Faculty Positions

The Yale Child Study Center’s Pediatric Psychology Program, in collaboration with Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, has an opening for a full-time pediatric psychologist to be embedded in the Pediatric Craniofacial Center (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery). The pediatric psychologist will join an interdisciplinary team invested in supporting patients with a range of craniofacial malformations, including craniosynostosis and clef lip/clef palate.
Learn more and apply at https://apply.interfolio.com/141863.

The Yale Child Study Center, in collaboration with Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital’s Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, has an opening for a full-time psychologist to be embedded in the Yale NICU Great Results After Discharge (GRAD) Program. The psychologist will join an interdisciplinary team dedicated to supporting the health and development of young children with an increased likelihood of exhibiting developmental differences due to early medical complications. Learn more and apply at https://apply.interfolio.com/154047

Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) Outpatient Services has an opening for an LCSW, LPC, or LMFT dedicated to providing evidence-based interventions to children and teens with anxiety and their families. Successful candidates will be appointed as Clinical Instructors at Yale School of Medicine and will join the YCSC clinical practice. Applicants should complete an application and upload a resume, specifying the position of interest.

Primary responsibilities will include providing the following services:

• Psychoeducation to youth and families regarding anxiety and its disorders
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), an evidenced-based parent-based intervention
• Group treatment
• Care coordination, including attending Planning and Placement Team meetings (PPTs) and other school meetings

Connecticut licensed or license-eligible therapists with the following skills or experience are encouraged to apply.

• Knowledge of theory and research in childhood anxiety
• Coursework in child development and developmental psychopathology
• Experience providing clinical care to youths and their families, particularly those with anxiety
• Experience providing evidence-based treatments
• Bilingual clinicians able to provide treatment and evaluation in Spanish
• Candidates from diverse backgrounds
• Experience providing culturally and racially responsive care

Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) Outpatient Services has an opening for an LCSW, LPC, or LMFT dedicated to providing treatment to young children and their families. Successful candidates will be appointed as Clinical Instructors at Yale School of Medicine and will join the YCSC clinical practice. Applicants should complete an application and upload a resume, specifying the position of interest.

Primary responsibilities for this position will include:

• providing psychoeducation to youth and families regarding early childhood development
• delivering Child Parent Psychotherapy and other interventions to young children and their caregivers
• offering parenting groups
• coordinating care, including attending PPTs and school meetings

Connecticut licensed or license-eligible therapists with the following skills or experience are encouraged to apply.

• Background and knowledge in the area of early childhood development and intervention
• Coursework in child development
• Experience providing clinical care to children and their families, particularly young children
• Experience providing evidence-based treatments
• Bilingual clinicians able to provide treatment and evaluation in Spanish
• Candidates from diverse backgrounds
• Experience providing culturally and racially responsive care

Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) Outpatient Services has an opening for an LCSW, LPC, or LMFT dedicated to providing treatment to children and teens with higher intensity mental health treatment needs and their families. Successful candidates will be appointed as Clinical Instructors at Yale School of Medicine and will join the YCSC clinical practice. Applicants should complete an application and upload a resume, specifying the position of interest.

Primary responsibilities for this position will include:

• providing psychoeducation to youth and families regarding emotion regulation and mood lability
• delivering evidenced-based treatments, i.e., TF-CBT and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills training
• offering group therapy for youths and parents/guardians focused on bolstering emotion regulation skills
• coordinating care, including attending PPTs and school meetings

Connecticut licensed or license-eligible therapists with the following skills or experience are encouraged to apply.

• Background and knowledge in understanding dysregulation in a developmental context
• Experience providing clinical care to youths and their families
• Experience providing evidence-based treatments
• Comfort and flexibility working with higher intensity cases on an outpatient basis
• Coursework in child development
• Bilingual clinicians able to provide treatment and evaluation in Spanish
• Candidates from diverse backgrounds
• Experience providing culturally and racially responsive care

YCSC Outpatient Services has an opening for an IICAPS clinician to join a team of clinicians in the fields of social work, marriage and family therapy, and professional counseling. IICAPS clinicians provide child and family focused mental health treatment to meet the comprehensive needs of children from 4 to 18 years of age who have been discharged from psychiatric hospitals, prevented from hospital entry, or require more than weekly community-based care to treat their severe emotional disorders. They work in each family’s home and community; each clinician team carries eight cases and is expected to hold individual child, parents and family sessions each week. Services provided include individual and family evaluation, assessment and treatment, clinical collaboration and care coordination, crisis management and intervention. Qualified candidates must have their own car. Clinicians with bilingual capacity in Spanish are encouraged to apply. At least one year of experience working with children, families, emotional disorders, and or substance abuse is required.

