The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior isseeking to hire a fulll-time Therapist to join the Antelope Valley-UCLA PublicPartnership (AV-UPP) Program. You will work with children (ages 0-21), parents,and families regarding placement, adoption, and attachment. Primary dutiesinclude:

• Providing training and mentoring on mentalhealth issues of this population to professionals and parents in the community
• Consultation to interdisciplinary team members
• Providing age appropriate assessments andinterventions
• Leading parent support groups and providingsupportive therapeutic environments with special attention to issues ofplacement and adoption with prenatally substance exposed children
• Providing temperament counseling for parents
• Conducting developmental evaluations of children
• Holding caseload of individual therapy andcollateral therapy
• Planning and delivering trainings sessions for clients,social workers, attorneys, judges, educators, and other mental health care professionals
• Other duties as assigned