Mental Health Services Clinician; Trauma Liaison; Student Health and Well - Mental Health Service

Student Health and Well-Being (SHWB) Mental Health Services at Johns Hopkins University seeks an energetic, organized, and motivated Mental Health Services Clinician, Trauma Liaison to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment focused on delivering innovative mental healthcare and supporting the well-being of a diverse community of learners. The Mental Health Services Clinician, Trauma Liaison, serves as an MHS liaison and resource for trauma-informed care, with particular responsibility for developing and maintaining partnerships with University offices supporting students and learners impacted by trauma.

Key partnerships include Gender-Based Violence Prevention, the Office of Institutional Equity/Title IX, the Sexual Violence Advisory Committee, and other relevant University programs and offices.

The Mental Health Services Clinician focuses primarily on generalist clinical service delivery, along with expertise in consultation, outreach, relationship development, and interdisciplinary collaboration as essential mental health interventions. In the Trauma Liaison role, the clinician supports MHS and University efforts to strengthen trauma-informed practices, improve pathways to mental health care for students impacted by traumatic experiences, and develop sustained partnerships with offices whose work frequently intersects with trauma and recovery.

The clinician serves as a primary point of contact regarding MHS services, access pathways, scope of care, referral processes, and coordination of mental health support for campus partners addressing trauma-related student needs.

As with all staff within Mental Health Services, the Mental Health Services Clinician operates as a generalist who provides a full range of clinical services, including initial consultations, goal-directed counseling, workshops, groups, and crisis intervention. Trauma-informed assessment and treatment are incorporated within this generalist model and are understood as shared clinical competencies across MHS rather than services associated exclusively with the liaison position.

The Trauma Liaison brings additional knowledge and experience related to trauma-informed care and contributes to consultation, professional development, service development, and interdisciplinary collaboration while supporting the development of trauma expertise across the broader MHS team.

Specific Duties And Responsibilities

• This position's direct clinical service responsibilities will be primarily based at the clinician's assigned MHS clinic but may include virtual or in-person services and supervision at other locations in Maryland or Washington, D.C.
• See minimum qualifications for required time frames for licensure.
• Jurisdictions required
  - Maryland and Washington, D.C.
• Percentages of duties and responsibilities are provided as general guidelines and may vary depending on time of year, needs of the clinical service, and liaison and programmatic responsibilities.

• Creates a warm and welcoming clinical environment where clients feel supported and respected as they pursue their personal, academic, and professional goals.
• Provides multiculturally informed direct clinical services, including goal-oriented approaches to initial consultations, intake assessments, single-session treatment, individual counseling, group and relationship counseling, and crisis intervention for a diverse community of undergraduate and graduate students and trainees.
• Provides trauma-informed assessment and treatment within the MHS generalist model, including clinical care for students presenting with a range of trauma-related concerns and experiences.
• Utilizes both flexible and goal-oriented approaches to individual treatment, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, and other evidence-informed approaches, often in collaboration with treating psychiatrists.
• May provide Trauma Assessments as part of a broader pool of MHS clinicians trained in established Trauma Assessment procedures, clinical formulation, documentation expectations, recommendations, and referral pathways.
• Collaborates with providers within SHWB as an interdisciplinary treatment team, including counselors, psychiatric providers, primary care clinicians, case management, disability services staff, and other relevant professionals.
• Provides clinical case management to support connections to appropriate resources and bridge clients to care.
• Consults, as appropriate,…