Psychology Doctoral Intern

Institute Interns’ clinical assignments will include infant (dyadic), preschool, and school age children and families. Their cases are assigned from the Institute for Infant and Preschool Mental Health.

Bilingual Interns’ clinical assignments include infant (dyadic), preschool, school aged children, and adolescents and families at the Dr. Helen May Strauss Clinic in Union City. They may also have some clinical cases at the Institute for Infant and Preschool Mental Health in East Orange, NJ.

Job Responsibilities

Contributes to and supports goals and objectives of the YCS Institute.

• Under supervision, provides psychotherapeutic interventions/services in accordance with accepted professional and ethical standards of the YCS Institute.
• Provides individual, dyadic (infant-parent), family and group therapy, and related mental health services.
• Provides service to clients and families with empathy and concern
• Involves client and/or family in developing realistic, achievable and understandable treatment plans as discussed and agreed to by supervisor.
• Spends 50-60% of time in direct service "face-to-face" client activity.
• Assumes overall case management responsibilities for assigned clients including
• coordination of treatment with schools and community agencies.
• Collaborates effectively with other trainees and staff, referral sources and social support networks to provide treatment and care for clients and families.
• Consistently ensures that patients' right to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy and civil rights are maintained.
• Consistently provides psychotherapy based on sound clinical judgment.
• Consistently provides psychotherapy services with empathy and concern.
• Consistently involves patients and/or family members as clinically indicated, in the development/review of treatment plans.
• Consistently performs case management functions to ensure overall coordination of treatment services via systems linkages, service procurement referrals, patient advocacy and community liaison.
• Effectively collaborates when clinically indicated with other trainees, staff members, referral sources, community - resources, families and support systems.
• Under supervision, administers diagnostic evaluations or specialized psychological testing for children, adolescents and/or adults with intellectual disabilities as assigned.

• Maintains appropriate client chart records/billing as mandated by YCS Institute policy.
• Submits billing for services rendered within 24 hours, signed by client and submits this administration.
• Confidentiality of records is strictly maintained in compliance with YCS Institute and JCAHO standards.