Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow / Psychologist 2-3

About the Department

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The mission of Pinecrest Supports and Services Center is to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to reach treatment goals and to return to more integrated community living settings. Pinecrest Supports and Services Center specializes in the treatment of people with comorbid intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex medical, behavioral, and psychiatric support needs.

Pinecrest Supports & Services Center (PSSC) is seeking a dedicated person to join our dynamic Psychology Dept. team. This role is essential in ensuring high-quality care and coordination across our programs. In this role, you will perform a variety of tasks while being a key part of providing and coordinating psychological services for treatment and rehabilitation in individuals' homes, day programs, work areas, and recreational settings. Design and implement programs involving the application of behavior treatment principles and techniques.

Position Duties

Minimum Qualifications

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Other Qualifications

Job Duties:

• Provide and coordinate psychological services for treatment and rehabilitation in the individual's homes, day programs, work areas, and recreational settings. 
• Design and implement programs involving the application of behavior treatment principles and techniques.
• Monitor and oversee treatment plan development and implementation. 
• Provide clinical supervision to ATAPs to build clinical capacities and evaluate work and performance of ATAPs. 
• Provide direct assessment and treatment for more complex cases needing higher level interventions. 
• Conduct group, individual, family, or other specialized psychotherapy with individuals as needed.
• Coordinate and work with other disciplines to assure coordinated interdisciplinary treatment and care.
• Supervise training, orientation, and continuing development by ensuring staff is trained to provide continuous care and security to individuals supported by PSSC. 
• Administer or review results of the full range of diagnostic tests for psychological assessment, interpret results and prepare psychological evaluations. 
• Complete intake assessments on new admissions and intellectual assessments. 
• Perform psychological diagnoses and treatment and participate as a member of an individual's treatment staff discussions of diagnosis, treatment, progress, and treatment planning.

Position-Specific Details:

Department: LDH Pinecrest – Psychology Department

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM)               PASS DAYS: Sat. & Sun. 

Appointment Type: This position may be filled by Detail to Special Duty, Probation, Promotion, Demotion, Lateral Transfer, or job appointment. Preference may be given to permanent classified employees of Pinecrest Supports and Services Center.

Career Progression: This position may be filled as a Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow, Psychologist 2 or Psychologist 3, depending on the level of education and experience of the selected applicant.

Compensation: Depends on Qualifications. THIS JOB IS IN A CAREER PROGRESSION GROUP AND MAY BE FILLED AT A HIGHER LEVEL.

This position is eligible for the following Special Entrance Rates: 

Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow $36.56hr. – $53.14hr. 

Psychologist 2 $39.12hr. – $56.86hr.

 Psychologist 3 $44.79hr. - $65.10hr.

This position also receives a Premium Pay of $ 2.00 per hour worked, as well as Longevity Pay.

A Louisiana License to practice Psychology must be obtained within one year of appointment. 

Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) will cover the cost of the EPPP Test Prep for the selected candidate. The selected candidate must maintain employment with Pinecrest for 12 months.

How To Apply:

 No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. 

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*

List ALL prior employment - Failure to fully complete the education and work history sections of the application can result in an applicant being hired at the lower level of the position in which any are applying. You must describe your actual duties as you will not be qualified based on job title alone.

Pinecrest Supports and Services Center is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities. For more information on employment resources for individuals with disabilities, see the Louisiana Employment Resources Guide at http://www.laworks.net/Downloads/LRS/EmploymentResourceGuide_2018.pdf(Download PDF reader)

Pinecrest Supports and Services Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer

There is no guarantee that everyone who applies to this posting will be interviewed.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact: 

Robert L. Jones 

Pinecrest Supports & Services Center

P.O. Box 5191

Pineville, Louisiana 71360 

[email protected]

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities

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