Post-Master's Fellow - Carruth Center for Counseling and Psychological Services

The Carruth Center for Counseling and Psychological Services invites applications for a Post-Master's Fellow. The Fellowship positions are year to year appointments designed for recent graduates (within the last 2 years) of a Master’s of Social Work or Counseling Program. The Fellowship offers different tracks while all primarily focus on providing short-term individual and group counseling, care/crisis management, outreach/consultation, services for undergraduate and graduate students.

Responsibilities will include:

• Provide multiculturally-sensitive brief counseling (virtual and in person) for individuals with diverse presenting concerns.
• Provide clinical services.
• Conduct comprehensive intake evaluations, triage, and participate in CCCPS’s crisis intervention services including crisis clinic, and supervised after-hours crisis coverage (initial responses and crisis stabilization provided by ProtoCall staff).
• Administer and document supervised risk assessments and risk reduction interventions.
• Provide consultation and outreach to clients and their families, WVU faculty/staff, and the university community.
• Complete required documentation in an electronic health record system and quality assurance activities including routine monitoring and management of student treatment compliance.
• Serve as a liaison to various campus stakeholders and ensure that students, faculty and staff are provided with timely information regarding CCCPS and student mental health concerns and resources.
• Understand and be responsive to the stresses facing BIPOC students.
• Co-facilitates didactic seminars on a variety of clinical or professional topics (2nd semester).
• Develop and help implement group/workshop interventions that are facilitated in locations that attract BIPOC students and encourage the development and enhancement of survival and navigational strategies from their communities and traditions.
• Facilitate activities and programs that help maintain focus on the importance of culturally competent and humble clinical services, outreach programming, and training opportunities.
• Participate in the CCCPS’s diversity committee.
• Collaborate with other staff and trainees on issues pertaining to diversity and cultural competence, especially regarding working with BIPOC students.
• Co-Initiate and develop outreach and training programs that promote the development and enhancement of culturally responsive practices.
• Provide inclusive outreach programming to center with a special focus on serving BIPOC students.
• Act as a liaison to other campus offices providing services to BIPOC students.
• Provide emergent drop in and scheduled support, clinical and risk assessment to students presenting to CCCPS. Administer and document supervised risk assessments and risk reduction interventions (primary focus).
• Facilitation of psychiatric hospitalization or transfers to a higher level of care.
• Provide clinical care management to ensure continuity of care.
• Coordination of referrals and bridging of students to mental health services in the community or on campus.
• Keep records related to hospitalizations, disposition of care and high acuity cases and supporting the leadership team in analyzing these data and planning accordingly.

Clinical Requirements (Outreach, triages, urgent/crisis clinic all count for clinical hours)

• Outreach: 5 outreaches per semester (2 in summer)
• Triages: 6 Weekly
• Urgent/Crisis Clinic: 3 hours
• Weekly Clinical Hours: 27
• ~ 16-18 clients a week (pending outreaches)
• ~ 4-5 hours a week of support/prep admin time per week

To Apply, Submit:

• Curriculum Vitae 
• Cover Letter---  Applicants are encouraged to apply with a cover letter of interest that details their experience within each of the key component areas of this position and designate which Fellow Track they are interested in.
• Four (4) Names of Professional References.

Qualifications :

• Recently graduated (within last 2 years) and obtained Master’s degree in Social Work or Counseling.
• Experience providing outpatient clinical services in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Experience providing services to diverse, college–age students or other adults (e.g., Black, Latinx, API, LGBTQ+, non-traditional students, military veterans etc).
• Experience with Excel, Microsoft Access, or similar software.
• Ability to navigate and to collaborate with university and healthcare systems.
• Geographical availability to provide timely on campus emergency responses during on call weeks (2- 4 weeks per year)
• Required to complete licensure exam (NCE or LGSW) prior to start date.
• Required to complete Licensure Packet for Provisional Counseling License such that Provisional License is approved by Board by start date.
• Recently graduated (within last 2 years) and obtained Master’s degree in Social Work or Counseling.
• Experience providing clinical services in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Experience providing services to diverse, college–age students or other adults but especially BIPOC and other diverse clients.
• Experience with Excel, Microsoft Access or similar software.
• Ability to navigate and to collaborate with university and healthcare systems.
• Geographical availability to provide timely on campus emergency responses during on call weeks (2- 4 weeks per year).
• Required to complete licensure exam (NCE or LGSW) prior to start date.

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