"Mental Health Provider - Yale Athletics"

Overview

The Embedded Mental Health Provider supports varsity student-athletes across 35 programs by providing psychotherapy and therapeutic interventions. The provider will be available for same-day appointments, and to provide intervention, emotional support, and clinical care to student-athletes in need. They will work with student-athletes to arrange appropriate ongoing care or resources. As this role is to enhance student-athlete access to services through proximity, evening and weekend availability is expected. The provider will work closely with members of the Athletic Medicine team, including physicians and athletic trainers, to form a collaborative relationship to support student-athlete mental health. The provider will report to the Associate Chief of Embedded Programming of Yale Mental Health and Counseling and the Associate Athletic Director, Student-Athlete Health and Performance.

The Embedded Mental Health Provider may provide individual therapy and/or group therapy for student-athletes. They can assess and diagnose mental illness. They provide culturally competent treatment to patients of varied racial/ethnic identities, socioeconomic backgrounds, and sexual/gender identities. They will serve as liaison to patients, families, and clinical staff on issues and programmatic initiatives pertaining to psychological services. They serve as a liaison to related resources across the Yale community and develop and deliver outreach programs to the student-athlete community and coaches. They adhere to psychology code of ethical conduct and abide by laws affecting the practice of psychology.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Respond to acute or urgent need of varsity student-athletes by facilitating connection to MHC on call team.
• Plan and coordinate individual and group therapy.
• Participate in the development of short-term patient treatment, in collaboration with the Mental Health & Counseling department.
• Provide psychological services to patients of differing cultural backgrounds, identity configurations, and genders.
• Provide mental health emergency coverage.
• Interact with internal contacts such as patients, clinicians, social workers, athletic trainers, other medical staff, coaches and administrators regarding clinical programs and program development.
• Interact with external contacts such as outpatient therapists, residential treatment centers, and other mental health institutions.
• Conduct regular outreach to support teams, coaches, sport administrators and student-athlete groups about mental health services at Yale.
• Respond to requests for support from the Yale Athletics leadership team.
• Provide liaison between athletics and Mental Health & Counseling.
• Attend Mental Health & Counseling administrative meetings.

This is a 10 Month, Part-Year position, from August 1 - May 31st. During this work period the schedule is full-time, 37.50 hours/week with evenings and weekend availability. Early mornings, holidays and recess days may also be required.

Required Skills and Abilities

1. Ability to thrive in an energetic and diverse work environment.
2. Ability to provide treatment for a diverse student-athlete population.
3. Ability to interact effectively and appropriately with coaches, administrators, and student-athletes.
4. Ability to design and implement workshops and outreach services designed to provide mental health education to students-athletes and coaches.
5. Evening and weekend availability.
6. Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Preferred Skills and Abilities

• Two years of experience working with collegiate student-athletes.
• Advanced training or certification in sport psychology, such as Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) or Certified Sport Psychologist (CSP) through the American Board of Sport Psychology (ABSP).

Principal Responsibilities

1. Conduct patient evaluations and assesses patient progress or acceptability or psychotherapy programs.
2. Consults with the MHC department for long term therapy or other support of student.
3. Provides individual assessment, intervention, and group therapy to students living in residential colleges.
4. Evaluates, assesses and modifies psychological treatment plans.
5. Maintains patient charts and reports.
6. Plans and coordinates the therapeutic activities of an individual or group.
7. Oversees the development of individual and group psychotherapy plans.
8. Establishes positive relations with patients in order to administer appropriate treatment.
9. Develops materials for educational programs and group events for students.
10. Serves as liaison to patients, families and clinical staff on issues and programs pertaining to psychological services.
11. May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

Master’s degree in Social Work and two years’ experience post licensure providing clinical care; or Ph.D in Clinical or Counseling Psychology; or Psy.D.

Required License(s) or Certification(s)

Licensure as required in the State of Connecticut.

Salary Range

$82,000.00 - $131,500.00

Location

55 Lock Street, New Haven, Connecticut