Yale Child Study Center Clinical Services has an opening for full-time child psychologist dedicated to providing evaluation and treatment services to young children and their families. The successful candidate will be appointed as an Assistant Professor of Child Psychology on the Academic Clinician ladder track. A primary focus of this position is to provide developmental assessment and evidence-based treatment for children under ten and their families. Additional job responsibilities include: Conducting developmental and psychological assessments of children and adolescents, providing evidence-based treatment to children and their caregivers, with a special emphasis on services for children aged 10 and younger and their families, providing Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) to young children who have experienced traumatic events, collaborating with members of clinical teams to inform comprehensive care plans and participation in the psychology training faculty, including training and supervision of practicum students, psychology interns through the Yale Child Study Center’s APA-accredited internship, and/or post-doctoral fellows on the pediatric psychology track.
Successful candidates must possess an APA accredited doctoral degree in psychology, postdoctoral experience in clinical or health service psychology. Licensed or license-eligible child psychologists in the state of Connecticut with the following skills or experience are encouraged to apply:
This position is available to internal candidates only. Applicants should submit a CV, three letters of reference, a cover letter outlining their relevant experience, and a de-identified developmental or psychological assessment report for a child under 10. Please send materials to apply.interfolio.com192254. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
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The final candidate, upon acceptance of a contingent offer of employment/faculty appointment, may be required to disclose whether they are, or have been, the subject of any disciplinary proceeding (investigation, hearing, etc.) at previous institutions or employers, and may also be subject to a background screening. Candidates who materially misrepresent information on their resume or other application materials are ineligible for hire/appointment. Final candidates may also be required to sign a release to allow Yale to solicit information regarding any substantiated conduct violations from current and/or past employers.
