Counselor .50 FTE

Position Title: Counselor.
Department: Counseling Center.
Classification: Exempt.
FTE: 0.50.
Work Schedule: 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 3 days/week M-F (one of which is Wednesday); this position is expected to take emergency calls and participate in occasional evening/weekend activities; this position is also expected to be on-site and provide in-person services. September 1 May 31 with occasional exceptions; the position will be on vacation during student breaks.
Work Location: On Campus.
Salary Range: $34000 - $41000.

Position Overview:
To provide mental health services to our students actively engage in developing and implementing internal and outreach programming and collaborate with campus and community partners.

Essential Job Duties:

• Provide individual couples and group counseling using a short-term therapy model 60% of time.
  • Intakes.
  • Assessments/evaluations.
  • Counseling sessions.
  • Referrals.
  • Aftercare planning.
  • Crisis management.
  • Drop-in consultations.
    
• Implement case management responsibilities with accurate timely record keeping - 15% of time.
  • Intakes.
  • Assessments/evaluations.
  • Counseling sessions.
  • Referrals.
  • Communication with students and other parties.
    
• Actively engage in clinical consultation/supervision 10% of time.
  • Providing feedback.
  • Providing support.
  • Generation of new ideas.
    
• Actively engage in developing and implementing internal and outreach educational program designed to meet the needs of our students 7% of time.
  • Prevention programming.
  • Postvention programming.
  • Workshops/training for students faculty and staff.
    
• Provide group clinical supervision/consultation with our graduate therapy practicum students- 5% of time.
  
• Provide consultation services to faculty staff parents/families and students 2% of time.
  
• Engage in continuing education and professional growth activities 1% of time.
  • Maintain professional licensure.
    

Supervision Received and Exercised:

• Reports to the Director Counseling Center.
• This position does not supervise anyone.
  

Required Qualifications:

• Education:
  • Masters degree in clinical/counseling psychology social work or related clinical Field; eligibility licensure to practice in MN within one year of start date.
    
• Experience:
  • 1 years of post-graduate clinical experience; successful record of providing clinical services to a young adult population.
    

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education:
  • Terminal degree in counseling/clinical psychology social work or related clinical field; currently licensed in MN as a psychologist counselor social worker or has related clinical licensure OR eligibility for licensure to practice in MN by start date.
    
• Experience:
  • 3 years of post-graduate clinical experience; previous college counseling experience; prior experience in developing and implementing educational programming and/or group programming; interest and ability to provide individual supervision to practicum graduate students from Masters Doctoral or Social Work graduate programs; crisis assessment and intervention skills and experience; specialized training in treatment of eating disorders and/or substance use disorders.
    

Desired Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of generalist counseling/clinical skills and experience in assessing and intervening with a range of disorders concerns and degrees of pathology in treatment.
• Ability to demonstrate excellent and effective interpersonal written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships.
• Knowledge of student development and student issues.
• Willingness to work in a time-limited model of care.
• Ability and willingness to handle crisis and emergency situations.
• Ability to maintain high ethical and professional practice standards.
• Ability to demonstrate strong multicultural awareness knowledge responsiveness and skills to work with culturally diverse student populations.
• Ability to handle a busy caseload in a dynamic environment while completing.
• appropriate charting and administrative tasks.
• Ability to demonstrate a strong work ethic and a willingness to collaborate.
• Ability to handle spontaneous work demands while undertaking projects that require advance planning.
• Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.
• Ability and enthusiasm for working within a small liberal arts college community .
• Availability and willingness to participate in occasional evening or weekend activities.
• Ability and willingness to support respect and commit to embracing diverse backgrounds values and points of view to build a strong and inclusive community including faculty staff students and constituents.

Prerequisites:

• Employment in this position is conditioned upon successful completion of a background check which may include: criminal background checks reference checks verification of work history verification of any required academic credentials licenses and/or certifications a motor vehicle check verification of DOT certification a credit check employment eligibility verification and/or a pre-employment physical. Whether a background check is deemed successfully completed will be at the sole discretion of St. Olaf College. Please note St. Olaf College reserves the right to conduct periodic background checks at its sole discretion.
  

Disclaimer:

• This position may require you to report early stay late or work different shifts depending on staffing levels. It may also require you to perform all essential job functions whenever needed and during campus emergencies when necessary.
• This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position. This job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College with or without prior notice.
• Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the hire is complete. We accept only online applications.