Professor of the Practice (open-rank)/Program Director

1. Provide oversight and leadership of the KU CFSC, including identifying and pursuing opportunities for innovation and growth.
2. Manage the KU CFSC budget, under the budgetary authority of the DCCP Chair. Position is responsible for all expenditures and maintenance of the budget including decisions about student hourly positions, purchase of materials, and payment for training opportunities. Oversees the Clinic's fee structure and implements changes as needed.
3. Hire, train, and supervise clinic staff, including professional staff and student positions.
4. Oversight and final approval of whether clients can be served by the KU CFSC. Make all case assignments of new clinic clients to graduate student therapists.
5. Develop and maintain clinic policies and procedures to meet training objectives. Includes ensuring compliance with applicable rules and guidelines, HIPAA regulations, and clinic security procedures in coordination with DCCP faculty.
6. Oversee compliance of clinic policies and procedures across supervisors, students, and staff.
7. Assist students and faculty in monitoring and tracking student experience hours to balance training objectives and competitiveness for pre-doctoral internship in coordination with the DCT.
8. Coordinate external practicum placements, serving as a liaison between the DCCP and external training sites. Ensures that external clinical placements meet APA requirements and DCCP training needs in partnership with the DCT.
9. Oversee all clinic's licensed supervisors, including review of student evaluations and outcome measures associated with supervision conducted in all practicum settings (including external practicum sites) associated with the DCCP.
10. Develop ways to serve the University and Lawrence communities in ways that are complementary to the DCCP training mission.
11. Lead cultural related efforts as they relate to the KU CFSC.
12. Help to coordinate ethics speakers for KU and the larger community to fulfill licensure requirements (once every 4 years).
13. Support community engagement by developing strong and mutually beneficial relationships with external training sites, community and campus services, and the broader local community
14. Actively connect and promote services throughout the University and Lawrence communities.

1. Teach 1-2 required courses per year in the DCCP curriculum (e.g., foundations of clinical practice with children, child assessment, child intervention, ethics, supervision and consultation).
2. Provide the equivalent of 1-2 courses of clinical supervision per semester (fall, spring, summer) to trainees in the KU CFSC. This includes individual and group clinical supervision to trainees delivering psychological assessment and intervention services to children, adolescents, and families.
3. Champion cultural responsiveness and individual needs across teaching and training activities.

1. The Professor of the Practice position will also be able to participate in the broader training and service activities of the DCCP. This includes serving as a member of student thesis and dissertation committees, organizing continuing education programming for professionals, and/or service on the various committees of the DCCP (e.g., admissions; hiring; student travel awards).
2. Although not expected, the KU CFSC Director can maintain a caseload of clients at the KU CFSC. Clinical services provided as part of the position will not be compensated separately. Instead, service delivery would be incorporated into the position and would be included as part of the responsibilities covered by the salary.

Faculty Code
Faculty members are expected to carry out their responsibilities in accordance with the Faculty Code of Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct, currently viewable at: Faculty Code of Rights

1. PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology from an APA-, CPA-, or PCSAS-accredited doctoral program by start date of appointment.
2. Completion of an APA- or CPA-accredited predoctoral internship by start date of appointment.
3. Licensed or eligible for licensure as a Psychologist (LP) in the State of Kansas within two years of appointment (see https://www.ksbsrb.ks.gov/professions/psychologists2). Postdoctoral supervision is available for those that are license-eligible, but not yet licensed.
4. Expertise in clinical child and adolescent and/or pediatric psychology, including assessment and intervention across a range of challenges experienced by children, adolescents, and families, and understanding of their empirical bases and supports.

1. Independent licensure as a psychologist for 5 or more years.
2. Experience training and delivering clinical supervision to psychology trainees.
3. Prior experience in clinic administration.
4. Expertise in clinical training and supervision with demonstrable local or regional impact (e.g., conference presentations, publications, workshops, certifications).
5. Demonstrated excellence in teaching as evidenced by teaching statement, teaching evaluations, sample syllabi, letters of reference, etc.

1. Independent licensure as a psychologist for 10 years or more.
2. Prior experience and effectiveness leading a psychology training clinic or training program in clinical psychology.
3. Experience training and supervising a range of psychology trainees (e.g., predoctoral, internship, and postdoctoral trainees).
4. Evidence of expertise in clinical training, as evidenced by national or international impact (e.g., conference presentations, publications, workshops, certifications).

1. Board Certification in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
2. Expertise and/or certification in a range of evidence-based assessment and intervention approaches relevant to the position.
3. Familiarity with trends and developments in the training of clinical psychologists.
4. Familiarity with the legal, regulatory, and ethical guidelines that pertain to psychology training clinics.