| Classification Title: | OPS Counselor |
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| Classification Minimum Requirements: | Professionals with one of the following credentials are qualified to provide psychosocial counseling: |
| Job Description: | This is a Time-Limited OPS Counselor position, 28 hours per week, for an estimated time period of 12-16 weeks, with the potential of an extension based on program and staffing needs. Under the general direction of the Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC) Associate Director and immediate direction of the CWC Assistant Director/CART Coordinator, this position requires a variety of skills involving brief consultation & referral, brief clinical assessment, and crisis counseling, including referral to on-campus and off-campus resources, as well as lethality assessment, safety planning, case management, and consultation with parents, faculty, and staff. CART counselors spend the majority of their time conducting brief consultation & referral appointments and providing crisis counseling/consultations to students who walk in for same-day support. Crisis Counseling: Provide daytime crisis services. Consult with faculty, staff, students, and family members who are concerned about a student. Crisis counseling includes the following skills: empathic listening and validation, de-escalation, prioritization, assessment of suicide/homicide danger, safety planning, efficient intervention, consultation, and consideration of other risk factors such substance use, self-care, social support, and mental status. Crisis counseling occasionally involves interventions of last resort, such as psychiatric hospitalization. Consult with clinical faculty, clinical director, clinic coordinator, and case managers on students with urgent/emergent/recurrent concerns. Brief Consultation & Referral: Brief Consultation & Referral (BCR) appointments are brief (20-30 minutes) assessment and referral meetings with UF students seeking counseling services. During these meetings, CART counselors briefly determine students’ appropriateness for various on-campus and community resources and make recommendations and referrals accordingly. During the BCR, CART counselors also assess for suicide/homicide danger and address other urgent concerns, such as substance use and mental status. BCRs may include safety planning and referral to on-call CART counselors for further evaluation and crisis intervention. The Counseling and Wellness Center is a multi-mission agency within the Division of Student Life serving a wide variety of counseling services and programs offered to students in direct support of the academic mission of the University. There is also extensive outreach and consultation to the campus community, a national professional training program (at levels ranging from pre-practicum through residencies), and academic activities. The multi-disciplinary staff of the CWC includes approximately 45 1.0 FTE permanent Clinical faculty and professional staff, 13 TEAMS/USPS support staff, and 10 CART counselors. Additional personnel include 15 or more graduate student trainees, and approximately 10 student assistants. The Center is housed in two physical locations. The CART Team is located on the fourth floor of Peabody Hall & Counseling & Case Management Teams are located at Radio Road. We also have several embedded positions within the university. Students use the Center in increasingly large numbers, averaging over 5,800 student clients per year and approximately 44,000 annual counseling appointment hours. Outreach programs and consultations are offered to more than 29,000 contacts. The CWC provides: |
| Expected Salary: | $50,400 |
| Required Qualifications: | Professionals with one of the following credentials are qualified to provide psychosocial counseling: |
| Preferred: | Preferred qualifications include: (1) demonstrated expertise in clinical case management, (2) administrative and computer application skills required to effectively implement and maintain clinical documentation, (3) demonstrated skill in working well under pressure to prioritize and manage multiple clinical situations and to coordinate these efforts as a part of a multidisciplinary team, (4) energy to flexibly manage the professional demands of a challenging workload while maintaining positive and healthy perspectives and relationships, (5) collaborative spirit of warmth, acceptance, respect, and trust towards colleagues, (6) self-motivated, self-directed commitment to high professional ideals, (7) excellent oral and written communication skills, and (8) experience in college mental health, including crisis assessment, brief intervention, confidentiality requirements, and referral. |
| Special Instructions to Applicants: | To ensure full consideration, application letters, vitas, and three letters of recommendation from professional references including email addresses for contact should be submitted. The final candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible. Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/ Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date. |
| Health Assessment Required: | No |
| Location | Gainesville, FL |
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