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Temporary Psychologist/Counselor Faculty Pool

The Department of Student Psychological Services at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), invites highly qualified, motivated, and well-organized applicants for a pool of temporary teaching appointments.

At CSUDH, we celebrate and respect diversity in all forms that include every race, religion, gender, ethnicity, veterans, people with varied abilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. CSUDH is seeking applications from candidates who can demonstrate experience in teaching and working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and contribute to the University's mission, vision, and core values.

The Student Psychological Services Department is seeking a highly qualified, motivated, and well-organized counselors to serve as Staff Counselor/Psychologist in the Student Services Professional, Academic-Related 1 or 2 classification. This is a full-time temporary appointment with a duration of a 12-month appointment. The duration will be at the discretion of the department and its needs. Each appointment will have the possibility of yearly renewal.

We are seeking one of the above positions to serve as the liaison to our affinity groups on campus.

Working under the general supervision of the Director of Student Psychological Services, the Staff Counselor/Psychologist collaborates with faculty, staff, and students to develop and implement appropriate campus/community psycho-educational programs and interventions to increase student academic and personal success. The incumbent will:

• Provide clinical assessment, short-term individual counseling, group psychotherapy, structured psycho-educational workshops, triage/urgent care services, and clinical case management.
• Provide outreach programs and interventions to the campus community in addition to programming specifically to first generation college students, transfer students, students residing in University Housing, athletes, former foster youth, and/or parent scholars.
• Provide consultation to faculty, staff, and various campus constituencies regarding students with mental health concerns.
• Participate in the department's training programs, including provision of supervision and training, as needed.
• Serve on university committees as requested, and perform other duties as assigned.
• Attends SPS staff meetings, case conferences, trainings, and retreats.
• Maintains ethical and timely documentation of all clinical work in an electronic medical record keeping system.

This position may include the provision of teletherapy health services and/or remote work. Staff counselors are expected to provide 65% of their time providing direct service to eligible CSUDH students. The position includes working occasional evenings and weekends as needed for outreach, programming, and campus and community engagement.

The temporary counselor faculty pool is continuously open, and positions are filled as needed, based on student enrollment and funding. Candidates may need to be available to begin providing psychological services on short notice.

Required Qualifications:

• Possession of a doctoral degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology or master's level degree (LCSW, LMFT, or LPCC) with two years of professional experience.
• Ability to provide psychological services (clinical assessment, crisis intervention, brief therapy) to college students on personal/interpersonal issues, multicultural issues, developmental concerns, and the full range of mental health disorders.
• Professional experience or interest in working with diverse ethnic groups, non-traditional students, development and implementation of mental health outreach programs, and case management/crisis intervention.
• Competence and ability to provide teletherapy via phone and Zoom.
• Eligible for licensure in the State of California as a psychologist, LCSW, LMFT, or LPCC. If unlicensed, must become licensed within 24 months of employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Licensed as a psychologist, LCSW, LMFT, or LPCC in the State of California.
• Three years of counseling experience (may include internship and pre-terminal degree experience), with two of those three years involving clinical experience with an adult multicultural population.
• Experience providing psychological services in a college or university counseling center.
• Experience and familiarity using the Point and Click chart management system.
• Experience working within the Asian and Pacific Islander community and a developed understanding of successful clinical and community-based practices that yield API student success.

Background Check:

Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check) is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued…