Wellness Counselor; Senior Academic Counselor), Wellness & Accessibility Services

North Shore Community College is a diverse, caring, inclusive community that inspires our students to become engaged citizens and to achieve their personal, academic, and career goals through accessible, affordable, rigorous educational opportunities that are aligned with our region's workforce needs and will prepare them for life in a changing world. NSCC is one of 15 Massachusetts community colleges, which serves the 26 cities and towns north of Boston.

Since its founding in 1965, NSCC has grown from a single leased building to an urban campus in downtown Lynn and a suburban campus in Danvers, and from five to 80 academic programs of study. Nearly 50,000 students have graduated from NSCC. The college is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).

Wellness Counselor (Senior Academic Counselor), Wellness & Accessibility Services

MCCC Unit Professional position, Grade 6

Campus

Location:

Lynn

Work Schedule: 37.5 hours per week

SALARY: Anticipated starting salary is $80,066.00 - $83,000.00. Actual salary will be commensurate with education and experience in accordance with the MCCC/MTA collective bargaining agreement.

Full time benefited employees at North Shore Community College are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package offered through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  for a highlight of these benefits.

At this time, the College is not providing sponsor ships for Visas.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

The Wellness Counselor provides brief, student-centered wellness support, assessment and triage, crisis intervention, psychoeducation, and referral services to North Shore Community College students.

Working within a short-term support model, the Wellness Counselor assists students experiencing personal, emotional, behavioral, or situational concerns that may affect their well-being or academic success. The position provides immediate and brief supportive intervention, crisis response and safety planning, and connects students to TELUS Health, community behavioral health providers, social service agencies, and other appropriate resources for ongoing or specialized care.

The Wellness Counselor works collaboratively with faculty, staff, NSCC Police, behavioral intervention and student-support teams, and community partners to promote student well-being, persistence, and access to appropriate resources. All work is approached through an equity-minded, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed lens.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provides brief, solution-focused, trauma-informed wellness support to students experiencing personal, emotional, behavioral, academic, or situational concerns that may impact their well-being or academic success.
• Conducts assessment and triage of student wellness concerns, including the use of appropriate screening or risk-assessment tools, to determine immediate needs, level of concern, and appropriate intervention or referral.
• Responds to students experiencing significant emotional distress or behavioral health crises; provides crisis intervention, de-escalation, safety planning, and connection to emergency or community-based resources as appropriate.
• Provides short-term supportive check-ins and follow-up while facilitating referrals and warm handoffs to TELUS Health, behavioral health providers, healthcare practitioners, social service organizations, and other community resources for ongoing or specialized care.
• Serves as an active member of College behavioral intervention, care, and student-support teams, including BEACON, and/or SOS; contributes to assessment, intervention planning, outreach, referral, and follow-up for students of concern.
• Collaborates and consults with faculty, staff, NSCC Police, Accessibility Services, Student and Academic Success, community providers, and other partners to coordinate appropriate student support.
• Designs and delivers psycho educational programming, outreach, and prevention initiatives addressing student wellness, stress management, resilience, help-seeking, behavioral health, substance-use awareness, and other emerging student needs.
• Provides consultation, training, and resources to faculty and staff regarding recognizing and responding to students in distress, de-escalation, referral practices, and available student-support resources.
• Develops and maintains relationships with behavioral health, crisis-response, healthcare, and community organizations and…