Job Title: Practicum Training in Psychological Assessment
Location: St. Louis Park, Maplewood, and Chaska
Job Type: Part-Time (20 hours per week)
Position Overview:
Minnesota Mental Health Clinics’ (MMHC) Center for Diagnostic Excellence is proud to offer a comprehensive practicum training program for Doctoral Clinical PsyD and Doctoral Counseling PsyD students. This program is designed to provide in-depth training in psychological assessment, including ADHD testing for clients aged 6 and older.
Participants will gain hands-on experience in testing administration, data interpretation, report writing, and providing therapeutic feedback. Our program emphasizes a collaborative, empathetic approach to client care, with the goal of fostering a deep understanding of diagnoses and improving client outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Training and Supervision: Participate in a structured 10-week onboarding program featuring intensive training, shadowing, and supervision.
- Assessment Administration: Administer, score, and interpret psychological assessments.
- Report Writing: Develop integrative psychological reports with individualized recommendations.
- Feedback Delivery: Learn to provide therapeutic feedback sessions to clients and caregivers. Engage in learning up to date research on ADHD and providing psychoeducation to clients and caregivers.
- Care Coordination: Collaborate with caregivers to ensure comprehensive support for clients. For mental health provider referrals, coordinate referral and support in coordinating recommendation support. Explore transferring via warm handoff to longer term care for select clients.
- Competency Development: Build skills in testing, interviewing, and diagnosis through weekly testing cases, individual and group supervision, and didactic training sessions.
Training Program Highlights:
- Onboarding:
- Orientation, equipment setup, and EHR training.
- Shadowing testing administration and conducting supervised testing cases.
- Development of foundational knowledge in ADHD and psychological testing.
- Ongoing Practicum:
- Weekly caseloads starting with one case per week, increasing to 1.5 cases weekly by week 16.
- Completion of approximately 47 integrative reports over the practicum year.
- Bi-weekly didactic training sessions after initial onboarding period.
- Assessment Tools:
Training includes the use of widely respected measures such as WISC-V, WAIS-5, D-KEFS, MMPI-3, Conners-3, and more.
Qualifications:
- Enrollment in a Clinical PsyD or Counseling Psychology graduate program.
- Strong interest in psychological assessment and testing.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Commitment to professional development and learning.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team setting.
Additional Benefits:
- Professional Growth: Hands-on experience with a diverse client population.
- Supervision: Weekly individual and group supervision to refine skills.
- Collaborative Environment: Opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary team in a supportive setting.
- Training Tools: Access to comprehensive training materials and guidance from experienced clinicians.
Program Details:
- Population: Clients aged 6+ seeking ADHD and related assessments.
- Schedule: 20 hours per week
- Location: St. Louis Park, Maplewood, and Chaska
- How to Apply: Submit the following to Chase Seiberlich at cseiberlich@mnmentalhealth.com
- Cover letter.
- CV (including clinical/non-clinical experience).
- Writing sample (optional, but preferred).
About Us:
At MMHC’s Center for Diagnostic Excellence, we are dedicated to delivering high-quality, empathetic care through comprehensive psychological assessments. Our approach emphasizes collaboration, non-judgmental communication, and integrating therapeutic practices to ensure a meaningful and supportive experience for clients and caregivers.
Join us in shaping the future of diagnostic excellence!