TCS Postdoc Positions Available for 2010-11TCS Postdoc Position 1 – Harrington College/APP
Clinical Rotation – Harrington College of Design
Harrington College of Design (HCD) is a school of design that offers programs in interior design, digital photography and communication design. Building on a tradition of excellence, HCD delivers a unique educational experience by offering a faculty of experience and presently practicing professionals; innovative programs of design; a progressive curriculum and student-centered approach enriched by the historic, vibrant and diverse culture of Chicago.
The fellow working at HCD will provide individual, couples, and group therapy. Other responsibilities include providing outreach workshops and lectures to the students at HCD. Other duties may also be assigned as agreed upon by the fellow and supervisor.
Administrative Rotation – Applied Professional Practice
The Office of Applied Professional Practice (APP) oversees all aspects of practicum, externship, and internship training including student preparation for the search process, assisting students with applications, interviewing support and managing the matching process. While students are on placements, the office also oversees student and supervisor evaluations. APP also works on site development and maintenance, including site visits, and manages the placement database. APP staff mentor and advise students related to placements and training issues and consults with site directors and faculty related to training matters.
Primary Fellow responsibilities may include training site development and site visits, student advisement, mentoring, committee participation, and other administrative tasks.
TCS Postdoc Position 2 – Mt. Sinai/Clinical Services
Clinical Rotation – Mt. Sinai Hospital: Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health
Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center is a large treatment, training, and research center located on the near west side of Chicago, just southwest of Chicago's loop area. In accordance with the hospital's mission to develop future generations of health care professionals, we provide clinical psychology externships in the Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health program (CABH).
CABH is an outpatient therapy program for children, adolescents, and their families. Direct services are provided by psychologists, social workers, child development specialists, psychiatrists, and psychology externs. CABH evaluates and treats most psychological disorders of children and adolescents and provides outpatient mental health services for those between the ages of 0 and 18. CABH is surrounded by the North and South Lawndale communities, which consist primarily of African-American and Latino populations. A majority of CABH clients live in an impoverished area and are on public aide. Mental health services are provided to all, regardless of their ability to pay.
The fellow working at Mt. Sinai will provide individual/family therapy for children and adolescents, psychological assessments, consultation with partner clinics, schools, and other community organizations, supervision and training of externs, and other projects as agreed upon.
Administrative Rotation – Clinical Services Department
The Office of Clinical Services develops and oversees excellent, internally administered, consortium-based training opportunities for Chicago School students while offering clinical support and community outreach to partner agencies. Clinical Services is dedicated to reaching diverse and underserved populations, producing multi-culturally competent clinicians, and developing leaders in psychology through specialty training in consultative and administrative aspects of psychology. These goals are achieved, in part, through collaborating and consulting with community agencies unable to support their own, independent, onsite training programs, providing access to highly qualified professionals in training, credentialed supervisors, program infrastructure and oversight, and meaningful program evaluation.
In addition to its training role, Clinical Services also coordinates programs to meet the mental health needs of The Chicago School community. Clinical Services develops and delivers a self care and wellness workshop series for Chicago School students, links students, faculty and staff to community mental health resources, and provides referrals for reduced fee services for Chicago School community members.
The fellow placed in Clinical Services may develop and deliver student mental health programming and outreach, participate in developing a comprehensive plan for addressing the health and wellness needs of Chicago School Students, consult with faculty and staff related to student mental health issues, supervise advanced practicum student consortium clinical work and outreach, participate in the practicum trainee selection process, manage an online health and wellness community for Chicago School students, and identify community referral resources for students. The fellow may also develop training sites and participate in the design and development of an internship consortium training program.
TCS Postdoc Position 3 – Pillars/Cohen Institute
Clinical Rotation - Pillars
Pillars is a nonprofit, community mental health center that serves over 10,000 individuals and families in 38 communities annually. Pillars utilizes a “wraparound” approach, which involves an integrated, diverse, broad and comprehensive suite of programs and interventions. The agency is committed to respecting diversity, promoting and advocating for social justice, offering innovative and quality services, and acting as a responsible and involved member of the communities it serves.
Services include psychiatric treatment, mental health counseling, addictions, MISA, child and family services, sexual assault, domestic violence, homeless and employment services. Through the Child and Family Development Center, Pillars also provides Head Start and Infant and Toddler services.
The position may include either the Adult Line of Service (ALOS) and/or the Child and Adolescent Line of Service (C/A). The ALOS serves the severely mentally ill in a variety of settings utilizing a cognitive behavioral approach within the Recovery Model. These services include individual and group treatment, psychosocial rehabilitation, community support and case management. There will also be opportunities to work with less severely ill adults, as well as some child and adolescent cases if there is interest. In the C/A track, the post-doctoral fellow will work with children, adolescents and families presenting with a broad range of serious emotional disturbance and mental health issues.
