Work is supervised by professional
staff, and clinical work is supervised by a licensed psychologist. Weekend and evening hours required throughout the year.
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• Must have an earned doctorate (Psy.D. or Ph.D.) in clinical or counseling psychology from an APA-accredited doctoral program.
• Must have completed an APA-accredited or APPIC-member pre-doctoral internship consisting of at least 1500 hours before start of fellowship.
• Knowledge and advanced skills in counseling practices and methods.
• Knowledge and basic skills in psychological assessment practices and methods.
• Knowledge and basic skills in appropriate ethical, legal, and university standards and regulations.
• Basic knowledge of developmental tasks and problems encountered by college students.
•Ability to utilize the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) in identifying student patient disgnoses, when appropriate.
• Ability to work with complex clinical cases.
• Ability to work effectively with people from a variety of cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to establish rapport with others as a requisite for healthy and therapeutic relationships.
• Ability to establish case conceptualizations and treatment plans for all clinical cases.
• Ability to deal effectively with a high level of stress, emotionality, and ambiguity.
• Ability to plan, implement, evaluate, and report activities conducted.
• Ability to present oneself in an appropriately personable and professional manner to students and staff.
• Ability to receive and utilize constructive feedback
regarding performance, presentation, and relationships with others.
• Ability to be both consistent and flexible as circumstances warrant.
• Ability to effectively weight and evaluate personal needs, student-patient needs and the aims and policies of the agency and to respond and negotiate these competing needs as appropriate.
• Ability to remain calm and supportive in psychological emergencies and/or crisis when provided with appropriate supervision and direction.
• An enhanced level of self-awareness as to how he/she relates to others and an ability to effectively
modulate this personal style as conditions warrant.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and to prepare written and electronic documents.
• Ability to communicate orally, both in person and by telephone.
• Ability to communicate via computer email.
• Ability to use electronic medical record keeping system.
• Ability to occasionally travel to meetings, other campuses, and counseling sites.
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| To Apply: |
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Click on the link below to use our new on-line application system.
If you do not have internet access you may mail your application, resume, and cover letter to: University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Rd., Merced CA 95343. Please list the job number on the subject line.
NOTICE: This position is not open. We are not accepting applications at this time.
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The University of California Merced is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty, staff and students.
The University does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to, access to, or operation of its instruction, programs, services or activities, or in its hiring and employment practices. The university provides reasonable accommodation to facilitate the participation of individuals with legally protected disabilities.
E-Verify: Effective September 8, 2009, all employers who receive Federal contracts and grants are required to comply with E-Verify, an Internet-based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA). E-Verify electronically verifies employment eligibility by comparing information provided on the I-9 form to records in the DHS and SSA databases. Certain positions funded by federal contracts/subcontracts requires UC Merced to notify job applicants that an E-Verify check will be conducted and the successful candidate must pass the E-Verify check.
More Information
For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University of California visit:
http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/benefits_of_belonging.pdf
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