Assistant Director of Student Wellness Center/Mental Health Counselor/Clinical Supervisor and Training Coord, Student Wellness Center

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Position Title Assistant Director of Student Wellness Center/Mental Health Counselor/Clinical Supervisor and Training Coord, Student Wellness Center Position Status Full-Time

Budget Summary

Base Pay $68,000

Position Summary Information

Job Description Summary

Under the direction of the Director of the Student Wellness Center, the Assistant Director of Student Wellness Center/Mental Health Counselor/Clinical Supervisor and Training Coordinator (Mental Health Counselor) will provide short-term counseling to students on a variety of issues, supervise clinical interns, and assist with development of outreach programs. The Assistant Director of Student Wellness Center will work with the Student Wellness Leadership Team to develop a strategic vision for providing holistic care to students at all campus locations.

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Responsibilities

Responsible to model the University Mission through dedicated job performance, service excellence to constituencies, respectful collaboration and active support of the University's Mission and Catholic and Lasallian higher education.

• Provide short-term individual counseling to students on a variety of issues impacting the student's academic success or quality of life.
• Conduct training and clinical supervision for graduate level counseling interns.
• Plan and facilitate clinical group supervision for counseling team (interns and staff). Coordinate with Director on planning for staffing and training implementation as needed.
• Oversee the development and provision of group therapy opportunities.
• Maintain relationships with outside resources in order to facilitate appropriate referrals for students as needed.
• Provide on-call response and consultation/supervision to staff in the absence of the Director of the Student Wellness Center and as requested.
• Maintain appropriate clinical documentation for client, consultation and clinical intern supervision contacts.
• Offer crisis intervention services to students in distress.
• Participate in emergency preparedness planning/training as required.
• Offer consultation/training to Lewis University departments/staff/community on prevention/response to critical student concerns and to prevent suicide or threats.
• Serve on the Wellness Committee. Support the design and implementation of issue-based, evidenced-based psycho-educational outreach programming to students. Collaborate with Student Wellness Center staff, Project Director for Prevention, Student Life Committee and Wellness Committee on programming to support students.
• Provide BASICS/CASICS and substance use assessment, education, referral and care coordination support for Student Conduct, Athletics and referrals from Student Wellness Center.
• May serve in confidential advising role as directed and in compliance with the Illinois Higher Education Act to students who are victims of gender-based violence.
• Participate on campus committees as assigned.
• Provide consultation with collaborating campus departments, faculty and staff.
• Assist in planning for present and future clinical mental health services and utilization of best practice and evidence-based treatment models and initiatives.
• Adhere to policies of the Center and University.
• Adhere to ethics of the American Counseling Association.
• Provide other assigned functions as appropriate that contribute to the service offerings of the Center and mission of the University.
• Must maintain appropriate malpractice and liability insurance.
• Other duties as assigned.

This position is 100% in-person and 11 months (working part-time in June and July); and will have responsibility to support students at all campus locations. Evening and weekend hours required.

Minimum Qualifications

Completed graduate degree program in Counseling or related discipline. Minimum of four years of clinical mental health counseling experience. Current second level licensure, i.e., LCPC under the State of Illinois Department of Professional Regulation is required. Completion of mandatory clinical supervision trainings as required for licensure; experience providing clinical supervision preferred. Demonstrated knowledge of college student development theories and practice. Demonstrated experience providing clinical experience with a wide range of presenting issues, including assessment, managing risk and treatment of serious mental health concerns (i.e., suicide risk assessment). Must demonstrate knowledge and skill in the area of crisis intervention, trauma informed response to gender-based violence, program development, consultation, and outreach. Must present demonstrated competence with multicultural and other diverse populations. If requested to serve in a campus confidential advisory role for Title IX - must complete 40 hour training in sexual violence pertaining to role.

Preferred Qualifications

Five years plus counseling experience. Provision of clinical supervision experience and experience working with college students in university-setting highly preferred. Spanish speaking.

Essential Duties Work hours

This position will be FT

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number S01767 Posting Date Closing Date Open Until Filled Yes Special Instructions Summary

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• • Are you licensed to provide mental health counseling services? If yes, please identify your specific licensing through the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation.

(Open Ended Question)

• • Do you have a current LCPC license in Illinois?
• Yes
• No

Applicant Documents

Required Documents

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Other Documents
• Transcripts

Optional Documents