Do you feel good after helping someone? Make it a career and work with MAC! You will work with children and young adults helping them build stronger skills utilizing Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). We make sure you have support available to you throughout your career with us.

MAC’s team of experienced licensed mental health professionals are capable of providing psychological testing and formal diagnosis of Autism while providing on-going comprehensive evaluation. Our assessment services are available to current MAC families as well as those who have not yet established a relationship with MAC. We use the most accurate and up-to-date psychological testing measures for diagnosing Autism.

The Assessor provides psychological testing within the framework of comprehensive diagnostic evaluations to individuals, children, and families within the realm of Autism.

Responsibilities:

• The Assessor is responsible for administering/scoring psychological tests, which are to be used to evaluate, diagnose, and/or confirm the presence/severity of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) along clinical interviews and other measures as it relates to Autism.
• Training and supervision on psychological tests will be provided by a licensed psychologist and/or other licensed clinician through the Minnesota Autism Center prior to the administration of specific tests where needed.
• Completing and documenting all Diagnostic Assessments, progress notes, and case reviews per agency policy and MN Department of Human Services requirements will be necessary.
• Provide psycho-education to clients and staff related to mental health and co-occurring disorders.
• Types of testing such as assessing outcome measures and tests that assess adaptive functioning, administering tests such as the ADOS-2, and other measures that evaluate for Autism.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary/professional team consultation meetings once per week and other clinical and administrative meetings, as required.
• Receive ongoing individual and group supervision as required by respective licensing board
• Ensure the content and format of client records be uniform and entries in each case are signed and dated by a licensed mental health professional.
• Actively participate in all required clinical supervision requirements.
• Provide feedback sessions.
• Initiate and maintain ongoing communication with client referral, family members, and any relevant professionals, including psychiatry, medical doctor, school system, social services agencies, probation, etc.
• Conduct professional standard diagnostic evaluations, making decisions and recommendations for treatment planning and implementation.
• Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree from an accredited university in behavioral-health science or related field or active Mental Health Professional License in the state of Minnesota.
• Candidates can be either licensed or pre-licensed (we provide board approved supervision) to be eligible for the position. (LP, LICSW, LMFT, and/or LPCC)
• Must be eligible to be credentialed with insurers
• Experience with clinical mental health diagnosis and treatment in the ASD populations

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong computer literacy skills
• Strong experience in working with the ASD clinical population

MAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in terms or conditions of employment on the basis of sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), race, traits associated with race (including hair texture and style), color, national origin, religion, creed, age once having reached the age of majority, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military status, veteran status, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, status with respect to public assistance, or any other characteristics that are protected by federal, state or local laws.