Forensic PP work

[oathkeeper]

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Thinking about a career transition- I'm currently working at an AMC in a leadership position and am slowly becoming disillusioned with it. (maybe more quickly than slowly). I have some background in forensic work (forensic unit, court clinic, pre-employment evals for law enforcement). I may have an opportunity to return to the court system for a job (competency to stand trial and serve sentence evals) in order to gain more experience. Ultimately, I'd like to go into forensic practice but am wondering what types of evals folks focus on in pp?

 

[BuckeyeLove]

In short, check out Eric Mart’s book on getting started in forensic practice. One of the best I’ve come across and it’s an easy read. A great starting point.

 

[boomshakalaka]

Thinking about a career transition- I'm currently working at an AMC in a leadership position and am slowly becoming disillusioned with it. (maybe more quickly than slowly). I have some background in forensic work (forensic unit, court clinic, pre-employment evals for law enforcement). I may have an opportunity to return to the court system for a job (competency to stand trial and serve sentence evals) in order to gain more experience. Ultimately, I'd like to go into forensic practice but am wondering what types of evals folks focus on in pp?

Ditto the suggestion on Eric Mart’s book. The types of evaluations you conduct will largely be a function of your training and experience. I’d imagine that private competency referrals would be the natural progression from whatever court position you get. I’ve found many private practice referrals to be nebulous, which requires a lot of discussion up front about what an attorney is really looking for. For example “mitigation” evals mean 100 different things to 100 different lawyers.

 

[AcronymAllergy]

For competency and other criminal work, you'll also want to check state guidelines and requirements. They may stipulate certain certifications and may also cap the pay rate, at least if it's court-mandated/court-appointment vs. privately managed. Sometimes the pay rates can be fair and sometimes they're borderline-pro bono.

 

[oathkeeper]

Got the book and am reading it, thank you for all of your thoughts!

 

[PsyDr]

Is this the Oathkeepers that is the far right militia?

 

[bluecolourskies]

Aside from the book, how else do people market and obtain referrals, especially when they move to a new place and don’t have contacts? (I realize “forensic” can mean a lot of things, so this would also differ on what types of evaluations a person offers).

 

[WisNeuro]

Aside from the book, how else do people market and obtain referrals, especially when they move to a new place and don’t have contacts? (I realize “forensic” can mean a lot of things, so this would also differ on what types of evaluations a person offers).

Depends on what kinds of forensic evaluations you are looking to do. It's pretty easy for neuro, get boarded and the work will come looking for you.

 

[PsyDr]

Aside from the book, how else do people market and obtain referrals, especially when they move to a new place and don’t have contacts? (I realize “forensic” can mean a lot of things, so this would also differ on what types of evaluations a person offers).

You publish and present in a specific area.

 

[bluecolourskies]

Depends on what kinds of forensic evaluations you are looking to do. It's pretty easy for neuro, get boarded and the work will come looking for you.

immigration evals and competency to stand trial

 

[WisNeuro]

immigration evals and competency to stand trial

They're practically begging people for immigration evals here. I'd just find a law firm doing it and presenting them with your credentials and proof that your competent to do such evals.

 

[AcronymAllergy]

They're practically begging people for immigration evals here. I'd just find a law firm doing it and presenting them with your credentials and proof that your competent to do such evals.

In addition to this, I'll not-infrequently see emails on my state psych forum/listserv asking about folks willing to perform immigration evals. I suspect if you bit on one of those requests, you'd quickly have inroads to additional evals.

 

[bluecolourskies]

Great, thanks guys!