Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Description

School/Unit:
Harvard University Central Administration

Job Function:
Health Care

Location:

Cambridge

Job Type: Full‑time

Salary Grade: 057

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Union: 00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Term Appointment:
No

Company Description

By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world‑changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds skills and expertise. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming environment where everyone can thrive.

Harvard University's Central Administration (CADM) is a 5,000+ employee organization that supports the university's overall excellence by understanding and serving the needs of its schools, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and surrounding communities. Through dynamic and collaborative partnerships, CADM provides high‑quality and efficient services to the schools to help them achieve their goals.

Harvard University is the largest intercollegiate athletic department in the country with 42 varsity sports and approximately 1,200 varsity student‑athletes. Harvard has long valued the lessons taught by athletic participation: the pursuit of excellence through personal development and teamwork, ethical and responsible behavior on and off the field, adherence to the spirit of rules as well as to their letter, leadership and strength of character, acceptance of victory with humility and acknowledgement of defeat with grace.

In addition, Harvard Athletics believes in building community through the engagement of students, faculty, staff, and alumni and creates an environment in which neighboring communities can enjoy the Harvard experience.

Licensed Mental Health Clinician, LMHC, for Harvard University Health Services is a member of the Counseling and Mental Health Services (CAMHS) team at HUHS and will work collaboratively with the Sports Medicine program within the Department of Athletics to provide mental health services to student‑athletes. This position is responsible for developing an Integrated Mental Health Program for Student‑Athletes, and Sports Medicine.

Within CAMHS, provides assessment and clinical care, including evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and consultation to student‑athletes within an integrated model for providing physical and mental health services.

This is a full‑time, seasonal position: 40 hours per week from August 1‑May 31 with a seasonal leave from June 1‑July 31.

• Facilitates the clinical management of patients through the process of evaluation, diagnosis, consultation, and referral to the appropriate resources.
• Provides individual, group, and crisis intervention.
• Coordinates out‑patient visits to ensure timely access to the appropriate services.
• Identifies and monitors high‑risk patients and expeditizes an individualized crisis management plan.
• Develops and maintains mechanisms to assure continuity of care for individuals requiring acute care.
• Experience and ability to provide mental health care toward behavioral disordered eating.
• Provides and documents patient education consistent with HUHS policies and procedures.
• Assists and participates in the development of treatment plans consistent with the policies and procedures of CAMHS.
• Supervises trainees from the Sports Medicine LMHC program at Boston University.
• Supports primary care model.
• Manages caseload appropriately.
• Documents all patient contacts accurately and in a timely manner.
• Manages clinically expected outcomes to treatment.
• Make appropriate referrals.
• Identifies and assesses appropriateness of care and accessibility.

• Partners with Sports Medicine team to conduct mental health screenings for student‑athletes during annual physicals.

• Provides psychoeducation and support around mental health concerns as needed.
• Collaborates and makes recommendations to Sports Medicine team to support mental health concerns.
• Consults with athletic training staff around students with mental health concerns.