Counselor - Latinx/Chicanx Student Community Focus

at  California State University

Job no: 542909
Work type: Instructional Faculty - Temporary/Lecturer
Location: Pomona
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Temporary, Full Time, Counselor (Non-instructional Faculty), Telecommute eligible (work onsite as scheduled and/or as requested and telecommute as scheduled)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Education in:
• Possession of a Doctoral or Master’s degree in behavioral sciences, clinical or counseling psychology; a valid license to practice psychotherapy in the State of California, or eligible to sit for licensure within 6 months of hire. Compliance with all state regulations and good standing with licensing board requirements for professional behavior and conduct.
• Experience in:
• Working in a university and/or college counseling center or experience working with the transitional age youth (TAY) population.
• Brief counseling with individuals utilizing professional therapy orientations, techniques, and strategies and responding to situations with knowledge and understanding of diversity issues and cultural factors.
• Providing mental health services to couples and groups in addition to individuals.
• Crisis intervention and working with a broad range of presenting problems.
• Developing and implementing a broad range of outreach services, including consultation/mediation interventions, training modules, workshops, and presentations.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities in:
• Demonstrated ability to perform both brief and long-term therapy, and assessment, especially as pertains to the developmental needs of a college student population.
• Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and competence in addressing the needs of diverse clients.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply mental health models and policies/procedures related to the field of psychology.
• Excellent communication skills, including demonstrated ability to make effective oral presentations, facilitate an open exchange of ideas, and write clear and concise clinical case notes, documents, and reports.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate with and respond to multiple constituencies and make meaningful connections at all levels of an organization.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within and outside the department.
• Demonstrated ability to make independent decisions, exercise sound clinical judgment, and to multi-task and set priorities.
• Willingness and availability to work some evenings and weekend hours for campus outreach events or emergency/campus crisis/disaster situations.
• Computers including email, internet, and electronic medical records (preferably PNC or Titanium): 25%; standard office equipment/machines (e.g., copier, scanner, printer, fax machine): 5%.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

One or more of the following preferred qualifications are desired:

• Doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology
• Specialty in serving the mental health needs of Latinx/Chicanx college students
• Experience working in college counseling centers
• Completion of an APA-accredited doctoral program and an APA-approved pre-doctoral internship
• Specialty in serving the mental health needs of Black, API, and Native American college students
• Specialty in serving the mental health needs of LGBTQ college students
• Specialty, interest in, and experience working with survivors of trauma (childhood abuse, sexual abuse, and/or domestic violence)
• Experience in treating eating disorders
• Experience in supervising unlicensed therapists

Direct Clinical Service Delivery
Conducts clinical assessment and intake evaluations; provides individual, couple and group counseling as well as crisis intervention, hospitalization and other emergency response. Utilizes clinical conceptualization, treatment planning, and case management to facilitate clinical effectiveness. Provides mental health consultation and facilitates on and off campus referrals, as needed. Maintains/demonstrates a current command of knowledge in professional counseling theory, research, practice, legal and ethical guidelines, and department’s policies and procedures. Employs a variety of therapeutic methods to effectively counsel clients with a full range of psychological issues. Utilizes sound clinical judgment and applies methods appropriate to presenting problems and needs of clients. Demonstrates cultural sensitivity and competence addressing needs of diverse clients. Applies legal and ethical standards of the profession in executing clinical services. Utilizes consultation opportunities for treatment planning, and to ensure service quality and adherence to legal and ethical mandates.
Provide outreach services, prevention program/activities, consultation, and/or psychoeducation programs to various constituencies on campus (e.g., student organizations, faculty, staff, and/or community affiliates). Some evening and weekend hours are required to provide outreach/prevention events, workshops, presentations, training sessions, seminars, and/or courses to the campus community.
Although most crisis calls are directed to ProtoCall Services, this counselor position is part of the primary after-hours on-call rotation team, if necessary, carrying the crisis phone on average one week per month. The counselor also provides primary crisis coverage in the event of a campus crisis or emergency, and responds as requested by the Director (or designee) overseeing the crisis/emergency situation. While most of the after-hours crisis intervention involves phone consultation only, there may be times when the situation rises to the level where on-site intervention after-hours is necessary. The after-hours on-call rotation counselor duties include, but are not limited to: consultation over the phone with the student and/or impacted individuals, coming to campus after-hours if necessary and timely responding as appropriate to de-escalate the crisis situation, based on the clinician’s best clinical judgment, professional standards, and ethics.
In the event where the counselor provides services outside of regular business hours, the counselor and the CAPS Director (or designee) may consider the time taken outside of the normal work schedule and the counselor’s proposed adjustment to the work week schedule to an average of 40 hours of work for the impacted work week. The counselor’s proposed adjustment of schedule will be subject to the operational needs of the department and approval by the CAPS Director (or designee).
Indirect Clinical Services
Maintains records/case notes pertaining to client caseload and other service delivery. Applies legal and ethical standards of the profession in documentation and record keeping. Attends departmental meetings as scheduled, needed and/or as requested by the CAPS Director (or designee). Develop outreach and prevention programs/activities and psychoeducational programs to various constituencies on campus. Participates in professional development activities/training to enhance job performance. Participates in other activities and committees, as needed, to carry out services within the department as determined and assigned by the CAPS Director (or designee), including taking on additional caseload, generating reports/documents, conducting research or special projects, committee work (i.e. search committees, peer reviews, other campus committees, etc), and/or participating in campus events (including some evenings and weekend hours). When requested by the CAPS Director (or designee), works in collaboration with the Coordinator of Clinical Training to provide clinical supervision to doctoral trainees, including verbal and written feedback in relationship to the trainee’s performance, professional conduct, and clinical outcomes with clients.
Some evening and weekend hours may be required to meet workload demands, departmental responsibilities, and to provide quality services.