Associate Director, University Counseling Center

* Provide professional counseling services including intake and clinical assessment, crisis intervention, treatment planning, brief individual and group counseling, consultation, and referrals.
* Maintain documentation of services within electronic medical records system in an accurate and timely manner.
* Provide back-up triage counselor-on-duty services as needed. Participate in biweekly case conferences and informal case consultation to coordinate client care.
* Perform other duties as assigned.
* Serves on JED campus committee, attends monthly meetings, and assists with JED campus framework implementation.
* Serves on the THRIVE 365 committee and assists with planning of THRIVE campus events.
* Serves on the behavior intervention team (BIT), attends weekly meetings, and provides consultation as needed to the BIT team case manager and chair.
* Provide consultation and outreach services to students, campus and community members related to mental health issues and student concerns
* Perform other duties as assigned.
* Master’s degree in counseling or psychology field.
* Licensure as a professional counselor or psychologist in Texas or ability to obtain Texas licensure within 6 months of hire.
* Eight (8) years of post-masters professional counseling experience in a counseling center or outpatient counseling setting.
* Additional education may be considered as a substitution for minimum experience requirement:  + Doctoral degree in psychology field with six (6) years of related experience in a counseling center or outpatient counseling setting
* Demonstrated program development, coordination, and evaluation experience
* Demonstrated experience with mental health clinic administration
* Experience supervising licensed clinical staff in a university counseling center or similar entity
* Knowledge of applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations.
* Proven ability to effectively manage, lead and motivate employees.
* Ability to establish priorities, goals and objectives for mental health clinic.
* Strong decision-making and organizational leadership skills.
* Demonstrated competency in providing short-term counseling, crisis intervention, and triage services to adolescents or young adults in an outpatient clinical setting
* Experience in assessment and intervention of individuals with a range of disorders and serious mental health concerns, including trauma and life-threatening crises.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills and high level of professionalism and professional ethics.
* Ability to interact effectively and professionally with students, staff, faculty and administrators
* Knowledge and experience with Electronic Medical Records systems
* Multicultural awareness and multicultural counseling competency.
* Doctoral degree in Counseling, Psychology or closely related field
* Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor or Licensed Psychologist in Texas.
* Two (2) years of administrative and supervisory experience in a university counseling center or outpatient counseling setting.
* Eight (8) years of professional post-masters counseling experience in a college counseling center.
* Experience providing clinical supervision and training to master's level counseling trainees in a college or university counseling center.
* Experience with running reports and administration of Point and Click or similar electronic health record system.
* Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) or Optional Retirement Plan (ORP)
* Voluntary Tax Deferred Account/Deferred Compensation Plan Again, welcome and thank you for your interest. Please contact us if you need assistance in applying, seeking an update on a posting, or have further questions.
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