Assistant Rank, Tenure Line, Faculty Position supporting clinical services in Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health, Graduate School of Professional Psychology
Assistant Rank, Tenure Line, Faculty Position supporting clinical services in Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health, Graduate School of Professional Psychology
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$ 78000 - 95000
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Job Description
At the Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP) our goal is to transform the way we think about and approach mental health and wellness. We do so through groundbreaking academic programs and experiential training that aims to ensure we can better meet the needs of the communities we serve. We are dedicated to developing exceptional practitioners and scholars by offering a well-rounded approach to education. Every single one of our programs blends valuable academic offerings intensive field-based training cutting-edge applied research and constructive community engagement. Our academic programs are rooted in our history of service and have developed over time to meet the growing needs of society. For more information please visit .
GSPP was created in 1976 to house one of the first Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) programs in the country under the Vail (practitioner-scholar) training model. GSPP currently also offers four specialized masters programs: Forensic Psychology International Disaster Psychology: Trauma and Global Mental Health Sport and Performance Psychology and Sport Coaching as well as online certificates and continuing education. GSPP also has a partially affiliated APA-accredited internship consortium and several in-house and satellite psychology training clinics that serve Denver and the surrounding communities. As a professional school GSPP promotes and utilizes high-level pedagogy that integrates applied practice theory research and scholarship.
GSPP seeks to train students to provide culturally responsive services to clients and the community. Although more progress is needed GSPP endeavors to create an accessible affirming and safe climate by actively engaging in the process of systemic transformation and accountability.
Position Summary
The PsyD program at the Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP) at the University of Denver (DU) seeks a faculty member for a full-time 10-month benefited tenure-track position with specialized training in Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health.
The position includes teaching scholarship service and clinical supervision/administrative duties. Teaching expectations for tenure-track faculty are typically 18 credits over fall winter and spring quarters. A combination of teaching and clinic supervision/administration is an integral part of this position so the teaching load may be reduced based on administrative supervisory or other responsibilities (see below). Scholarship expectations include serving on doctoral paper committees as well as publications presentations research and/or grant-related work particularly as it relates to child and adolescent behavioral health and/or applied clinical services. Service responsibilities include meeting attendance participating in PsyD admissions processes participating in competency exams providing academic advising attending PsyD events and serving on university or unit committees. In addition GSPP requires all faculty and staff to exhibit excellent citizenship and pursue professional development to foster a model workplace.
Administratively this position will have significant responsibilities for the day-to-day operations of the Caring for YoU and Baby (CUB) clinic including direct clinical supervision of CUB trainees and oversight of other CUB clinical supervisors. In addition this position will support the GSPP Director of Clinical Services with policies and processes related to child and family services across GSPP. These clinic administration duties are outside the scope of the typical faculty workload of teaching scholarship and service; therefore to account for the workload of clinic administration teaching workload expectations may be reduced or overload pay can be offered. GSPPs current workload framework assigns these administrative duties a 6-credit hour equivalency. The workload framework is subject to change. The faculty members clinic involvement also requires them to contribute to GSPP Clinical Services onsite supervision coverage which is shared among clinic-involved faculty and generally involves 1-2 days a week of coverage. This position also involves seeking external funding and running applied research projects that align with GSPPs strengths in workforce development and clinical services.
This position reports to the Director of the PsyD Program with a dotted line to the GSPP Director of Clinical Services for clinic-related responsibilities. Faculty appointments are 10 months (September June); however the PsyD program runs year-round and as such summer obligations should be expected and some are compensated separately as appropriate. In particular this position has significant administrative and clinical responsibilities that extend through the summer.
The appointment will commence by January 1 2026 though an earlier start date is will be accepted until August 15 2025.
Essential Functions
The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience and versatility in inclusive pedagogy. We are especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to diversity equity and inclusion through their teaching service student mentorship and community-engaged research. Duties in these areas include but are not limited to:
Teaching
- As a tenure-line faculty member teaching 18 credits at the graduate level with a focus on courses relevant to child and adolescent behavioral health; this teaching load may be reduced based on clinic supervision and administrative duties
- Maintain high teaching standards informed by best practices in pedagogy and leveraging available technologies to improve the student experience
- Pursue relevant and needed professional development to complete these tasks
Administration & Clinical Supervision (all functions below are year-round obligations)
- Administrative oversight of CUB Clinics operations and GSPP Clinical Services child/adolescent/family services
- Direct clinical supervision of CUB trainees and other PPC trainees
- Oversight of CUB clinical supervisors
- Provide onsite supervision coverage approximately 1-2 days per week
- Effectively managing budgets and personnel related to CUB and other child and adolescent related programming and clinical services
Scholarship
- Engage in scholarship including publications presentations research and/or grant-related work with specialized focus on child and adolescent behavioral health issues.
