Licensed Counselor

Licensed Counselor and Licensed Eligible Counselor

FLSA Classification

Nonexempt

Reports to

Director of Counseling Center

Job Description

Summary/objective

Works as a member of the Counseling Center team to meet the mental health and substance use needs of the Randolph College student community. Active coordination of care with other offices and departments when clinically indicated.

Essential functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Provides individual group family and couples counseling to full-time Randolph College students
• Completes adequate and timely clinical documentation utilizing the electronic health record Titanium
• Provides mental health crisis intervention services to Randolph College students when needed
• Provides mental health assessment and referral services (both internal to Randolph College and external to the community) for Randolph College students
• Provides coverage for rotation of emergency on-call phone support system (overnight and weekend)
• Provides psychoeducational programming outreach and/or training to students faculty and/or staff
• Provides services within the National Association of Social Workers American Counseling Association or American Psychological Association ethical guidelines
• Seeks individual professional consultation and/or supervision as necessary
• Shares in administrative tasks of the Counseling Center
• Provides clinical coverage during campus events when counselor presence is required

Competencies

• Ability to provide individualized treatment to students engaged in counseling services
• Ability to communicate effectively with other members of the clinical team and Randolph College community
• Ability to work autonomously while seeking supervision when clinically indicated
• Demonstrates professionalism strong work ethic and flexibility
• Demonstrates thorough and adequate clinical record-keeping in a timely and efficient manner
• Knowledge of local clinical support resources and ability to coordinate quickly and efficiently during a mental health crisis

Supervisory responsibilities

• At times licensed staff may provide licensed coverage for the Counseling Center when the Director of Counseling Center is not available. Clinical staff can also provide support to Graduate Student Interns.

Work environment

• Person typically works in an office environment

Physical demands

• Person may occasionally lift up to 15 pounds or may walk and/or bend in the performance of the job functions

Travel required

None

Required education and experience

Indicate requirements that are job-related and consistent with business necessity

• Licensed Counselor:
  • Applicant must have one of the following licenses in the Commonwealth of Virginia:
    • Licensed Professional Counselor
    • Licensed Clinical Psychologist
    • Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• License Eligible Counselor:
  • Minimum of Masters degree in a related discipline
  • Formal approval of registered supervision with the appropriate licensing board
• The candidate will be dedicated to the support of student development and to working in a collegial fashion with other counselors as well as other staff and faculty throughout the college campus

Preferred education and experience

Indicate requirements that are job-related and consistent with business necessity

• Successful candidate will have documented experience providing counseling services to late adolescent and/or college age women and men across a broad range of presenting issues within mental health and substance use diagnoses

Additional eligibility requirements

None

Work authorization/security clearance requirements

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Affirmative Action/EEO statement

Randolph College is anequal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race color religion gender sexual orientation sex(including pregnancy) gender identity gender expression sexual orientation national origin age disability genetic information marital status veteran status political beliefs or any other classification protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to hiring promotion termination placement transfer layoff recall compensation and training.

Other duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.