Staff Counselor; Temporary

Job Summary

The staff counselor is responsible for providing clinical services, crisis management, and education/outreach related to mental health and substance use to Lindenwood University students. The staff counselor also builds rapport and relationships with students, faculty, staff, and campus/community partners.

• Provides clinical evaluations to determine student needs and establish individualized treatment plans and goals.
• Provides culturally sensitive individual and group counseling to a diverse student body that presents with a variety of challenges including depression, anxiety, substance use, eating disorders, trauma, suicidal ideation, grief, personality disorders, and academic/family-related stressors.
• Provides crisis intervention; assesses students in crisis; maintains working knowledge of diagnostic criteria; provides appropriate, effective therapeutic crisis intervention strategies.
• Maintains timely and accurate psychotherapy records in the electronic health records system; upholds confidentiality.
• Collaborates with community mental health providers, when appropriate, and provides outreach education and consultation.
• Teaches relaxation, coping strategies, positive self-talk, and skills training to help students maintain academic goals and enhance and manage their college experience and transition into adulthood.
• Provides oversight and supervision to interns of the counseling center and University program.
• Assists the director with overseeing the administration of SCRC policies and procedures.
• Maintains an active role in the development and implementation of the SCRC’s objectives and goals.
• Develops marketing materials for the SCRC and Wellness Center; assists with strategic marketing to students, faculty, and staff.
• Monitors and posts information to social media sites.
• Participates in continuing education by attending conferences, seminars, and reading current scholarly articles.
• Supports the mission of the University and serves as an ambassador of the Q2 culture of service excellence.
• Models, supports, and holds others accountable to the University’s values.
• Maintains best practices for counseling a diverse student body.
• Works independently and collaboratively on a professional team, acts as a liaison to campus groups, offices, and faculty as needed.
• Communicates any duty-to-warn issues.
• Job may require other duties as assigned.

• Master’s degree in counseling, clinical psychology, social work, or mental health counseling.
• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) designation in the state of Missouri.
• Two years’ experience in providing evidence-based psychotherapy (individual and group), preferably in a college/university counseling center setting.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse communities and cultures and presenting with a variety of diagnoses and needs.
• Strong professional integrity and ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
• Competency in individual and group psychotherapy and outreach programming.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students, administrators, faculty, and staff.
• Knowledge of the unique mental health issues of diverse clients, including individuals from ethnically and racially diverse backgrounds, individuals representing varying sexual orientations and gender identities, and international students.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively on a professional team with strong clinical leadership, interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
• Knowledge of counseling and psychotherapy theories, evidence-based psychotherapy interventions, crisis intervention techniques, strong conflict resolution skills, and ability to assess and manage ethical dilemmas.

Ability to work effectively at a computer for up to eight hours daily, ability to sit for extended periods of time, regular attendance is a necessary and essential function.

Lindenwood University is an Equal Opportunity employer. The University complies with appropriate federal, state, and local laws and provides equal employment opportunities and access to educational programs without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other protected status to all qualified applicants and employees.