Carruth Fellow – Counseling/Social Work - Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services

The Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services at West Virginia University is seeking applications for multiple Carruth Fellows. The Fellowship positions are year to year appointments designed for recent graduates with a Master’s degree in Social Work or Counseling (degree awarded within the last two years). The Fellowship offers three 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.

We strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work. WVU offers generous benefits, including:

• 13 paid holidays ( staff holiday calendar )
• 24 annual leave (vacation) days per year
• 18 sick days per year
  (for when you’re ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family’s, regularly scheduled medical appointments. Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof)
• WVU offers a range of health insurance and other benefits (this position is a benefits-eligible non-classified staff position)
• 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks. Looking for more retirement benefits information ? Check out retirement health insurance benefits, retirement income, and FAQ’s.
• Wellness programs.

Fellowship - Generalist Track

Responsibilities:

• Provide multiculturally-sensitive brief counseling (virtual and in person) for individuals with diverse presenting concerns
• Provide clinical services including, but not limited to treatment planning, short-term counseling, psychoeducational group therapy, crisis intervention services, and case management
• Conduct comprehensive intake evaluations, triage, and participate in CCPPS’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.
• Other duties as assigned

Fellowship - BIPOC Track

Responsibilities:

In addition to the generalist job description above and in coordination with the CCPPS BIPOC Specialist and Multicultural Coordinator, this position will:

• Understand and be responsive to the particular 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 CCPPS’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.

Fellowship - ACCESS Track

Responsibilities:

• This position provides intake and supervises urgent/crisis assessments within a well-established drop-in and scheduled access/triage appointments system to students experiencing emotional/psychological distress and/or wishing to initiate counseling services. This position also includes the provision of care management services to assist with and directly facilitate referrals to clinically indicated services, depending upon Center needs and/or clinician interest, the position will also provide brief counseling to a small case load of students.

In addition to the generalist job description above and in coordination with the CCPPS BIPOC Specialist and Multicultural Coordinator, this position will:

• 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.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications :

• Master’s degree in Social Work or Counseling, degree awarded within the last two years..
• Experience providing outpatient clinical services in a multidisciplinary setting
• 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)

Fellowship – Generalist Track

Desired Qualification:

• Experience providing services to diverse, college–age students or other adults (e.g., Black, Latinx, API, LGBTQ+, non-traditional students, military veterans etc)

Fellowship – BIPOC Track

Desired Qualification:

• Experience providing services to diverse, college–age students or other adults but especially BIPOC and other diverse clients.

Fellowship – Access Track

Desired Qualification:

• Experience providing services to diverse, college–age students or other adults (e.g., Black, Latinx, API, LGBTQ+, non-traditional students, military veterans etc)

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.

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West Virginia University is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and is the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity. The University values diversity among its faculty, staff, and students, and invites applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, genetics, disability, or Veteran status.