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Clinical Mental Health Counselor-Saint Mary of the Woods

Employer
DePauw University
Location
Indiana, United States
Salary
Salary Not Specified
Date posted
Dec 9, 2022

Job Details



DePauw University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Women, members of underrepresented groups, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Position will remain open until filled.

Please go to University Profile for more information about DePauw.

For full consideration, please submit a cover letter which articulates your interest and qualifications for the position, resume, and contact information for three professional references. References will only be contacted for finalists.


POSITION SUMMARY


The Clinical Mental Health Counselor will provide individual, relationship, and group counseling, assessment, and crisis intervention services to students primarily at the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College campus. Additionally, they will consult and support fellow Clinical Mental Health Counselors and the counseling services departments across the MINDful College Connections (MCC) consortium (DePauw University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College) to espouse best practices and strategies in the delivery of professional counseling services to a diverse student body.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions Statement(s)
  • Provide individual, relationship, and group counseling, intake, assessment, treatment planning, and crisis intervention services to students exhibiting psychological and/or developmental problems in order to assist them to improve their functioning.
  • Complete appropriate documentation of counseling services and maintain confidentiality as required by legal and ethical standards of practice.
  • Participate in service evaluation activities.
  • Provide consultation services to students, faculty, and staff regarding mental health care and wellness issues and provide referrals to available treatment and support resources as appropriate.
  • May participate in training activities with graduate trainees.
  • Participate or conduct other assigned functions that contribute to the success of the counseling center and institution, such as: outreach programming, attend departmental or division staff meetings, committee service, or liaison with academic or administrative units.
  • Serve as a liaison between the counseling center and the MCC Executive Director.
  • Receive supervision from the counseling center regarding local policies, procedures, and the prioritization and assignment of specific job tasks and duties as deemed most beneficial for the campus.
  • In partnership with other MINDful College Connections staff, facilitate professional development programming for peers among the MINDful College Connections member institutions.
  • Participate in appropriate professional development activities to stay abreast of current mental health and wellness education, research, and trends in higher education, such as: hold membership in professional organizations, attend professional conferences, and/or accrue Continuing Education Units (CEU's).
  • Other duties as assigned.
RELATED DUTIES:
  • Compliance with MINDful College Connections policies and procedures.
  • Develop positive, supportive, and collegial relationships with team members within the counseling center, with staff and faculty across campus, and with those across the MINDful College Connections consortium.
  • Travel will be required to other MINDful College Connections member institutions.
  • Some evening and/or weekend hours may be required.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS


Competency Statement(s)
  • Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
  • Active Listening -- Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.
  • Adaptability -- Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
  • Change Management - The ability of the individual to encourage others to seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities.
  • Coaching and Development - Ability to provide guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas.
  • Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
  • Communication, Written - Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
  • Conflict Resolution -- Ability to effectively deal with others in an antagonistic situation.
  • Consensus Building - Ability to bring about group solidarity to achieve a goal.
  • Customer Oriented - A desire to serve both external and internal clients by focusing effort on meeting the clients' needs, understanding their concerns, and seeking to build trust.
  • Diversity Oriented - Commitment to valuing a variety of different experiences, encouraging input and collaboration from campus stakeholders, including being mindful of experiences related, but not limited to: age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, socio-economic status, LGBTQ, and/or job type.
  • Interpersonal - Ability to develop and maintain relationships with others.
  • Judgment - The ability to formulate a sound decision using the available information.
  • Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
  • Relationship Building - Ability to establish and maintain a good rapport and cooperative relationship with customers and co-workers.
  • Reliability - Ability to be dependable and trustworthy.
  • Safety Awareness -- Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety and uphold safety standards.
  • Self-Motivated - Ability of the individual to reach a goal or perform a task with little supervision or direction.
  • Tolerance - Ability of the individual to show respect for the rights and opinions of others.
  • Training - Ability to develop a particular skill in others to bring them up to a predetermined standard of work performance.
Education: Master's degree in clinical mental health counseling from a CACREP-accredited program or related field required.

Experience:
  • A minimum of 2 years of experience providing individual counseling and treatment planning required.
  • Training or experience in crisis intervention required.
  • Experience working on a college/university campus, particularly in a counseling center, preferred.
Communication/Language: Intermediate: Ability to read and interpret documents. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Math Ability: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Computer Skills: Knowledge and familiarity with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and electronic medical records.

Certificates, Licenses & Registrations: Independently licensed/certified in the State of Indiana, or independent license eligible, as determined by state regulations.

Company

DePauw University is a private liberal arts college in Greencastle, Indiana.

DePauw University

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