New Lifestyles

Psychotherapist

Enjoy the camaraderie of multi-disciplinary collegial support in challenging work with emerging adults with personality, mood, anxiety, and Aspergers disorders. Because New Lifestyles is 100% private pay, forget about the the typical hassles of independent practice such as insurance or managed care coordination. Enjoy the ambiance of small town Winchester and our moderate mid-Atlantic climate. Paid annual leave and benefits program includes quality health insurance and retirement plans. To learn more about New Lifestyles and its clinical population, click one of the links (above left) or go to www.newlifestyles.net.

Because New Lifestyles works with individuals with a range of psychological disorders and because several therapist positions are available, specific duties assisgned are based on the successful candidate's expertise/interest. However, in general, the ideal candiate is capable of working with multiple disorders but also has expertise or strong interest in the treatment of anxiety disorders, Aspergers spectrum disorders, substance abuse, emerging schizophrenic and bipolar disorders, personality disorders or some other skill of clinical utility in a comprehensive treatment program, e.g., psychological testing, etc.  Possession of strong family therapy skills is a plus. 

Basic information

• Full-time
• Salary range: $50,000 to $75,000, commensurate with training and experience
• Benefits as described below
• Driving: must qualify for coverage by company auto policy*
• Location

Virginia license or license eligible

• PhD or PsyD Psychologist (Preferred)
• LCSW
• LPC

Psychotherapy

• Individual
  • small caseload of 3-6 patients (depending upon other assignments)
• Group
  • process groups
  • psycho-educational and didactic groups that focus on strategies for developmental issues and the management of disorders, for example, DBT, executive functioning, social skills, and substance abuse
• Family
  • weekly phone conferences
  • quarterly multi-family workshops
  • quarterly couples workshops
  • quarterly sibling workshops

Program development opportunities based upon expertise and interest

• development of treatment protocol for individuals with Aspergers disorder, non-verbal learning disorders, and ADHD
• development of treatment protocol for individuals with anxiety disorders and OCD including exposure treatment
• development of treatment protocol for individuals with personality disorders to include borderline personality disorder
• input into management of SA “track”
• development of training programs in the areas of career, vocational, and academic development
• others based on expertise, interest and programmatic need

Professional clinical supervision opportunities based upon expertise and interest
New Lifestyles is an APPIC approved pre-doctoral internship training site for psychologists. APA certification is anticipated in 2009. In addition to the pre-doctoral internship, New Lifestyles also provides residency training in psychology. Various professional supervision opportunities exist in the areas of:

• therapy
• testing
• report writing
• didactic instruction
• individual behavorial program design

Various paraprofessional supervision opportunities based upon expertise and interest

• behavior management
• skills training
• social and recreation leadership
• vocational development
• career

Additional information:

For additional information or to make a confidential inquiry, contact:

• Sharon Strong
• nlaccounting@newlifestyles.net
• 540-722-4521 x 210

Behavioral Management Team

House Manager - $12.00-$13.00 per hour

Assistant House Manager - $12.00-12.50 per hour

Duties

1. Running psycho-educational groups

2. Plan and implement social/recreational activities

3. Keeping track of student whereabouts

4. Instructing students on execution of daily living tasks

5. Work with clinical team to follow house and individual treatment plans

Program Assistant

• Fulltime
• Salary range: $20,000 - $30,000 depending on education and experience
• Benefits as described below
• Bachelors degree or related experience
• Driving: must qualify for coverage by company auto policy*
• Location: Downtown historic Winchester, Virginia

Potential Shifts:
Wednesday - Sunday 2:30pm-10:30pm
Sunday-Thursday 2:30pm-10:30pm
Tuesday-Saturday 2:30-10:30pm

Intention: The Program Assistant instructs, reinforces, models, facilitates and supports a full range of healthy and productive participant activities.

Description:

The Program Assistant interacts daily with participants in a manner that teaches and clarifies program expectations; maintains participant schedules that include personal, household, school/vocational, social, and recreational activities; and identifies and delivers reinforcers (primarily social) contingently.

Special expertise, interests or experience but not required: Vocational training/coaching; recreational programming; etc.

Essential Functions

• plans, develops, and facilitates psycho-social, recreational, and enrichment groups/experiences;
• monitors, implements, observes and records relevant program and individual behavioral data (e.g., attendance, honor code);
• develops and adjusts student schedules as needed;
• teaches daily living skills, e.g., Emergency skills; shapes independent performance of daily living skills; and monitors performance of daily living skills;
• facilitates participant management of self-care tasks, e.g., doctor appointments, medication/prescription management as directed by Program Supervisor;
• prompts participants regarding behaviors relevant to individual mission and relevant goals progress;
• instructs students during financial sessions;
• tutors as directed;
• attends to and monitors safety considerations.