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Associate 3-4 To A Psychologist

Salary

$3,904.00 - $7,025.00 Monthly

Location

Pineville, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

CLSH-2025-48

Department

LDH-Office of Behavioral Health

Opening Date

05/22/2025

Closing Date

Continuous

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About this Job

Position is located at Central Louisiana State Hospital in Pineville, Louisiana in the Psychology Department.

Minimum Qualifications

A master's degree in psychology followed by two years of experience in psychological testing; psychological research; or the design and implementation of behavioral management plans; OR

Thirty semester hours of graduate-level training in psychology earned after completing a master's degree in psychology plus one year of experience in psychological testing; psychological research; or the design and implementation of behavioral management plans; OR

A doctorate degree in psychology.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=126080) .

Job Duties and Other Information

EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Conducts evaluations, including psychometric evaluations, annual progress assessments and determination of training or therapeutic needs.

Prepares behavioral or psychological case summaries.

Prepares reports for interdisciplinary team staffings and discusses reports as appropriate at staffings.

Participates as psychological representative in the development of individual client treatment plans and provides counseling or other psychological services as recommended by the interdisciplinary team.

Conducts and manages pre-planned and approved behavior management programs.

Conducts specialized training for paraprofessional and professional staff.

Provides direction and guidance to Associates to a Psychologist, other disciplines and paraprofessional personnel in psychological program implementation and environmental influences on quality of life for clients.

Participates in parent training as appropriate.

Conducts approved research projects.

Position-Specific Details:

As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as an Associate To A Psychologist 3 or 4, depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant.

Associate 3 to A Psychologist has a minimum hire rate of $22.52 / hour

Associate 4 to A Psychologist has a minimum hire rate of $24.10 / hour

Position may be filled as a Probation, Promotion, Demotion or Transfer.

How to Apply:

List all prior employment. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED! Resume will not be accepted and should not be attached. You must include all relevant education and experience on your official State application. You must describe your actual duties as you will not be qualified based on job title alone. A resume upload willNOT populate your information into your application.

Work experience left off your electronic application or only included in an attached resumeis not eligible to receive credit considered.

Did you list ALL your job experience and education on your applications?

IMPORTANT NOTE: While we encourage all interested applicants to apply, please be aware that there are various reasons that your application may be disqualified from consideration including, but not limited, to:

+ Failure tofullycomplete the education and work experience sections of the application; (Please note for the education section that the semester area refers to the # of credit HOURS and not the # of semesters you completed)

+ Failure to listcompletelicense information (if applicable to the job position).

+ Failure to submit an equivalency evaluation statement for an international degree by the closing of this announcement.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Brandon Luneau

Central Louisiana State Hospital

Human Resources Office

(318) 484-6324

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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Have you completed a master's degree in psychology?

+ Yes

+ No

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If you answered 'yes' to the previous question, please list your graduation date below (MM/YYYY). If you answered 'no,' please enter N/A.

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Have you completed an ADDITIONAL thirty semester hours of graduate-level training in psychology (earned after completing a master's degree in psychology)?

+ Yes

+ No

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If you answered "yes" to the previous question, please type each course name, semester hours earned, and the accredited university. If you answered "no", type N/A. Example: Acct 2001 - Introductory Financial Accounting - 3 hrs - LSU

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Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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