Psychologist/Psychiatrist Needed to Head Research Team
ORGANIZATION: Age-Out Angels
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The Age-Out Angels Foundation is seeking a psychologist/psychiatrist for help with a grant application that, if accepted, would evolve into a paid research study. You don't have to commit to both phases:
Topic: Training foster parents to interact with foster youth ages 14-21 who have suffered childhood trauma and who have moderate to severe behavior issues that may require clinical intervention. The Psychology Team researches the behavioral side while the Sociology Team researches the cultural side.
Phase 1: The Volunteer Application Phase - Develop top level tables of contents to use as suggestions in the application for how training modules would be structured. This type of outlining would enable subsequent research to be conducted efficiently targeting specific topic areas.
Phase 2: The Post-Award (Paid) Phase - Lead a team of student researchers to compile the information, homogenize the copy, work with the Siciology Team when content overlaps, and deliver content to the Instructional Design team.
Timeframe:
1. Application due by July 11, so if interested, please respond immediately.
2. Award in September at which time research will commence immediately.
3. Most of the research will be in the first 6 months, but the contract is for a year so revisions can be made.
More opportunities with Age-Out Angels
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Age-Out Angels
Location:
9 LAKE VIEW TER, Columbus, NJ 08022, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to build an army of volunteers with love in their hearts who are willing to be friend and guide to one youth who needs them. We believe that education is the key to future success, therefore we have a two-step process. Volunteers enter our organization as tutors (usually virtual). Once trust is established and educational progress is being made, the tutor can evolve into a mentor. Mentors provide support, friendship, and guidance to help youth mature into productive members of society. We train volunteers to guide youth toward a path where they can secure shelter, food, clothing, transportation, education, employment and more via programs that already exist. Unfortunately, many of the bureaucratic procedures are beyond a youth's ability and they need an adult to access these programs and maintain their benefits. The role of the volunteer is simply to help and support. There is NO adoption component to Age-Out Angels.
Description
In 1992, Greg and Robin Rapport adopted their first of two wonderful children. During that process, the Rapports were introduced to the foster care systems. As their own children grew, Greg and Robin saw first-hand the difference that a stable, loving family makes in a child’s life.
The Rapports were particularly disturbed by the potentially horrendous plight of children who age-out of the foster system. They saw that these children often have few, if any, life skills that they can use to their advantage in the real world. Age-out children’s educational skills are frequently far below grade level, making it difficult for them to go to college or maintain meaningful employment. In many cases, these children are simply waiting to be victims. Their fate is frequently homelessness, incarceration, or death.
The Rapports are dedicated to being a positive force in the protection of children who may not have the parental support necessary to avoid the pitfalls that can swallow those who are young, naïve, and easy prey when not properly guided.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
June 29, 2016
SKILLS
- Child Development
- Child Welfare
- Crisis Intervention
- Mental Health
- Crisis Counseling
- Psychology
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 10-20 hours between now and July 11
- A CV that can demonstrate experience in 1 or more of, foster care, childhood trauma, teen counseling