As part of an academic medical center, the YCSC offers numerous opportunities for growth through supportive and reflective supervision, teaching of evidence-based practices, and a focus on the provision of culturally responsive care. The center is housed in a beautiful, accessible building in downtown New Haven that was designed for outpatient services, with access to interpreter services allowing for the provision of services to families who speak many different languages. The YCSC has a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and offers several regular opportunities to engage in learning and reflection. The YCSC seeks candidates for this position who can enhance and expand the center’s commitment to diversity and currently has a specific need for bilingual individuals who speak Spanish and/or have specialty in treatment with LGBTQ+ youth, trauma, young children, or children with disabilities. The ideal therapist has excellent interpersonal and communication skills, is committed to ongoing learning and growth, and is dedicated to providing high quality care. They can work independently, and as part of a team, and are open to receiving and incorporating feedback in order to continuously improve their practice. Applicants should complete an application and upload a resume, specifying the position of interest.

YCSC Clinical Services has an opening for a LCSW, LPC, or LMFT to serve as a clinical triage coordinator for the clinical practice. The successful candidate will be appointed as a Clinical Instructor at Yale School of Medicine. This faculty role supports the Associate Director of Youth Services and Director of Clinical Operations with the triage of clinical referrals for treatment and assessment coming into the Child Study Center’s New Haven and Westport offices. This role reports directly to the Associate Director of Youth Services. This is a fully in-person full time position and requires one evening until 7 pm per week. Applicants should complete an application and upload a resume, specifying the position of interest.

Primary responsibilities will include providing the following services:

• Diagnostic evaluation of children and families from young children through adolescence.
• Engagement with clients to explain the referral process, gather essential information, and address questions they may have
• Risk management, including providing onsite supervisory coverage, urgent support for safety assessments and disposition planning
• Internal and external referral management with associated follow-up
• Participation in networking events, including at internal and external community events during or after hours
• Documentation and reporting, including timely completion of all assessments, maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of all referrals in Epic, updating information on all referral contacts, and entering data and preparing reports regarding clinical capacity

Connecticut licensed or license-eligible therapists with 3 or more years of clinical experience beyond independent licensure with the following skills or experience are encouraged to apply:

• Experience conducting evaluation and assessment with demonstrated strong diagnostic skills
• Coursework in child development and developmental psychopathology
• Experience with risk management, safety assessments, and disposition planning
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Highly detail oriented and organized, proven ability to multitask and maintain flexibility
• Experience with Epic and Excel preferred
• Bilingual clinicians able to provide referral support and evaluation in Spanish
• Candidates from diverse backgrounds
• Experience providing culturally and racially responsive care

The Yale Child Study Center’s Pediatric Psychology Program, in collaboration with the Section of Pediatric Neurology, has an opening for a full-time ambulatory pediatric psychologist to join the Pediatric Psychology Service in Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital. Learn more and apply at Interfolio.

YCSC Outpatient Services has an opening for a full-time psychiatric nurse practitioner dedicated to providing integrated mental health supports and services to children, teens, and families of diverse backgrounds and clinical presentations. Successful candidates will be appointed as a clinical instructor at Yale School of Medicine and will work as part of a multidisciplinary practice. The position will include the provision of psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and psychotherapy to youth up to 18 years of age and their families. Close collaboration with clinicians from a range of behavioral health disciplines is an important component of the work. As an academic medical center and a training site for psychiatry, psychology, social work, and nursing students, this position provides opportunities for ongoing learning, teaching and precepting.

Successful candidates must have completed training as an APRN or NP in psychiatric nursing with specialized training in the provision of child mental health treatment and must be licensed or license-eligible in Connecticut. In addition to working collaboratively with therapists across disciplines, this position requires expertise in providing direct clinical services to children, adolescents, and their families with an emphasis on providing ongoing care to youth who have successfully completed therapy treatment but who require long-term medication management. A proven record of collaboration and communication with a treatment team is also valued. Applicants should complete an application and upload a resume, specifying the position of interest.