Jail-Based Competency Treatment Psychologist

JAIL-BASED COMPETENCY TREATMENT CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST 

TYPICAL DUTIES

·       Selects, administers, scores and interprets personality, intelligence and other psychological tests

·       Conduct in depth family history and diagnostic interviews

·       Attends weekly clinical staff meetings

·       Plans and implements in-service education programs to staff

·       Analyzes data; prepares reports and correspondence 

DUTIES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE JBCT PSYCHOLOGIST

·       Administer psychological assessments, semi-structured interviews and/or standardized forensic assessment instruments for every newly admitted defendant to gather information about the defendant’s background and ascertain the defendant’s current functioning, competency to stand trial and likelihood of malingering

·       Prepare periodic status reports on patients in the program, per Department of State regulations to be submitted to the Superior Court

·       Provide follow-up assessment to ascertain patients progress toward mental competency at least every 30 days or sooner if patient has achieved marked improvement in their competence to stand trial

·       Familiarity with but not limited to the following assessment tools:

o   Evaluation of Competency to Stand Trial-Revised (ECST-R)

o   MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (Mac CAT-CA)

o   Fitness Interview Test – Revised (FIT-R)

o   Revised – Competence Assessment Instrument (R-CAI)

To apply, submit your resume to Antoinette Ruotolo at aruotolo@sjgov.org