Postdoctoral Fellow, Supervision & Education
Job Description
Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Supervision & Education (Sexual and Gender Identities)
Department: Gronowski Center
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Hours: Full-Time
Compensation: $90,000/year Plus medical, dental, vision benefits, 403(b) retirement plan, flexible spending account, and paid time off.
Palo Alto University (PAU), a private, nonprofit university, founded in 1975 and located in the heart of Northern California’s Silicon Valley, is a community grounded in values of social justice, dedicated to addressing pressing and emerging issues in the fields of psychology and counseling that meet the needs of today’s diverse society. The students at PAU reflect the diversity of the region, are engaged in their education, and committed to improving the lives of others. The University sees diversity in its staff and faculty as very important to serving its diverse student body (or synonymous with inclusive excellence). PAU offers undergraduate and graduate programs with online, hybrid and residential options. PAU has an engaged faculty who make significant contributions to their fields and prepare future leaders who make a difference in the lives of individuals and communities. When you put all of this together, PAU creates a legacy of confident, competent, and compassionate professionals who are at the forefront of psychology and counseling and who move ahead in life by moving lives ahead.
Palo Alto University’s Gronowski Center is a psychology training clinic dedicated to providing compassionate counseling and psychotherapy services to adults, older adults, couples, adolescents, children, and families in Santa Clara County and San Mateo County. In addition to the general training clinic, the Gronowski Center also houses two specialty clinics (La Clínica Latina and Sexual and Gender Identities Clinic).
La Clínica Latina
¡Bienvenidos! El Centro Gronowski está ofrenciendo servicios psicológicos en español. La clinica está dedicada a proveer servicios de salud mental para la comunidad latina. Ofrencemos psicoterapia para los adultos, parejas, adolescentes, niños, personas de la tercera edad y familias.
Sexual and Gender Identities Clinic
The Sexual and Gender Identities Clinic (SGIC) offers affordable and affirming psychological services for individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ+), as well as those questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Position Description
The Postdoctoral Fellow in Supervision & Education (Sexual and Gender Identities) position is designed for individuals seeking to accrue their required Supervised Professional Experience (SPE) for their California psychology license. This role focuses on providing supervision and training to Palo Alto University's doctoral students in the Clinical Psychology programs (PhD and PsyD) who are delivering direct services to clients at the Gronowski Center’s Sexual and Gender Identities Clinic (SGIC).
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The responsibilities described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The list of duties serves to provide examples, rather than to limit the scope of work assignments.
- Provide ethical, culturally competent, compassionate, and empirically validated supervision and training to 7 beginning practicum students in the Clinical Psychology PhD and PsyD programs assigned to the SGIC, including 1 hour of individual supervision per student and one 2-hour group per week.
- Instruct 15 units worth of academic courses in the Psychology Department during the 2024-2025 academic year.
- Review supervisees' clinical documentation and video sessions in a timely manner, providing feedback on notes, reports, risk notes, and video review.
- Meet for 2-4 hours of supervision by a licensed supervisor, including supervision of supervision, administrative work, and potentially teaching.
- Provide on-site and phone supervisory coverage 4-8 hours per week for crisis/risk management.
- Assist with case assignment, application review, office clinical work, administrative systems improvements, SGIC intensive trainings, and outreach programming.
- Complete written evaluations for each practicum student supervisee at the end of each quarter, review evaluations with supervisees, and create remediation plans for students not meeting clinical competencies when needed.
- Provide 2 hours of didactic training every quarter for practicum student supervisees across the clinic.
- Attend biweekly all-supervisor meetings and biweekly SGIC supervisor meetings.
- Work closely with Clinic Directors to develop and maintain a culture of high-quality, evidence- based supervision and training at the Gronowski Center.
- A doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology (PhD or PsyD)
- Completion of 1500 Predoctoral Hours of Supervised Professional Experience at a predoctoral internship
- At least one year experience and expertise in the providing therapy to LGBTQ+ clients
- Actively working towards California Clinical Psychologist License
- Experience in clinical training,supervision, and teaching undergraduate and graduate students
- Strong understanding of the APA ethics code, laws and legal mandates that apply to mental health professionals.
- Ability to teach/train supervisees and students in a developmentally appropriate way
- Ability to remain calm under pressure.
- Excellent attendance and punctuality, collegial and diplomatic behavior, and work performance.
Application Procedures
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