Clinical Psychology Intern - North Kern State Prison (NKSP)
California Correctional Health Care Services, California, MO, United States
Clinical Psychology Intern
Job located at North Kern State Prison in Delano, Kern. The class of Clinical Psychology Intern is a training class established to provide limited‑term employment offering supervised experience in clinical psychology. The internship is a limited‑term position that may be extended or made permanent. Internship assignments are typically coordinated with the intern's enrolled school of psychology and provide supervised experience in counseling, group and individual therapy, and other psychological methods.
Responsibilities
Receives training from clinical psychology staff and gains practical experience by observing and assisting with the work performed; assists in and performs psychological research; collects and organizes data, makes analyses, and prepares reports; observes methods, problems, and principles related to psychological services to clients or inmates covering broader or specific disordered behavior; administers, scores, and interprets psychological tests; interviews clients or inmates; takes work, social, and case histories; participates in in‑service training programs; gains supervised experience in counseling, group and individual therapy, and other psychological methods of behavior modification; gains experience in the problems, methods, and ethics of professional conduct and practice.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from college and enrollment in and completion of at least one year of a postgraduate program leading to the Doctoral Degree in Psychology (clinical specialty) in a university department of psychology of recognized standing; or possession of the Doctoral Degree in Psychology from a university department of psychology of recognized standing with sufficient graduate coursework for clinical specialization.
Prerequisites
250 hours of assessment experience.
800 hours of direct client service gained through a practicum experience in settings appropriate for a doctoral‑level psychology intern prior to starting the internship.
Acquired practicum experience at two independent sites.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation. It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug‑free workplace. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.
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Job located at North Kern State Prison in Delano, Kern. The class of Clinical Psychology Intern is a training class established to provide limited‑term employment offering supervised experience in clinical psychology. The internship is a limited‑term position that may be extended or made permanent. Internship assignments are typically coordinated with the intern's enrolled school of psychology and provide supervised experience in counseling, group and individual therapy, and other psychological methods.
Responsibilities
Receives training from clinical psychology staff and gains practical experience by observing and assisting with the work performed; assists in and performs psychological research; collects and organizes data, makes analyses, and prepares reports; observes methods, problems, and principles related to psychological services to clients or inmates covering broader or specific disordered behavior; administers, scores, and interprets psychological tests; interviews clients or inmates; takes work, social, and case histories; participates in in‑service training programs; gains supervised experience in counseling, group and individual therapy, and other psychological methods of behavior modification; gains experience in the problems, methods, and ethics of professional conduct and practice.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from college and enrollment in and completion of at least one year of a postgraduate program leading to the Doctoral Degree in Psychology (clinical specialty) in a university department of psychology of recognized standing; or possession of the Doctoral Degree in Psychology from a university department of psychology of recognized standing with sufficient graduate coursework for clinical specialization.
Prerequisites
250 hours of assessment experience.
800 hours of direct client service gained through a practicum experience in settings appropriate for a doctoral‑level psychology intern prior to starting the internship.
Acquired practicum experience at two independent sites.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation. It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug‑free workplace. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.
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