Brewer Porch Executive Director
Location: Tuscaloosa Alabama
Description: University of Alabama is employing Brewer Porch Executive Director right now, this vacancy will be placed in Alabama. Detailed specification about this vacancy opportunity kindly see the descriptions. The Executive Director will have the primary responsibilities for personnel, budget, and facilities management for Brewer-Porch.
Ad Text:
The Department of Psychology ! at The University of Alabama announces an opening for a senior level, tenured faculty position at the Associate Professor or Full Professor level. The position will serve as the Executive Director of the Brewer-Porch Children’s Center and as a faculty member in the Clinical Psychology Program within the Department of Psychology. This position is contingent upon experience and approved funding.
The Executive Director will have the primary responsibilities for personnel, budget, and facilities management for Brewer-Porch. The Brewer-Porch Children’s Center ( BPCC ) was established by the Alabama legislature in 1970 to provide a model treatment program for Alabama’s special needs children, adolescents and their families, and the program is based within the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Alabama. The BPCC is named after Albert Brewer, a former governor of Alabama, and Ralph Porch, a former legislator, and is located on 60 acres of land near the! Tuscaloosa Veterans Hospital. Treatment in the BPCC programs ! is based on an interdisciplinary approach, and involves professionals from psychology, education, nursing, psychiatry, social work and counseling. BPCC operates six programs. These programs are the Intensive Residential Program (ages 6-18), Short Term Treatment and Evaluation Program (ages 6-12), Therapeutic Foster Care Program (ages 6-21), Community Autism Program (ages 3-12), Outpatient Day Treatment Program (ages 6-12), and Adolescent Adaptive Skills Program (ages 12-18). BPCC also provides educational and research experiences to graduate and undergraduate students from The University of Alabama.
The Clinical Psychology Program at The University of Alabama has four concentration areas, including Clinical Child Psychology. The latter concentration has four faculty lines, with faculty having current research interests in psychopathy, Conduct Disorders, aggressive behavior and social cognitive processes, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and impaired attenti! on and working memory processes, Anxiety Disorders, and autism. The Department provides unique opportunities for collaboration with faculty from the other clinical and experimental psychology concentrations within the Department.
The position is scheduled to begin by January 1, 2014. The applicant must have at least five years of post-master’s progressive managerial experience in a mental health treatment setting, and must have had successful experience with writing and securing federal or state contracts and/or grants. The applicant will be expected to have a research program and be involved in mentorship of graduate students. Preferred areas of research include adapting and implementing evidence-based practices for child & adolescent mental health services. Teaching would include 1 graduate course per year (areas of teaching needs include supervision of advanced child practicum, supervision of basic practicum; Intellectual Assessment; Child Treatment; Advanced ! Child Assessment). The potential exists for buying out of teaching duti! es within Psychology if the applicant is sufficiently supported by research grants. Candidates should have the following credentials: (1) Ph.D. prior to August 2014; (2) be a graduate of an APA or CPA -accredited clinical psychology program; (3) have completed an APA or CPA -accredited internship; and (4) be able to provide clinical supervision of graduate students.
The University of Alabama, founded in 1831, is the flagship campus of a three campus system. The University is located in Tuscaloosa, a city of approximately 100,000 that was named an All-America City by the National Civic League. Applicants should submit a letter outlining their qualifications, administrative philosophy, research interests, teaching philosophy and effectiveness, and their potential fit with the department. Applications should include a current vita, selected reprints, and three letters of recommendation. Application review will begin In October and will continue until the position is f! illed. With the exception of letters of recommendation, all materials should be submitted online at facultyjobs.ua.edu. Letters of recommendation should be mailed directly to Pamela Pruitt, Chair, Brewer-Porch Search Committee, Education Director of Brewer-Porch Children’s Center, The University of Alabama, Box 870156, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0156. For more information about the Psychology Department, please visit us on the web at http://psychology.ua.edu, or contact Dr. Beverly Thorn, Chair, Department of Psychology at 205-348-5024 or via e-mail at bthorn@ua.edu . For more information about Brewer Porch, please visit us on the web at http://bpcc.ua.edu or contact Katherine Watkins, Human Resources Director, at 205-348-9345 or via e-mail at kwatkins@ua.edu .
Additional Position Information:
The Department of Psychology at The University of Alabama is a research active (averaging $3 million annually in external funding) and collegial department. There are ! 33 faculty, 106 graduate students, and 600 undergraduate majors in the ! department. The department has two Ph.D. programs: an Experimental Psychology program (with concentration areas in Developmental Science, Cognitive Psychology, and Social Psychology), and an APA -accredited Clinical Psychology program (with concentration areas in Psychology-Law, Aging, Clinical Health, and Clinical Child). More information about the department can be found at psychology.ua.edu. The University of Alabama, founded in 1831, is the flagship campus of a three campus system. The University is located in Tuscaloosa, a city of 100,000 that was named an All America City by the National Civic League.
UA EEO Statement
The University of Alabama is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Search Initiation Date:
09/04/2013
Expected Starting Date:
01/01/2014
Application Deadline:
12/31/2013
Open Until Filled
No
Spec! ial Instructions to Applicants:
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This vacancy starts available on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 22:20:20 GMT