Student Services Specialist; Licensed Mental Health Professional

Overview

Title: Student Services Specialist (Licensed Mental Health Professional)

Position Number: 0097569

Hiring Unit: Office of the VP for Community Colleges, Academic Affairs

Location: Manoa

Date Posted: January 5, 2026

Closing Date: January 21, 2026

Band: B

Salary: Salary Schedules and Placement Information

Full Time/Part Time: Full-Time

Month: 11-Month

Temporary/Permanent: Permanent

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• Support the mission of the UH Community Colleges’ coordinated system approach and Mental Health & Wellness programs by providing accessible, high-quality, and culturally responsive mental health services that support students’ academic success and overall well-being.
• Provide scheduled, direct face-to-face or online specialized, short-term, focused, goal-oriented psychotherapeutic services to students, in individual or group settings, who have a wide range of psychiatric and psychosocial behavioral problems.
• Implement appropriate techniques to assist students to support individualized goals and outcomes, e.g. reducing distress and increasing coping skills which enhance academic performance, and build self-efficacy and support in their natural environment.
• Document clinical interventions and maintain program forms, clinical charts, program evaluation, and data collection as required by the program and their licensed profession.
• Provide clinical consultation and technical assistance on UHCC student management database for mental health services. Identify and implement improved methods, policies, procedures, standards, and interventions including problem solving for difficult and complex cases.
• Coordinate mental health services and communication across UH Community College campuses to promote consistency, collaboration, and continuity of care, in alignment with system priorities and under the direction of the designated supervisor.
• Receive supervision, consultation, and direction from the designated supervisor, and appropriately escalate complex, high-risk, or system-level concerns in accordance with establish procedures.
• Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team with program staff, administration, instructors, and other colleagues.
• Practice with a commitment to the highest ethical standards of professional practice, as well as personal and professional integrity.
• Maintain a State of Hawaii license for their appropriate profession and act in a manner consistent with the code of ethics of their licensed profession and State of Hawaii statutes.
• Provide services during daytime and possibly some evening or weekend hours. Ability to travel to neighbor-island campuses as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Professional Work Experience

• Possession of a Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or related field and 3 year(s) of progressively responsible professional experiences with responsibilities as a Clinical Social Worker, Mental Health Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, or Psychologist; or any equivalent combination of education and/or professional work experience which provides the required education, knowledge, skills and abilities as indicated.
• Current State of Hawaii license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Mental Health Counselor, or Marriage and Family Therapist, or Psychologist.

• Considerable working knowledge of principles, practices and techniques in the area of mental health counseling as demonstrated by the broad knowledge of the full range of pertinent standard and evolving concepts, principles and methodologies.
• Considerable working knowledge and understanding of applicable federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and theories and systems associated with mental health counseling.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve wide ranging complex problems through the use of creative reasoning and logic to accurately determine the cause of the problems and the resolution of the problems in an effective, innovative and timely manner.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and present information and ideas clearly and accurately in writing, verbally and by preparation of presentations, trainings,…