Recognizing that the psychology major prepares students for a wide variety of careers and graduate training programs, we are committed to placing students in co-ops and other work experiences related to their specific areas of interest. Psychology offers co-op jobs in a wide variety of clinical (i.e. client service) and research settings, as well as in business, nonprofit, education and consulting.
The following is a just sampling of Co-op employers and jobs available to psychology majors:
Employer: Bay State Psychological Associates, Boston, MA (develops and sells pre-employment testing) Job: Client services Web Site:www.hrpq.com
Employer: The Italian Home for Children, Jamaica Plain, MA (residential and school programs for children ages 4 to 13) Job: Child-care worker Web Site:www.italianhome.org
Employer: Massachusetts General Hospital Schizophrenia Program, Boston, MA (research in a Department of Mental Health facility for adults with schizophrenia) Job: Research assistant Web Site: http://www.massgeneral.org/schizophrenia
Employer: McLean Hopital, Belmont, MA (inpatient psychiatric hospital) Job: Mental health worker Web Site: www.mclean.harvard.edu
Employer: May Institute, Norwood, MA (residential and school-based programs for children with autism and traumatic brain injury) Job: Residential counselor / teachers’ assistant Web Site:www.mayinstitute.org
Employer: North Suffolk Mental Health Association, Chelsea, MA (residential and day programs for adults with psychiatric or developmental disabilities) Job: Residential counselor and day program assistant Web Site:www.northsuffolk.org
Employer: Vinfen, Cambridge, MA (residential programs for adults with psychiatric and developmental disabilities) Jobs: Mental retardation worker Web Site:www.vinfen.org
Employer: The Walker Home and School, Needham, MA (residential and school programs for children ages 4 to 13) Job: Child-care worker Web Site:www.walkerschool.org
Co-op Employers
Recognizing that the psychology major prepares students for a wide variety of careers and graduate training programs, we are committed to placing students in co-ops and other work experiences related to their specific areas of interest. Psychology offers co-op jobs in a wide variety of clinical (i.e. client service) and research settings, as well as in business, nonprofit, education and consulting.
The following is a just sampling of Co-op employers and jobs available to psychology majors:
Employer: Bay State Psychological Associates, Boston, MA (develops and sells pre-employment testing)
Job: Client services
Web Site: www.hrpq.com
Employer: The Italian Home for Children, Jamaica Plain, MA (residential and school programs for children ages 4 to 13)
Job: Child-care worker
Web Site: www.italianhome.org
Employer: Massachusetts General Hospital Pediatric Psychopharmacology Department, Boston, MA (ADD and ADHD research for children and adults)
Job: Research assistant
Web Site: http://www.massgeneral.org/psychiatry/services/pedipsych_home.aspx
Employer: Massachusetts General Hospital Schizophrenia Program, Boston, MA (research in a Department of Mental Health facility for adults with schizophrenia)
Job: Research assistant
Web Site: http://www.massgeneral.org/schizophrenia
Employer: McLean Hopital, Belmont, MA (inpatient psychiatric hospital)
Job: Mental health worker
Web Site: www.mclean.harvard.edu
Employer: May Institute, Norwood, MA (residential and school-based programs for children with autism and traumatic brain injury)
Job: Residential counselor / teachers’ assistant
Web Site: www.mayinstitute.org
Employer: North Suffolk Mental Health Association, Chelsea, MA (residential and day programs for adults with psychiatric or developmental disabilities)
Job: Residential counselor and day program assistant
Web Site: www.northsuffolk.org
Employer: Vinfen, Cambridge, MA (residential programs for adults with psychiatric and developmental disabilities)
Jobs: Mental retardation worker
Web Site: www.vinfen.org
Employer: The Walker Home and School, Needham, MA (residential and school programs for children ages 4 to 13)
Job: Child-care worker
Web Site: www.walkerschool.org