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Merakey
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Licensed Forensic Psychologist-Team Leader

PsychologistFull-Time

Compensation

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
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Job Description

Merakey is seeking a Licensed Psychologist Team Leader with strong forensic and supervisory experience

What You’ll Do

  • Lead a team of forensic psychology professionals.
  • Contribute to the oversight of program operations: workflow, compliance, staffing, budgeting, and quality.
  • Assess team performance to ensure high‑quality and psychological assessments.
  • Educate and guide program in policy compliance, protocols, and continuous quality improvement.
  • Partner with behavioral health agencies, and justice‑system related stakeholders to enhance coordination, deflection, and diversion.

Ready to Lead this team and make a difference?

If you’re passionate about forensic psychology and making a difference in our client's lives in fast paced, justice‑focused program, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today!

Benefits

Merakey offers generous benefits that promote well-being, financial security,

and work-life balance, including:

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus access to healthcare advocacy support.
  • Retirement plan -- both pre-tax and Roth (after-tax) options available for employee contributions.
  • DailyPay -- access your pay when you need it!
  • On the Goga well-being platform, featuring self-care tools and resources.
  • Access Care.com for backup childcare, elder care, and household services.
  • Confidential counseling, legal, and financial services through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
  • Tuition reimbursement and educational partnerships.
  • Employee discounts and savings programs on entertainment, travel, and lifestyle.
  • Access to Pryor Online Learning for free online personal development classes.

Learn More About Our Full Benefits Package

  • https://www.merakey.org/careers/benefits

[https://www.merakey.org/careers/benefits]

About Merakey

Merakey is a non-profit provider of developmental, behavioral health, and education services. More than 8,000 employees provide support to nearly 40,000 individuals and families throughout 12 states across the country each year.

Click here to watch a video about Merakey. [https://youtu.be/MD3KtxmS7qo]

Merakey strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

Merakey is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer! We deeply value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnic background, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or disability status.

Moreover, we are committed to creating teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.

Merakey welcomes all Veterans to apply!

Qualifications

A Qualified Candidate Will Meet the Following Criteria

  • Licensed Forensic Psychologist in PA
  • Leadership experience
  • Familiar with competency evaluation and restoration and service delivery
  • Experience working in justice related systems
  • Experience providing clinical supervision

Key Responsibilities

Lead a team of forensic psychology professionals while overseeing program operations, compliance, and quality improvement. Partner with justice-system stakeholders to enhance coordination and service delivery.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Team leadershipCompliance managementRestoration servicesJustice system coordinationStaffing management

Psychologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 24% have no call, 44% require no weekends.

Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$204k
Typical market rent
$1,768/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Merakey

Non-profit Organizations
Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
Retirement plan (pre-tax and Roth options)
DailyPay
On the Goga well-being platform
Access to Care.com for backup childcare and elder care
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Tuition reimbursement and educational partnerships
Employee discounts and savings programs