Staff Therapist

Staff Therapist

Full-time, 12-month, Staff Therapist (LCPC, LCSW, or Psychologist) in Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). Reporting the Director of Clinical Services, this position conducts mental health evaluations and provides brief individual and group therapy for Northwestern students, and provides crisis intervention, clinical consultation, and mental health programming to the Northwestern community. This position also participates as a member of the training program through the provision of clinical supervision and/or training seminars.

In addition to the provision of direct clinical services, some Staff Therapists at CAPS serve as liaisons between the department and other areas of campus (e.g., a specific school or college within the institution). These liaison roles are determined each year depending on need and may vary from year to year. Staff Therapists may also provide or assist with the administration of a specific program or initiative, such as Let's Talk, New Student Orientation, or a segment of the group therapy program.

These roles are also determined each year depending on need. This position requires some evening hours and occasional weekend duties. After hours duties typically include 2-3 evenings and up to one weekend of on-call duties per quarter. Staff Therapists also generally provide 2-3 evening or weekend outreach events per quarter.

Pay Range:
The salary range for this Staff Therapist position is $93,000 - $96,537 depending on experience, skills, and internal equity.

Clinical Services

• Provides services including brief individual and group psychotherapy, crisis intervention, case management, and initial assessment (in-person and Telemental health).
• Assumes after-hours on call responsibilities.
• Maintains timely clinical records of therapeutic and other client contacts.
• Consults with psychiatrists in conjunction with prescribing and monitoring psychotropic medication for psychotherapy clients.
• Consults with parents, physicians, faculty, academic deans, residence life staff, off-campus counseling services, other campus offices and students, when appropriate, and with appropriate authorization to provide quality care to students.
• Makes referrals to off-campus clinical services when appropriate.

Community-Based Intervention Programming

• Develop and maintain supportive relationships with campus partners.
• Conduct community-based intervention programming as requested to the campus community, including orientation sessions for new students and parents, informal support spaces, psycho educational workshop presentations, and emergency support services.
• May occasionally provide these services for other NU campus.
• May serve as a liaison to other campus unit(s) or academic programs.

Training

• Provides clinical supervision (including face-to-face case review, review of videos and progress notes, and supervisory feedback) to mental health trainees at CAPS.
• Provides consultation to trainee(s), as needed.
• Provides training to CAPS trainees about a variety of clinical topics in consultation with the Associate Director for Training.
• Provides crisis management consultation and supervision to trainees, as requested.

Other Duties

• Attend and participate in regular CAPS staff meetings, case conferences, and in-service training.
• Participate in Student Affairs committees, as assigned by the Executive Director.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

Hold a completed Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, or related field from an accredited program or doctoral level degree (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) in clinical or counseling psychology from an APA accredited program. Candidates with doctoral degrees must have completed a doctoral…