Faculty Positions
Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) faculty positions include teaching, clinical, research, and managerial roles in a variety of areas working with children and families or directly related to child development and behavioral health. Learn more about the varied work and missions of the YCSC. Current faculty opportunities with the YCSC are listed below, along with application instructions for each position.
Benefits
Yale University provides a competitive salary and excellent benefits, including the Yale Home Buyers program; a scholarship program for dependents at any college; and an automatic 5% contribution to a faculty member’s retirement plan plus a 5% match to individual contributions to a Yale retirement account, providing up to a 10% contribution from Yale.
Yale is also a Public Service Loan Forgiveness site; all Yale faculty are eligible to participate, receiving loan forgiveness after making 120 payments while employed at nonprofits such as Yale. YCSC Outpatient Services serves as a National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment site, and Pediatric Psychologists are eligible for the [National Health Service Specialty Loan Repayment Program. We also are a site for the National Health Service Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program.
The YCSC values Spanish language skills as an important way to meet the needs of the communities served; a Spanish-speaking clinician who becomes certified as a bilingual health provider and provides patient care in Spanish receives a salary supplement.
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Child Psychology (Pediatric GI Psychologist)
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Child Psychology (Pediatric Psychologist – Pediatric Craniofacial)
- Child Clinical Psychologist
- Clinical Faculty Position (Anxiety Treatment)
- Clinical Faculty Position (Autism)
- Clinical Faculty Position (Early Childhood)
- Clinical Faculty Position (High Intensity Care)
- Clinical Services Referral Specialist
- IICAPS MDO Medical Director
Assistant Professor of Clinical Child Psychology (Pediatric GI Psychologist)
The Yale Child Study Center’s Pediatric Psychology Program, in collaboration with the Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, has an opening for a full-time ambulatory pediatric psychologist to join our growing GI Psychology Service in Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital. Successful candidates will be appointed as Assistant Professor of Child Clinical Psychology on the Academic Clinician track. Opportunities for cultivation of specialized interests are available and welcomed. Clinical care will involve a combination of in person visits and telehealth options to reach families across the state of Connecticut.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Child Psychology (Pediatric Psychologist – Pediatric Craniofacial)
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.
Child Clinical Psychologist
Yale Child Study Center Outpatient Services has an opening for a full-time child psychologist dedicated to providing mental health supports and services to children, teens, and families. Successful candidates will be appointed as Assistant Professor on the Academic Clinician track at Yale School of Medicine. Primary responsibilities will include providing psychological assessment, participating in multidisciplinary team evaluations, and providing mental health treatment services to youth up to 18 years of age and their families. Learn more and apply at https://apply.interfolio.com/130470.
Clinical Faculty Position (Anxiety Treatment)
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
Clinical Faculty Position (Autism)
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 autism 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 autism
- delivering evidenced-based parent management training for youth on the spectrum
- treating co-morbidities of autism using cognitive behavioral therapy for youth
- offering group therapy
- coordinating care, including supporting obtaining in home ABA, 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 autism and developmental disabilities
- Coursework in child development
- Experience providing clinical care to autistic youths and their families
- Experience providing evidence-based treatment
- Bilingual clinicians able to provide treatment and evaluation in Spanish
- Candidates from diverse backgrounds
- Experience providing culturally and racially responsive care
Clinical Faculty Position (Early Childhood)
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
Clinical Faculty Position (High Intensity 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
Clinical Services Referral Specialist
YCSC Clinical Services has an opening for a LCSW, LPC, or LMFT to serve as a referral specialist for the clinical practice. Successful candidates will be appointed as Clinical Instructors at Yale School of Medicine. This faculty role supports the Associate Director of Youth Services and Director of Clinical Operations with the management of 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 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
IICAPS MDO Medical Director
The Yale Child Study Center is seeking a part time (.2 FTE) Medical Director to join the Leadership Team of Intensive In-Home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric (IICAPS) Model Development and Operations (MDO), formerly IICAPS Services. The IICAPS MDO provides quality assurance and quality improvement, including data collection, data analysis, research, staff training and program development and implementation for IICAPS Network, a state-wide, multi-site, structured mental health intervention for children, adolescents and families funded by Medicaid and commercial insurers. Individuals interested in applying for the medical director role should submit their curriculum vita in Yale format and vision statement. View the full position description for additional details about the job, requirements, and application instructions.
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