- Serve on PsyD student doctoral paper committees
Service
- Exhibit good citizenship through collaboration and service on committees to support PsyD GSPP the University community and national and global efforts to improve the practice of psychology
- Participate in PsyD and unit-level meetings
- Participate in the PsyD admissions process
- Participate in PsyD competency exams
- Provide high-quality academic advising for PsyD students in accordance with GSPP & DU protocol along with state and federal legal and ethical guidelines
- Serve on university or unit committees.
- Uphold GSPPs commitment to diversity equity and inclusion through all professional activities
Other duties as assigned
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of child and adolescent behavioral health
- Skill in the assessment and clinical treatment of child and adolescent populations
- Ability to provide clinical supervision to trainees and a diverse range of supervising psychotherapists
- Relevant knowledge of and demonstrated commitment to diversity inclusion equity social justice and access in education
- Excellent written and oral communication skills including the capacity for outstanding teaching at the graduate level.
- Strong technology skills including familiarity with MS Office suite to be successful as a faculty member and leader
- Strong administrative and leadership skills including project and process management
- Initiative and ability to work both independently and in a collaborative collegial environment.
- Demonstrated ability to interact with diverse communities or evidence of a commitment to incorporate inclusive teaching methods and/or pedagogies to effectively engage broadly diverse student populations
- Ability and willingness to incorporate relevant timely and inclusive course material.
- Ability to effectively receive and incorporate feedback
- Ability to meet changing course and program needs
Required Qualifications
- A doctorate in clinical or counseling psychology or a related field and license eligible as a doctoral-level psychologist in Colorado within 3 months. Failure to obtain licensure within 3 months may result in disciplinary action.
- Experience with teaching supervision research and scholarship service and/or relevant professional experience commensurate with rank particularly in the area of child to adolescent behavioral health
Preferred Qualifications
- Licensed in the State of Colorado as a doctoral-level psychologist
- Minimum 3 years of post-doctoral experience in the field of perinatal child and/or adolescent psychology
- Strong network in child and adolescent behavioral health treatment field or clinical community
- A demonstrated commitment to teaching clinical service research and/or training appropriate to the missions of the PsyD program and GSPP
- Knowledge of respect for and development of skills to effectively engage with diverse individuals and communities
- Accomplished graduate level teaching and mentorship that reflects a variety of instructional approaches and/or curricular perspectives to engage diverse populations and learning styles
- Demonstrated experience securing external funding for research.
- Strong record of publication and presentation in perinatal child and/or adolescent behavioral health
- Administrative leadership experience
- 3 years of experience in an agency or equivalent providing counseling/psychotherapy and assessment
- Curriculum development experience
Working Environment
- Standard office environment.
- Unexpected interruptions occur often and stress level is moderate to high.
- Noise level is quiet to moderate.
Physical Activities
- Ability to work in front of a computer for extended periods of time.
- Occasionally required to move about the office/campus.
Work Schedule
While the Universitys administrative offices are open Monday Friday 8:00 am 4:30 pm faculty schedules vary from term to term and are based on courses taught service commitments and research agendas. The Universitys academic calendars are posted on the registrars website (the law school is on a semester system and has a different academic calendar).
Application Deadline
For consideration please submit your application materials by 4:00 p.m. (MST) August 15 2025.
Special Instructions
Candidates must apply online through to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.
Salary Grade Number
The salary grade for the position is UC.
Salary Range
The salary range for this position is $78000- $95000.
The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate departmental budget availability internal salary equity considerations and available market information but not based on a candidates sex or any other protected status.
Benefits
The University of Denver offers excellent benefits including medical dental retirement paid time off tuition benefit and ECO pass. The University of Denver is a private institution that empowers students who want to make a difference. Learn more about the University of Denver.
Please include the following documents with your application:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Cover Letter
The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex (including sex stereotypes sex characteristics sexual orientation gender identity and gender expression) marital family or parental status pregnancy or related conditions national origin disability or status as a protected veteran. The University of Denver does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color national origin ancestry age religion creed disability sex (including sex stereotypes sex characteristics sexual orientation gender identity and gender expression) marital family and parental status pregnancy genetic information military enlistment or veteran status and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal state or local law regulation or ordinance in any of the Universitys educational programs and activities and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Equal Pay Act; the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; the Colorado Protecting Opportunities and Workers Rights (POWR) Act; and any other federal state and local laws regulations or ordinances that prohibit discrimination harassment and/or retaliation. For more information please see the University of Denvers NonDiscriminationStatement.
All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
