Work Opportunities

Weiland Health Initiative offers a yearlong specialized training experience on gender and sexual identities for postdoctoral psychology fellows at Stanford’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). Fellows who select this track will work together with the Weiland team to:

• provide clinical services for the LGBTQIA student community
• increase clinicians’ awareness and understanding of the spectrum of sexual orientation, gender identity and intersectionality
• create outreach programs and activities for the LGBTQIA student community,
• and foster dialogue within the larger Stanford community around issues of sexual orientation, gender identity and intersectionality

Programs and activities offered as a part of this track have included

• holding discussion spaces for queer folks of color
• Presenting research and information on self-care and identity formation
• opening dialogue on campus regarding LGBTQIA athletes
• taking steps to make Vaden Health Center a more welcoming physical environment for a diverse student population
• offering a "Queer Crafts" art therapy event
• participating in an LGBTQIA field trip for pre-doctoral trainees
• organizing a presentation for staff on service delivery to transgender students

Fellows in this track also participate in a biweekly Gender and Sexual Identities Consultation Group, collaborate with Terra House to create LGBTQ+ programming, and help to plan the 10-week Gender and Sexual Identities clinical rotation attended by the pre-doctoral psychology trainees and other CAPS staff.

For more details about opportunities in the GSI track, please contact Dr. Inge Hansen.

For more information about the postdoctoral training program, visit the CAPS Postdoctoral Fellow page.

Terra Weiland Health Associate (WHA) 2020-2021

The Weiland Health Associate is a member of the Terra House Cooperative community and the Weiland Health Initiative responsible for supporting the health and wellness of Terra House residents as well as larger Stanford LGBTQ+ communities. While the WHA will be expected to prioritize the needs of the house and staff team, their programming should be open, flexible, and responsive to all community members. The bulk of their work should take the form of event programming and resource development, which may include: Terra Bites, de-stress events, coordinating CAPS counseling, arts and creation initiatives, developing topical resource guides & brochures, and collaborating with other campus organizations to promote queer and trans health and wellness. The WHA must make programming accessible to people of color, low-income people, migrants and undocumented people, disabled people and people with disabilities, women, femmes, people of all faiths, and people from any other underrepresented identities who have been historically underserved.

Expectations:

• Advance the LGBTQ+ theme of the Terra House Cooperative and the mission of The Weiland Health Initiative
• Attend to, and respond to, the health & wellness of Terra residents which looks like: check-ins with the RA and CM, communicating with the Residence Dean for Terra, directing residents to resources for help and support, assessing programmatic needs
• Foster belonging and connection across LGBTQ+ communities on campus
• Create and support gender and sexual diversity-oriented education and training across campus
• Create wellness programming that actively engages the diversity of the house and campus queer/trans communities in response to their needs
• Meet regularly with Weiland Health Initiative Manager and staff to coordinate Vaden/campus mental health and wellness efforts
• Meet regularly with Terra staff to coordinate programming and community-building efforts
• Meet regularly with fellow WHAs to collectively support the house theme
• Actively participate in Staff Selection, and coordination of the pre-assignment process for their residence
• Support/coordinate the process of identifying and selecting future WHAs, in conjunction with their fellow student staff members, The Weiland Health Initiative, and Residential Education
• Organize two (2) programs each quarter to address community health & wellness needs
• Generate, update, and disseminate campus resources – such as flyers brochures and website content – to connect queer and trans community members to health and wellness resources outside of Terra House
• Collaborate regularly with CAPS/Vaden Health Center, the QSR, and queer/trans student organizations in addition to Weiland and Terra staff
• Support diversity education broadly

Stipend to be spread out over 3 quarters: $4,000

Weiland Health Associate (WHA) 2019-20

As a member of the Weiland Health Initiative, the Weiland Health Associate is responsible for supporting the Weiland Health Initiative team as well as larger Stanford LGBTQ+ communities. While the WHA will be expected to prioritize the needs of the staff team and campus priorities, their programming should be open, flexible, and responsive to all community members. The bulk of their work should take the form of event programming, promotions, outreach and resource development, which may include: de-stress events, arts and creation initiatives, developing topical resource guides & brochures, and collaborating with other campus organizations to promote queer and trans health and wellness. The WHA must make programming accessible to people of color, low-income people, migrants and undocumented people, disabled people and people with disabilities, women, femmes, people of all faiths, and people from any other underrepresented identities who have been historically underserved.

Expectations:

• Advance the mission of The Weiland Health Initiative, participate in Weiland Team meetings as well as WHA supervision meetings with Weiland Health Initiative Program Manager
• Foster belonging and connection across LGBTQ+ communities on campus
• Create and support gender and sexual diversity-oriented education and training across campus
• Create wellness programming that actively engages the diversity of the Stanford community and campus queer/trans communities in response to their needs
• Meet regularly with Weiland staff to coordinate programming and community-building efforts and Team projects
• Meet regularly with fellow WHAs to collectively support each other’s work and generate relevant projects and programming
• Organize two (2) programs each quarter to address community health & wellness needs or to outreach to a particular community on campus that would benefit from connection to Weiland services
• Generate, update, and disseminate campus resources – such as flyers, brochures and website content – to connect queer and trans community members to health and wellness resources and Weiland programs, projects and staff
• Collaborate regularly with CAPS/Vaden Health Center, the QSR, and queer/trans student organizations in addition to Weiland staff
• Support diversity education broadly

For any questions, email us at weilandhealth@stanford.edu