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Date t-a 1 88
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Action Requested: Classify one 20/40 Mental Health Treatment Specialist 'C "level '(flsg -°
_ Psychologist license (Children's Specialty) , cancel 0 Clinical sychologist ;.Pr;eco _
position 54-1550.
Proposed Effective Date: -159/a
Explain why adjustment i^ needed: - to provide psychological testing capability in -the. _.- :..*_:
Central County Children's Mental Health Program.
'Cla'ssification Questionnaire cttached: Yes No ❑
Estimated cost of adjustment: $ (553/month)
Cost is within department's budget: Yes ❑ No ❑
If not within budget, use reverse side to explain how costs are Ao be -funded. -- _--
Department must initiate necessary appropriation adjustment.
Use additional sheets for further explanations or comments. Web Beadle, Personnel Office
IVI(for Department Head
Personnel Department Recommendation
Date: /0 -�O `90
Classify one 20/40 Mental Health Treatment Specialist C Level , Salary Level TA 1263
(2979-3629); cancel 20/40 Clinical Psychologist - Project position #54-1550, Salary
Level C5 1856 (2906-3532).
Amend Resolution 71/17 establishing positions and resolutions allocating classes to, the
Basic/Exempt Salary Schedule, as described above.
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Effective: day following Board action.
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Date or irec or rsonnel
County Administrator Recommendation
Date:
Approve Recommendation of Director of Personnel
Disapprove Recommendation of Director of Personnel
Other: -
for ounty Administrator
3oard of Supervisors Action Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Q,djustment APPROVEDW10190" on Nov 1 1988 _ Supervisors and County Administrator
date: �_—�'�V 1 1988 By:
kPPROVAL OF THIS ADJUSTMENT CONSTITUTES A PERSONNEL/SALARY RESOLUTION AMENDMENT.
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Clinical Psychologist - Project HEALTH SERVICES A/DA/MH
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Health Center - Children's Svcs.
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TESTING: Direct clinical duties include the following: Conducts psychodiagnostic
50% * assessments of children & adolescents and adults; supervises interns in
preformance of same; conducts play therapy with young children, individual
therapy with adolescents and adults, and family therapy. In many cases
collateral sessions will be indicated with parents, school personnel,
TREATMENT/ Social Services, 'Probation, etc., and the individual will work with these
ZIIRAPY. significant individuals in the child's life in a cooperative manner, while
40% maintaining the confidentiality of the patient. In addition to the Central
County Mental Health Center, the person will be required to work in several
different settings including designated area schools, health clinics, and
other related childrens' service agencies as assigned. Also on occasion,
OTHEP/ the person may need to see a child and/or his parents in the home. The
MISC: individual may also be required to work with children and adolescents at
10% County designated Inpatient Psychiatric facilities, when the plan is to
discharge the child or adolescent back to the community. It may be
necessary for the individual to be available to see patients during some
evening hours.
The individual will be required to supervise and to provide training to
interns in psychology, social work, and counseling.
The person will be assigned to provide supervision and/or consultation to
local agencies that serve children.
The individual will be required to serve on various teams and clinic cealt-
mittees as assigned by the team leader or the clinic director.
JUSTIFICATION FM CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST LICENSE FLAG (65) :
Conducting Psychological Testing routinely or as needed, including
Rorschach Examination; Bender Gestalt, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for
Children- Revised (WISCR) ; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Revised
(MIS-fit) ; Wechsler Preschool Primary Scale of Intelligence (VPPSI) ; Draw-
A Person (DAP) ; House-Tree-Person-Family Drawings (HTPF) ; Thematic
Apperception (TAT) ; Children's Apperception Test (CAT) ; Wide Range Achieve-
ment Test (W�2AT) ; and in-depth clinical interviews. Clients are typically
multi-problem individuals and families who present diagnostic and behavior
management questions to the testing clinician.
Scoring and writing Psychological reports. These documents are utilized by
the Courts, Attorneys, lay people, and the professionals involved in the
child's case. They are extremely sensitive reports in that the recommen-
dations generated involve issues of physical and sexual abuse, neglect,
complex placement difficulties and proposed interface with Mental Health
and ancillary support services for treatment planning. Court Testimony as
an expert witness is sometimes required.
Interpreting psychological reports. Many children have already been
assessed by other professionals. Individual will be required to read and
analyze psychological reports and raw data and to consult with staff as to
the meaning of such data.
* If there are not enough Central County children to require 50% time for
testing (administering and scoring tests, writing related psychological
reports and findings, and giving interpretive consultation on test
material) , then this assignment will include doing testing for children
referred from the East County Childrens Services, subject to approval by the
Central County Children's Services Supervisor (Grant Nyborny) , so that.at
least 50% of this time (i.e., an average of 10 hours per week on an annual
basis) will be spent doing psychodiagnostic .testing work.
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Approved, Ruth Ormsby
C10-4 (MHTSC5948)