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MULTILINGUAL MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER

Employer
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Location
Wisconsin, United States
Salary
Salary Not Specified
Date posted
Dec 22, 2021

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Job no: 248291-AS
Work type: Onsite, Staff Full or Part Time, Staff-Full Time, Staff-Part Time
Department: UHS/CCS/COUNSELING
Location: Madison
Categories: Health Services Professional



Job Summary:

Under the Supervision of Mental Health Services Leadership Team Member, the Multilingual Mental Health Provider will provide clinical services and outreach programming for UW-Madison students with a focus on providing multilingual services to students. In addition to direct mental health service, this provider will develop collaborative consultation relationships with community partners that serve our diverse student population, especially those that serve communities for whom English is a second language. To this end, the Multilingual Mental Health Provider performs the following

-Provides individual and group therapy services;
-Provides services in a language other than English;
-Participates in the provision of clinical crisis services and on-call mental health services (during business hours);
-Provides campus outreach including programming and consultation;
-Responds to campus crises;
-Demonstrates a commitment to providing culturally-responsive services and serving under-represented/underserved populations;
-Additional options for Direct Clinical Services may include:
-Provides integrated primary care behavioral health interventions within UHS Medical Services;
-Provides couple/partner therapy services;
-Provides services in a language other than English;
-Provides supervision of assigned trainees including goal setting, evaluations, and disciplinary action in accordance with training policy and procedures;
-Develops teaching relationships with academic departments; and
-Administers and interprets limited assessment measures.
-Maintains accurate and timely documentation for all clinical interactions and consultations;
-Engages in Health Ambassador relationship with campus entity, often related to area of focus;
-Involved in the development and implementation of programs and services related to focus area;
-Collaborates with providers and staff in UHS units and with campus partners;
-Follows agency policies and procedures consistent with state mental health statutes, ethical guidelines, best practices, HIPAA, and FERPA;
-Attends staff, and workgroup meetings
-Attends MH sponsored professional development activities
-Serves on internal and external committees;
-As resources allow, represents UHS on the UW-Madison Campus, in the Madison community, and with local, regional, and national professional organizations; and
-Other duties as assigned;

About the Job:

Counselor (HS078)

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Education:

Required
Master's Degree

Qualifications:

Required: Multilingual (Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, or other language) fluency and 1 year of experience in a mental health setting.

Preferred: Two years? experience in a mental health setting. Minimum 1 year experience with providing therapy in a language other than English. Experience may be through graduate level education.

Strongly preferred experience of the candidate include:
1)Demonstrated ability to provide clinical services, consultation and outreach to diverse undergraduate, graduate and/or professional students in a college health setting
2)Experience in consultation and collaboration with campus or community partners and provision of outreach
3)Ability to effectively serve individuals with diverse social identities and life experiences, with demonstrated interest and experience in serving clients of color
4)Demonstrated attentiveness to intersectionality & health disparities, and commitment to multiculturalism and serving underrepresented populations
5)Experience participating in multidisciplinary teams including health profession and academic faculty/staff
6)Experience in adult mental health crisis assessment, brief intervention, and confidentiality requirements
7)Experience in supervision of trainees
8)Excellent oral and written communication skills

COVID-19 Considerations:

UW-Madison continues to follow necessary health and safety protocols to protect our campus from COVID-19. All employees remain subject to the COVID-19 Workplace Safety Policy: https://policy.wisc.edu/library/UW-5086 . Please visit https://covidresponse.wisc.edu for the most up-to-date information.

Additional Information:

Successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

UHS is part of Student Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, led by the vice chancellor for student affairs. Our staff is dedicated to serving students and to helping them succeed in and out of the classroom in areas including health and well-being, identity and inclusion, leadership and engagement, and student advocacy. Student Affairs includes departments led by the dean of students; departments that provide identity-based spaces and leadership resources; the Wisconsin Union; University Health Services; and University Recreation and Wellbeing.

A period of evaluation will be required, and a criminal background check will be conducted prior to hiring.

This vacancy is being announced simultaneously with job number248293 and job number 248294 Please note that only onevacancy exists. Having three job postings allows University Health Services to consider candidates with social worker, counselor or psychologist credentials for this position.

Department(s):

A572570-UNIV HEALTH SERVICES/CCS/COUNSELING

Work Type:

Full or Part Time: 80% - 100%

This position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Salary:

Minimum $60,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications

How to Apply:

Please make sure your cover letter references and your licensing status. If you currently have a training license, please indicate how many hours you have towards your unrestricted license.

Please indicate your English/Multilingual fluency and highlight any experience providing therapy in the other language(s) in which you have fluency in the cover letter. Please include two (2) copies of your cover letter - one in English and one in the other language in which you may be providing services.

Applicants advanced to interviews will be asked to respond to some interview questions in both English and the other language(s) in which you are fluent.

Click on the Button to begin. You will need to register or login to an existing account. Please upload a cover letter and resume to apply. In addition, you will be asked to provide three references within the application process.
To ensure consideration, application must be received by: January 15, 2022
A period of evaluation will be required

Contact:

Sara Carrillo
sara.carrillo@wisc.edu
608-890-2860
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )





Official Title:

Counselor(HS078)

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number:

248291-AS

The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department .

Applications Open: Dec 22 2021 Central Standard Time
Applications Close: Jan 28 2022 11:55 PM Central Standard Time

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