Practicum 0 Student Supervisor

Practicum 0 Student Supervisor Position 2023 - 2024

Summary: Practicum 0 trainees are first-year students in the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology’s Clinical Psychology Program. These trainees see actor clients to hone their client-centered therapy skills while also taking classes that teach them client-centered theory and interventions. Practicum 0 trainees are closely supervised by advanced students (Practicum 0 Student Supervisors) and licensed psychologists (Dr. Pak and Dr. Simpson), who work closely with the trainees to help ensure they learn to provide therapy services in an effective, safe, and ethical manner, in preparation for seeing real clients during their second year. Practicum 0 Student Supervisors meet weekly with Practicum 0 trainees in a group-supervision context to directly observe trainees providing therapy to the actor clients. They also meet with trainees each week to review therapy videos and SOAP notes. Practicum 0 Student Supervisors also receive weekly “supervision of supervision” from licensed faculty. Finally, Practicum 0 Student Supervisors coordinate scheduling with the actor clients assigned to their group.

Type of Setting:  Doctoral Clinical Psychology Program

Openings Available: 15

Approximate Start and End Dates: September 2023 – June 2024. 

Total Hours per Week: 8

Supervision Duties: Each week, student supervisors will engage in the following activities:

• Two hours providing supervision in a Live-Team format to up to three Practicum 0 trainees. During this time, trainees will be directly observed providing Client-Centered therapy to actor clients and trainees will be given immediate feedback by the Practicum 0 Student Supervisor and fellow trainees.
• Two hours providing group supervision each week. During this time, therapy videos, SOAP notes, and intake and termination summaries will be reviewed. Each quarter before week 10, the student supervisor will fill out the clinical evaluation on Time2Track for each of their assigned students, which will then be reviewed by the faculty supervisor. The student supervisor will meet with each student individually for 30 minutes to go over the clinical evaluation each quarter.
• Two hours of group “supervision-of-supervision” from licensed faculty (Dr. Pak or Dr. Simpson). This time will be used for student supervisors to discuss their trainees’ progress and supervision needs with the faculty supervisor.
• Practicum 0 student supervisors will coordinate scheduling and acting roles with the actor clients assigned to their group.

Mandatory Days/Hours: Practicum 0 Student Supervisors will arrange a time with their supervisees and actor each week for live team group sessions (2hrs/wk) and will arrange a time each week for additional group supervision with your small group of students (2 hrs/wk) to review notes and videos. They will also arrange with their licensed faculty supervisors a time each week for group supervision-of-supervision (2hrs/wk). Finally, Practicum 0 Student Supervisors will attend a 2-hour Practicum 0 orientation in September (before fall classes begin) with the faculty supervisor (PhD section with Dr. Steve Simpson; PsyD section with Dr Jenny Pak).

Application Procedure:

• PsyDs: Submit CV and cover letter, via email to Dr. Jenny Pak (jennypak@fuller.edu), faculty supervisor for PsyD sections of Practicum 0
• PhDs: Submit CV and cover letter, via email, to Dr. Steve Simpson (simpson@fuller.edu), faculty supervisor for PhD sections of Practicum 0.
• After your materials have been reviewed, you will be informed via email as to whether you have been offered or declined an interview.

Application Deadline: ASAP

Notification Date: Offers made on a rolling basis

Other: 

• Candidates must have successfully completed Practicum I (candidates must be in 3^rd year or above in the PsyD or PhD program).
• Candidates who have taken or are currently taking Consultation & Supervision (PC812) will be given priority. 
• Students will be compensated at $20.00 hourly rate for a maximum 60 hours per quarter.
• Must be willing to abide by Fuller Community Standards
• Fully remote work within the United States is subject to payroll state approval by Fuller Theological Seminary

Pay Scale:

• Salary rate the seminary expects to pay: $20.00 per hour
  

Fuller Theological Seminary is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. To the extent required by law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.  As a religious institution, Fuller Theological Seminary is permitted and reserves the right to prefer employees or prospective employees for certain positions on the basis of religion.