Clinical Counselor

EXPIRED

Summary of Position

Provides short-term, culturally sensitive counseling and mental health services to enrolled students, specifically, student-athletes, including individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, and consultation (with appropriate release of information). Provides outreach and psychoeducation to the university community. Provides referral services as appropriate.

Position Information

Essential Functions and Responsibilities: Provides individual and group counseling to students, specifically, student-athletes.

Provides crisis response and assessment students. Provides crisis response as part of on-call rotation. Provides appropriate mental health assessments for students. 

Maintains timely and comprehensive counseling records in an electronic health record database following Ohio licensure documentation guidelines and ethical standards.

Provides consultation to administrators, faculty, and staff with respect to student issues and mental health concerns, following Ohio licensure confidentiality guidelines.   

Makes appropriate academic, career, and mental health referrals to the campus and/or the community.

Utilizes, maintains, and stays abreast of new technology, diagnostic criteria, and state rule and guideline changes that relate to mental health counseling.

Summary of Position

Provides short-term, culturally sensitive counseling and mental health services to enrolled students, specifically, student-athletes, including individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, and consultation (with appropriate release of information). Provides outreach and psychoeducation to the university community. Provides referral services as appropriate.

Position Information

Essential Functions and Responsibilities: Provides individual and group counseling to students, specifically, student-athletes.

Provides crisis response and assessment students. Provides crisis response as part of on-call rotation. Provides appropriate mental health assessments for students. 

Maintains timely and comprehensive counseling records in an electronic health record database following Ohio licensure documentation guidelines and ethical standards.

Provides consultation to administrators, faculty, and staff with respect to student issues and mental health concerns, following Ohio licensure confidentiality guidelines.   

Makes appropriate academic, career, and mental health referrals to the campus and/or the community.

Utilizes, maintains, and stays abreast of new technology, diagnostic criteria, and state rule and guideline changes that relate to mental health counseling.

Other Functions and Responsibilities:  Attends and participates in staff development programs, department related meetings, and other university assemblies and committees.

Engages in professional development activities.

Maintains mandatory licensing requirements on an annual basis. 

Responsive to work-related phone calls and emails during non-business hours on occasion.

Provides clinical and/or administrative supervision of Graduate Assistants, Trainees and Interns who are providing services at the Student Counseling Services.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Equipment Operated:  Computer and all other standard office equipment.

Work Schedule:  Typically, Monday through Friday; evenings and weekends as necessary. 

Supervision Exercised:  Supervision is exercised over student employees.

Reports to: Director, Student Counseling Services

Qualifications and Competencies

Required Certifications, Training, and/or Licensures:  Must be independently licensed in the State of Ohio as mental health professional appropriate to degree and training by date of hire. Must become LPCC-S within 18 months of hire.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of: University policies and procedures*; office practices and procedures; department/division goals and objectives*; department/division policies and procedures*; workplace safety practices and procedures*; English grammar and spelling; records management; office management; project management. 

Skill in: Use of office equipment; typing, data entry; computer operation; use of computer software and other programs applicable to the assigned department/division*. 

Ability to: Foster equity, inclusion, and collaborative multicultural environment display excellent communication and interpersonal skills including respect for all aspects of an individual’s identity; resolve conflict, clear personal and professional boundaries; work collegially and collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team process; to maintain accurate and complete records, document client condition, problems, treatments, and outcomes promptly; deal with problems involving several variables within familiar context; define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; determine material and equipment needs; calculate fractions, decimals, and percentages; compile and prepare reports; use proper research methods to gather data; understand a variety of written and/or verbal communications; prepare accurate documentation; maintain records according to established procedures; travel to and gain access to work site; effectively interact with personnel and public to answer routine questions; train or instruct others; move quickly and effectively from one tasks to another; work independently and in a team environment; develop and maintain effective working relationships.  

(*) Developed after employment. 

Minimum Qualifications:  At least a master’s degree in counseling, social work, or an equivalent field from a discipline-accredited program. Independently licensed in State of Ohio as LPCC with ability to become LPCC-S within 18 months of hire. Previous experience working with college bound Emerging Adults who express mental health needs and concerns. Previous experience working with a range of culturally and ethnically diverse populations. 

Preferred Qualifications:  Currently licensed as an LPCC-S in State of Ohio. Demonstrated prior Clinical Experience within a university setting, including providing on-call and crisis response and previous experience in clinical supervision and training of Graduate students in Counseling. Experience with collegiate athletics as an employee and/or student-athlete. Demonstrated knowledge of current NCAA Mental Health Best Practices. Demonstrated experience and ability to provide relevant outreach and education to teams and department staff. Experience documenting all clinical encounters in an Electronic Health Record, especially Titanium. Experience working with outreach programs.

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