POSITION DESCRIPTION

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• Full Time

The primary focus of the Fellowship includes working as part of the CSU Health Network’s “iTEAM,” a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)-informed post-hospitalization program for students who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis. As part of this supportive multidisciplinary team, the Fellow will have the opportunity to co-facilitate DBT skills groups, work with clients individually, participate on the iTEAM staffing, and collaborate with the DBT consultation group. They also may have the opportunity to help teach DBT skills to less advanced training clinicians.

Additionally, the Fellow may participate in providing daytime drop-in counseling services as part of our on-call counseling team (OCC), as well as crisis intervention and university-based outreach and prevention services including advocacy and social justice interventions. The Postdoctoral Fellow is involved in advanced clinical training experiences through both supervision and participation in didactic seminars. Depending on agency need and fellow experience, fellows may have the opportunity to co-facilitate a seminar for less advanced training clinicians or facilitate support, theme, or inter-personal process groups. Finally, Fellows may engage in program review and program development.

ABOUT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Anticipated completion of all requirements for graduation (coursework, comprehensive exams, internship, dissertation) from an APA-Accredited program in Counseling or Clinical Psychology by August 19, 2024 (i.e., by the first day of CSU fall classes). This is defined as having a letter verifying anticipated completion of all degree requirements from the Department Chair, Training Director, or other administrative official in the applicant’s APA-accredited academic program. Applicants from programs with a current status of “Accredited, on contingency” also are eligible to apply.

• Applicant must be available to begin full-time employment on Monday, July 29, 2024 to complete an intensive 3-week orientation and training (the Fellow training year will officially run from July 29, 2024 to July 28, 2025).
• Completion of APA-accredited doctoral internship by August 19, 2024. Applicants from programs with a current status of “Accredited, on contingency” are eligible to apply. Applicants who will finish their internship after July 29 must negotiate leave time with their internship training director in order to be able to attend our three-week orientation and training period, from July 29 – August 16, 2024.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Clinical experience in a University Counseling Center or similar setting.
• Demonstrated generalist clinical skills, including individual and group therapy.
• Experience working on a multidisciplinary team (preferably including psychiatry providers, primary care providers, and mental health providers).
• Experience working with clients in crisis (suicidality, self-harming, gravely disabled). This includes demonstrated competency in risk assessment, including facilitating psychiatric hospitalization for clients meeting that threshold of risk.
• Experience working with, or knowledge of, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).

• Personal and/or professional commitment to diversity as demonstrated by persistent effort, active planning, allocation of resources, and/or accountability for diversity outcomes.
• Knowledge and understanding of the lived experience of persons with historically marginalized identities.
• Professional commitment to and interest in serving high-acuity students as demonstrated through active participation, intentional professional development, reading articles/research, and/or participating in other opportunities for further learning.
• Strong interpersonal skills as demonstrated by written communication, awareness of impact of self on others, and commitment to personal growth and self-reflection.

COMPENSATION

Fellows will be paid $52,000 – $53,560, plus a benefits package.

APPLICATION MATERIALS

• A cover letter that addresses your interest in the program and the ways in which you meet the Required Job Qualifications and Preferred Job Qualifications (uploaded under Cover Letter)
• Curriculum Vitae (uploaded under Curriculum Vitae)
• Names, email addresses, and phone numbers for three (3) Professional References (uploaded under List of Professional References). References will not be contacted without prior notification of candidates.
• A written response to the following two (2) questions (three (3)-double spaced pages maximum for both questions combined) (uploaded under Writing Samples): 1. Describe your work with a client whom you found interpersonally challenging. In your response, please include both how you worked with that person clinically, and how you made sense of your internal response to that client. 2. Describe a meaningful experience working in a team environment. What were some of the benefits and challenges of working with people whose perspectives and training were different than yours?
• A letter verifying the anticipated completion of all degree requirements from the Department Chair, Training Director, or other administrative official in the applicant’s APA-accredited academic program (uploaded under Other)
• A letter verifying completion of APA-accredited doctoral internship by August 19, 2024 from the Internship Training Director. The letter should also verify that the applicant has been cleared to attend training activities beginning July 29, 2024, if internship completion date is not prior to August 19, 2024 (uploaded under Special Required Documentation)
• All graduate transcripts (unofficial versions of transcripts printed from a school’s website are acceptable) (uploaded under Unofficial Transcripts)