What are the responsibilities and job description for the Early Childhood Psychologist position at Default Brand?
Southwest Human Development (SWHD) is seeking a Psychologist to join our trans-disciplinary team in our Birth to Five, Center of Excellence program. This individual should have clinical experience and expertise in working with young children ages birth to 5 (and their families) who have a wide range of developmental delays and disabilities. The ideal candidate should be knowledgeable about and committed to family-centered, team-based, culturally-responsive, and trauma-informed service delivery models. As well as, have experience with an integrated medical, developmental, and mental health/behavioral health approach to supporting young children and their families.
Our Birth to Five, Center of Excellence program areas of expertise include young children with: complex developmental needs feeding and eating problems, fragile infants, autism spectrum disorders, and developmental delays due to trauma.
Primary duties:
- Participate in transdisciplinary team assessments.
- Administer, score, and interpret psychological and developmental tools for young children with an emphasis on autism spectrum disorder evaluations.
- Assimilate information gathered from a variety of sources for a comprehensive and holistic view of the child, the family, and their needs.
- Collaborate and consult with team members to synthesize assessment results into a comprehensive and integrated treatment plan.
- Complete record reviews and selects tools that are sensitive to age, culture, language, and developmental level.
- Complete comprehensive reports that include treatment recommendations and connection to community services.
- Counsel families regarding assessment findings and impressions.
Qualifications:
- Doctorate degree in Clinical or School Psychology
- Licensed Psychologist in the state of Arizona is required.
- Post Doctoral experience to include training and experience in evaluations with children birth to 5 years.
- Ability to work independently but also to work within a trans-disciplinary setting using a team-based approach.
- Experience using relationship-based approaches to treatment and assessment
- Competency with use of the following tools: Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS), and Wechsler Scales.
- Experience with family-centered and team-based approaches to assessment and service delivery.
- Experience working with young children ages 0-5 with Autism is required.
- Knowledge and assessment of trauma in young children is required.
- Valid Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card OR must qualify for a valid Arizona Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card is required.
- Familiarity with the DIR® and the DIRFloortime® intervention is preferred.
SWHD takes the health and safety of our employees and the communities we serve very seriously. We strongly believe vaccination is a critical safety measure to protect each of us and the communities we serve. The COVID vaccinations have proven to be highly effective at protecting people from getting COVID-19 or from getting severely ill from it.
All candidates must meet SWHD vaccination standards, including the COVID vaccine, for their program.
Compensation: DOE
