Athletic Mental Health Clinician for Athletics
Posted Date: Sep 22, 2025
QUALIFICATION
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Salary Expectation
$72,000/yr -
Years of Experience
2+ Years -
Work Type
Full-time
ABOUT PROGRAM
SPORTS/DEPARTMENT
Description
The IACS accredited UCM Counseling Center (CC) seeks an Athletics Mental Health Clinician to join its team of professionals. The candidate would join a team that values diversity, strives to practice and promote healthy functioning, and supports one another to do its best work.
The full-time Athletics Mental Health Clinician supports UCM Athletics through direct clinical services to student athletes, coordination of treatment with team physicians and athletic trainers, outreach and training to coaches, teams, and athletic staff, and consultation to athletics leadership and staff. The services are intended to promote student-athlete mental health, holistic wellness, academic achievement, and athletic excellence. An understanding of athletic identity and culture is critical to the success of this position.
The successful candidate will be a team-oriented professional who enjoys supporting student athletes and will work closely with Athletics personnel to created a healthy and successful program. We encourage individuals from a variety of diverse backgrounds to apply.
Examples of Duties
- Conduct initial consultations and triage assessments.
- Provide evidence based therapeutic interventions on individual or group bases.
- Conduct suicide risk assessments and crisis management.
Description
The IACS accredited UCM Counseling Center (CC) seeks an Athletics Mental Health Clinician to join its team of professionals. The candidate would join a team that values diversity, strives to practice and promote healthy functioning, and supports one another to do its best work.
The full-time Athletics Mental Health Clinician supports UCM Athletics through direct clinical services to student athletes, coordination of treatment with team physicians and athletic trainers, outreach and training to coaches, teams, and athletic staff, and consultation to athletics leadership and staff. The services are intended to promote student-athlete mental health, holistic wellness, academic achievement, and athletic excellence. An understanding of athletic identity and culture is critical to the success of this position.
The successful candidate will be a team-oriented professional who enjoys supporting student athletes and will work closely with Athletics personnel to created a healthy and successful program. We encourage individuals from a variety of diverse backgrounds to apply.
Examples of Duties
- Conduct initial consultations and triage assessments.
- Provide evidence based therapeutic interventions on individual or group bases.
- Conduct suicide risk assessments and crisis management.
- Provide treatment recommendations, referrals, and resources.
- Serve as lead point of contact to de-escalate mental health crises for student athletes, including occasional after-hours/on-call services if needed. Assist in post-crisis coordination of referrals for follow-up care and campus and sport reintegration efforts, as appropriate.
10%
- Complete accurate and timely documentation.
- Participate in staff, clinical, and treatment team meetings, including collegial consultation on clinical and student concerns.
20%
Conduct workshops on supporting mental health and developing mental skills.
Develop trusting and meaningful relationships with athletes, coaches, staff, and sports medicine team.
Provide education, training, and consultation to coaches and staff regarding psychological well-being of of individual student-athletes and team members.
If qualified and as clinical load permits, provide consultation and intervention to athletes, coaches, and staff regarding mental performance on individual, team, and/or program levels.
5%
Engage in professional development to maintain licensure and certification(s).
Performs other duties as assigned.
Typical Qualifications
Education:
- Masters in Counseling, Social Work, or in related field that meets criteria for Missouri (MO) State licensure as Licensed Professional Counseling (LPC) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Marital & Family Therapist (LMFT) required.
- Coursework or additional training in sport psychology, athletics, performance.
Experience:
Two (2) years (full time or equivalent) providing clinical mental health services required.
One (1) year in higher education setting working with student athletes or one (1) year in sports psychology required.
Experience in university/college counseling center preferred.
Supplemental Information
Two letters for recommendation are required prior to a second interview.
Minimum $72,000 per year.
Special Instructions:
Full-time benefits-eligible position: Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long-term disability; 3 weeks paid vacation per year; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.
Part-time benefits-eligible positions: Benefits include generous education assistance for the employee.
Temporary, adjunct, student employment, or graduate assistant positions: Benefits are not included.
Completed UCM online application for employment required. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
A review will begin immediately and continue until filled unless indicated otherwise.
NOTE: A background check is required for the selected candidate of all staff, faculty, adjunct, and temporary positions and any job offer is contingent on the results of this check. Student employees and graduate assistants do not require a background check to be conducted prior to employment.
The University of Central Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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