Assistant Director for Training

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Assistant Director for Training provides overall coordination, oversight, and administration of CPS’ mental health graduate training programs. These programs include a post-graduate fellowship, a pre-doctoral psychology externship, a mental health counseling/social work internship, and a psychiatric residency rotation. Additionally, the Assistant Director for Training provides a range of mental health services to the Fordham community, including individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, consultations, clinical supervision, outreach interventions, and assessments and evaluations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provides direct clinical services, including initial screening assessments, crisis intervention, and individual and group psychotherapy/counseling to a diverse undergraduate and graduate student population.
• Coordinates and oversees recruitment, orientation and personnel records for pre-doctoral externs, post-graduate fellows, psychiatric residents, and mental health counseling/social work interns.
• Develops and delivers training curricula for post-graduate fellowship, pre-doctoral externship, and social work/mental health counseling internship programs.
• Provides clinical supervision to pre-doctoral externs, post-graduate fellows, psychiatric residents, and mental health counseling/social work interns.
• Communicates and consults with directors of clinical training and psychiatric residency programs in the NYC metropolitan area.
• Monitors and ensures compliance with local and national standards and guidelines for graduate training programs in mental health, including NYNJADOT, APPIC, APA, ACA and NASW.
• Assists in the planning and delivery of university wide outreach events and programs.
• Participates in clinical, multidisciplinary, and administrative team meetings.
• Provides consultation to faculty, administrators, families, and community providers about students of concern and campus wide mental health issues.
• Administrative duties as assigned.

 REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Doctorate in clinical, counseling or school psychology from an APA-accredited program.
• Licensed or license eligible as a psychologist in New York State.
• At least 2 years of experience providing counseling, group psychotherapy and clinical supervision and training in a mental health setting.
• Commitment to providing multicultural counseling and conceptualizing from a psychodynamic framework.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse university community of students, faculty, administrators, and families.  
• Dedication to learning about, understanding, and supporting the care of students and the vocation of student affairs in the context of Fordham University’s Jesuit tradition.