About this role
Under the supervision of the Director of Behavioral Health, the Program Manager oversees the Behavioral Health Internship and Training program. The Program Manager also oversees psychological and neuropsychological testing services and collaborates on agency-wide training that supports AACIs integrated services model. The Program Manager maintains American Psychological Association (APA) accreditation and ensures the program meets all applicable regulations and professional standards.
Salary Range: $142,00.00 - $161,000.00 DOE
What We Offer:
- Generous Paid Time Off: 12 Paid Holidays, a Floating Holiday, Paid Vacation, and Sick Time.
- Comprehensive Benefit Plan: Choose from two Health Plan Options, with 95% of premiums covered!
- Retirement Benefits: 403(b) Retirement Plan with a match.
- Investing in Your Future: Eligibility for the State Loan Forgiveness Program
- Wellness : Free access to Headspace mindfulness app.
Duties and responsibilities
- Provide standardized internship programming, didactics, including organizational orientation, program expectations, policies & procedure, compliance, and role-specific requirements.
- Coordinate recruitment, interviews, and selection of interns, trainees, and clinical supervisors.
- Develop and maintain relationships with colleges and universities and arrange site visits with Graduate Clinical Programs and Internship representatives.
- Oversee interns, trainees, and program staff, including evaluating performance.
- Monitor completion of required training and other program obligations in accordance with applicable academic program expectations and professional standards.
- Maintain current informational materials related to practicum, traineeship, and internship programs.
- Communicate and collaborate with Supervisors and Directors regarding the goals, progress, and needs of the Internship and Training program in accordance with contract requirements and deliverables.
- Monitor and prepare reports, analyze data, budget analysis, and identify areas for improvement.
- Serve as liaison for APPIC/ CAPIC/ BAPIC and Santa Clara County Mental Health Department Intern Collaborative.
- Represent Program/Department and AACI with funders, program monitors, community partners, and associations.
- Provide clinical supervision and consultations and assist with client coverage.
- Complete all documentation per Medi-Cal, Santa Clara County, APA, and AACI standards within expected deadlines.
- Complete and maintain LPS 5150 Authorization certification and provide officer of the day support and participate in/support after hours rotation.
- Complete other duties and related projects as assigned.
Qualifications
Education & Experience:
- Licensed Psychologist in good standing with the CA Board of Psychology.
- Four years or more post-license clinical and training experience.
- Three or more years of experience providing clinical supervision.
- Prior experience coordinating department operations and leading the work of others.
- Experience with Psychological Assessment and Neuropsychology Testing Supervision.
- Experience coordinating internship, training, workforce development, or behavioral health programs highly desired.
- Experience with Medi-Cal documentation requirements preferred.
- Experience with EPIC Electronic Health record preferred.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to lead, direct, educate and manage staff, interns, and trainees.
- Knowledge and proficiency with psychological assessment measures and practices.
- Trauma informed training and proficiency in at least one Evidence Based Practice
- Proficient in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Outlook, Publisher, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Good understanding of laws and ethical standards for clinical training and specialty mental health care service delivery in CA.
- Ability to communicate well with people of various cultural, professional, and experiential backgrounds.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Proficiency with statistical analysis packages for social sciences preferred.
Working conditions
The job is performed in an interior office setting with no adverse environmental conditions expected. Occasional evening and weekend work is required.
Physical requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to regularly sit for extended periods of time and regularly operate a computer and use manual dexterity for tasks such as keyboarding. The mental demands of the job include continuous comprehension, reasoning and decision making, interpreting and analyzing data, organizing, reading, writing, and resilience.
AACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.