Director of Counseling Wellness
Director of Counseling Wellness
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Job Description
Director of Counseling & Wellness
SUMMARY
The Director of Counseling and Wellness Services is responsible for overseeing the student counseling center operations providing individual and group psychotherapy to students coordinating campuswide prevention and wellness efforts delivering training and programming to campus community members related to student wellness and mental health and consulting with faculty and staff on issues related to mental health crisis intervention and student wellness.
Must relate well to all students and work comfortably with culturally diverse populations parents medical and professional personnel faculty and other members of the CCAD community. The ability to evaluate and diagnose students and to maintain appropriate confidentiality is essential. Experience with crisis intervention as well as generalist therapy skills are expected as are knowledge and skills in counseling adolescents and collegeaged young adults.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to the following:
Supervision Operations Administration and Clinical Case Management 50:
- Assumes primary responsibility for coordinating and implementing student counseling services on campus
- Provides consultation in dealing with students who present a danger to themselves and/or others and shares necessary communication when ethically and legally appropriate
- Creates and monitors policies related to counseling services
- Oversees and manages appointments including caseload strategy system management and communication
- Oversees protocol and maintenance of student files and case histories
- Ensures counseling operation is compliant with FERPA and other regulations
- Supervises activities of contractors vendors and/or other professionals or paraprofessionals providing services to students
- Develops assessment plans and performs ongoing assessment of programs and services
- Manages and monitors operational budget for the Counseling & Wellness Center
- Provides supervision services as appropriate for clinical staff who are not yet independently licensed with the state
- Manages applicable grants as needed that support the counseling centers operations
Direct Clinical Services 40
- Provides appropriate personal counseling services to students including urgent crisis session ongoing psychotherapy group therapy among other therapeutic modalities
- Refers students to external support services when appropriate
- Assists other staff in responding to student crises including serving as a member of the prostaff oncall team for afterhours crisis situations
Campus Programming and Outreach 10
- Oversees the coordination and implementation of campus programs/workshops/presentations to students faculty and staff related to student mental health
- Collaborates with other staff to deliver wellness education and healthrelated programs and services to students
- Serves on campus committees and takes a leadership role in representing the Counseling & Wellness Office to other campus units
- Participates in campus efforts to promote student success
- Consults with faculty and staff with regard to student mental health behavioral concerns and wellness issues
- Serves as a member of the campus Behavioral Intervention Team
- Performs other duties as assigned
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Directly supervises activities and performance of the clinical counseling team. Ensures that all professional and paraprofessional staff perform their duties in accordance with the counseling centers mission and policies with regard to scope of practice. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizations policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing hiring supervising and training counseling staff; planning assigning and monitoring work; appraising performance; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
QUALIFICATIONS
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required.
- Demonstrated history of clinical experience preferably with college students
- Broad awareness of current challenges trends and initiatives of collegiate mental health including best practices and innovative strategies to managing increasing utilization and demand for services
- Strong crisis assessment and crisis management skills
- Ability to be flexible and adapt to complex situations
- Proven ability to identify analyze and solve problems
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated leadership and management skills; ability to influence others with positivity and innovation
- Interpersonal skills necessary to deal effectively and courteously with students parents/family members faculty/staff and the public
- Demonstrated understanding of ethical and legal issues in mental health practice
- Ability to work as part of a team in a stressful environment and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Effective organizational and time management skills and ability to motivate
- Knowledge of crisis screening and ability to follow professional referral protocol
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development
- Knowledgeable in the dimensions of wellness and approaches to upstream prevention
- Established track record of collaboration with campus and community partners
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Essential: Masters degree in Counselor Education or related field from an accredited fouryear college or university; possession of a currently valid Ohio license as an LPC LPCC LSW LISW or Psychologist; and member in good standing with the Ohio Board or another such state agency which maintains appropriate licensure.
Preferred: Supervision credentials; three years of psychotherapy experience with college student populations in a college counseling center; experience in managing a counseling center; experience and training in traumafocused therapy; certification in EDMR; experience counseling clients with varying gender identities sexual orientation and other identity based groups.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit reach with hands and arms
- The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and use hands to finger handle or feel.
- The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop kneel crouch or crawl.
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate occurring in an open space with standard office equipment noise as well as scattered conversation
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
