Psychology Intern

Provide counseling services to UNH students in include: individual and group counseling, intake and assessment services. Crisis intervention and emergency coverage for department, Learning Disabilities assessment, and participation in outreach/consultation efforts.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Service Activities:

Overall individuals in this position provide a minimum of 400 clinical service hours.

• Provide individual counseling services to UNH students at an average rate of 15 clients/week. Students seen have diagnoses ranging from depression and anxiety to relationship concerns.
• Perform intake assessments for a minimum of 3 hours per week. Responsibilities include complete assessment, diagnosis and treatment disposition of students requesting Counseling Center services.
• Provide crisis intervention/emergency coverage within the Counseling Center. Duties include responsibility to assess, diagnose, provide treatment disposition and crisis management services to students requesting Counseling Center emergency service. Emergency coverage entails a time of a minimum of four house per week.
• Facilitate therapy and support groups to include Assertiveness, Anxiety and International Student groups, serving a minimum of 50 students each year.
• Engage in outreach and consultation efforts which includes presenting 6 workshops per semester on such topics as crisis management, PTSD, Suicide Assessment, serving approximately 500 students; undertake a year-long consultation projects such as: "Psychiatric Disabilities Education", "Mental Health Resources" for the UNH community.
• Assess learning disabilities through clinical interviews and testing.
  
  

Training Activities

• Meet with senior staff for individual and group supervision for a minimum total of 4 hours per week. Attend staff case conference weekly.
• Attend professional seminars with local professionals on resources available and areas of specialization.
• Attend Intern Seminars, to focus on issues specific to the university population and the UNH Counseling Center.
• Attend assessment seminars and supervision focusing on learning disabilities and consultation seminars and supervision focusing on outreach and consultation efforts.
  
  

Professional Activities

• Attend department staff meetings on a weekly basis.
• Performance administrative responsibilities to include maintaining appropriate clinical, outreach and consultation records, committee membership, and special projects as assigned. Demonstrated experience and proficiency in providing culturally competent care for individuals with diverse identities.
  
  

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

Compensation Pay Range

$24,000.00 - $35,568.00

The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

Location:

Durham