Administrative Rotation - Cohen Institute
The Naomi Ruth Cohen Institute for Mental Health Education began as a small family foundation established by Larry and Marilyn Cohen in memory of their daughter, Naomi, who had severe bipolar disorder and took her life in 2000. Shortly after Naomi’s death, The Cohen’s began working toward overcoming the stigma associated with mental illness through culturally competent community outreach and educational programming. The Cohen Institute regularly develops partnerships with organizations, mental health professionals, students, and community leaders engaged in mental health research, education, self-help, anti-discrimination, and advocacy. In 2008, the foundation became The Naomi Ruth Cohen Institute for Mental Health Education at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
The Cohen Institute plans, promotes, and underwrites an annual community mental health conference each year, which addresses mental health topics identified by community, including bipolar disorder, addictions, and depression. The Cohen Institute has also developed initiatives to educate and support members of the Latina/o community, African-American community, youth, and veterans.
The fellow working with The Cohen Institute will be involved in strategic planning, supervisory tasks, and improving the visibility and vitality of The Cohen Institute. Specific duties include developing community seminars and conferences; authoring educational materials; completing community needs assessments; developing partnerships with students, mental health professionals, community leaders, and community organizations; and supervising planning committees and student projects. Fellows are responsible for assisting in the maintenance of current initiatives as well as developing new initiatives to support The Cohen Institute's mission.
TCS Postdoc Position 4 – Pillars/Community Partnerships
Clinical Rotation - Pillars
Pillars is a nonprofit, community mental health center that serves over 10,000 individuals and families in 38 communities annually. Pillars utilizes a “wraparound” approach, which involves an integrated, diverse, broad and comprehensive suite of programs and interventions. The agency is committed to respecting diversity, promoting and advocating for social justice, offering innovative and quality services, and acting as a responsible and involved member of the communities it serves.
Services include psychiatric treatment, mental health counseling, addictions, MISA, child and family services, sexual assault, domestic violence, homeless and employment services. Through the Child and Family Development Center, Pillars also provides Head Start and Infant and Toddler services.
The position may include either the Adult Line of Service (ALOS) and/or the Child and Adolescent Line of Service (C/A). The ALOS serves the severely mentally ill in a variety of settings utilizing a cognitive behavioral approach within the Recovery Model. These services include individual and group treatment, psychosocial rehabilitation, community support and case management. There will also be opportunities to work with less severely ill adults, as well as some child and adolescent cases if there is interest. In the C/A track, the post-doctoral fellow will work with children, adolescents and families presenting with a broad range of serious emotional disturbance and mental health issues.
Administrative Rotation - Community Partnerships
Community Partnerships works to develop mutually beneficial partner relationships with human service organizations and agencies. These partners provide community-based learning opportunities for students while meeting community needs through collaborative projects and programs, and specifically community engaged scholarship. Community engaged scholarship (CES) covers a range of activities that involve students and faculty teaming up with community partners in applied learning projects intended to increase the quality of services, build capacity, and increase community impact. Community engaged scholarship includes community service, community-based research, and service learning projects that integrate community service with a structured academic curriculum.
The Community Partnerships Fellows will participate in CES coordination and oversight. Fellows will design and deliver the curriculum for the Service Learning Seminars and will help manage the CES program, including presenting on CES projects, monitoring student participation in projects, and overseeing the program website.
In addition, the fellow will assist in managing partner relationships, developing new community partnerships, attending meetings with High Impact Partners, assisting in preparing presentations, providing leadership on specific partner projects, and conducting due diligence in exploring potential partners.
TCS Postdoc Position 5 – DWJS/Community Partnerships
Clinical Rotation - Department of Women’s Justice Services (DWJS)
The Cook County Sheriff’s Department of Women’s Justice Services (DWJS) is a residential and milieu prison treatment program located in the Cook County Jail. The fellow at DWJS may provide group therapeutic interventions to women in a jail based diversion program, carry an individual therapy case load of approximately 8-10 clients, administer and write psychological reports, train and supervise masters’ level students, provide multidisciplinary training seminars for DWJS staff, provide back up clinical coverage for licensed psychologists, crisis assessment, management and triage as necessary, and participate in DWJS program development and re-structuring.
Administrative Rotation - Community Partnerships
Community Partnerships works to develop mutually beneficial partner relationships with human service organizations and agencies. These partners provide community-based learning opportunities for students while meeting community needs through collaborative projects and programs, and specifically community engaged scholarship. Community engaged scholarship (CES) covers a range of activities that involve students and faculty teaming up with community partners in applied learning projects intended to increase the quality of services, build capacity, and increase community impact. Community engaged scholarship includes community service, community-based research, and service learning projects that integrate community service with a structured academic curriculum.
The Community Partnerships fellows will participate in CES coordination and oversight. Fellows will design and deliver the curriculum for the Service Learning Seminars and will help manage the CES program, including presenting on CES projects, monitoring student participation in projects, and overseeing the program website.
In addition, the fellow will assist in managing partner relationships, developing new community partnerships, attending meetings with High Impact Partners, assisting in preparing presentations, providing leadership on specific partner projects, and conducting due diligence in exploring potential partners.
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