Associate Director of Student Counseling Center - Student Life - UTK

The Division of Student Life at the University of Tennessee Knoxville invites applications for Associate Director/Clinical Director in the Student Counseling Center. Join a leadership team of two assistant directors office manager and director to manage a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians providing high quality short-term individual and group therapy services at a thriving flagship university.

This exempt year-round full-time non-tenure track staff position is part of the Student Counseling Center the universitys primary facility for personal counseling psychotherapy and mental health outreach and consultation services. The mission is to promote the psychological educational and social well-being of the students at the University of Tennessee and to help prepare them to be productive members of a global society. The Associate Director as a member of the leadership team collaborates with the Director for the leadership management and strategic direction of the Student Counseling Center (SCC) particularly establishment of goals initiatives priorities policies procedures and strategic plan related to the provision of clinical services.

The Clinical Director has primary administrative responsibility for mental health service delivery for the SCC including ensuring quality management ethical documentation and adequate levels of service delivery. This position serves as primary consultant regarding clinical processes within the SCC collaborating with leadership team members in the SCC and within other departments to establish efficient sustainable pathways for students to access crisis triage and short-term therapy and group therapy services. The Clinical Director establishes communicates and maintains the clinical policies and procedures of the SCC in collaboration with the leadership team. Additionally this position manages EHR systems that support the timely and efficient delivery of services assessment data and services tracking. This position develops and implements adequate feedback mechanisms regarding SCC clinical services ensures clinical services maintain compliance with prevailing standards (e.g. IACS or other accrediting body) and prepares reports for the Director of the SCC as requested or as deemed necessary. This position will assist the Director in providing vision leadership management and oversight of the SCC including the development of strategic plan and ensure compliance with appropriate ethical and accreditation standards (e.g. International Association of Counseling Centers - IACS). This position represents the office in the absence of the Director.

The Associate Director administratively supervises one half of the clinical staff (5 to 7 multidisciplinary clinical team members) and may provide clinical supervision to pre-licensed professional staff as appropriate. About twenty percent of the role is focused on providing direct clinical services or clinical supervision including individual/group counseling psycho-education psychological assessment (if appropriate) and referrals to campus or community services as appropriate. The Associate Director may provide initial triage screening and assessments risk assessment and crisis services or work with other departments to develop and support services in those departments.

The Student Counseling Center staffs typical hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with occasional opportunities for outreach or campus support on evenings and weekends

• Administration: Assist the director by providing primary administrative oversight of mental health service delivery for the SCC including ensuring quality management ethical documentation and adequate levels of service delivery
• Personnel Management:Establish and maintain a positive work environment through the administrative supervision of clinical staff and trainees; facilitate methods for promoting excellent clinical performance.
• Clinical Service:Provide individual/group counseling psycho-education psychological assessment (if appropriate) and referrals to campus or community services as appropriate.
• Clinical Training:Provide clinical supervision for clinical staff and trainees as appropriate for the clinical license including individual supervision video review clinical notes review and general quality assurance of supervisee clinical work; provide didactic trainings and/or group supervision as requested; Assist with trainee recruitment processes.
• Outreach and Collaboration:Establish/Maintain good working relationships and collaborations with external mental health agencies including MOU policies and procedures; provide presentations and professional consultations to campus groups; serve as first responder for university crisis needs; serve as member of the Case Management team and representative or delegate representation to CARE team meetings.

Required Qualifications

• Education:Masters Degree inClinical Mental Health Counseling Social Work Psychology or related Mental Health Field that makes candidate able to be licensed as a mental health service provider in the State of Tennessee.
• Experience:Licensed as a mental health service provider in the State of Tennessee or ability to obtain license and meet all full licensure qualifications with supervisor qualifications appropriate to the license before start date. One to three years clinical administrative experience.
• Knowledge Skills Abilities: Administrative and organization skills; knowledge of clinic management documentation and processes. Ability to provide individual couples and group psychotherapy; ability to provide intake assessment risk assessment and crisis intervention; ability to provide supervision and training of clinical staff; ability to provide presentations and workshops; ability to serve/contribute to university committees and activities; knowledge of developmental issues of college students and of collegiate mental health issues; knowledge of and sensitivity to multicultural concerns.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education:Doctoral degree in relevant mental health field.
• Experience: Experience providing services to a college population 2-3 years clinical administrative experience.

Work Location

• Knoxville TN - in-person on-site

Compensation and Benefits

• UT market range: MR14
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Application Instructions

• Please submit an application vita/resume (with month and dates of employment/experience) cover letter and three references along with any additional materials via the University of Tennessee Knoxville Human Resources application website. transcripts and examination results or licensure verification required prior to an official offer. Questions may be directed to

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