ClinicianMulticultural Specialist

Job Description:

The Office of Counseling & Survivor Advocacy Services is seeking a compassionate culturally grounded Clinician/Multicultural Specialist. Reporting to the Director this role delivers essential clinical care crisis intervention and community outreach to a diverse student body of performing artists. You will focus specifically on inclusion empowerment and strength-based mental health interventions for historically underserved and culturally stigmatized student populations. At Berklee your work directly supports the next generation of creative leaders.

Key Responsibilities

Multicultural & Clinical Care:

• Culturally Relevant Support: Staff daily drop-in hours designed for students for whom counseling services have been historically and culturally stigmatized.
• Caseload Management: Maintain an active clinical caseload using an intentional short-term therapy model with direct clinical care capped at 65% of total time per AUCCCD guidelines.
• Assessment & Referrals: Conduct comprehensive psychological assessments and refer students to community providers for psychiatric evaluations specialized care or long-term treatment.

Crisis Response & Consultation:

• Crisis Intervention: Provide immediate crisis stabilization as part of an emergency clinician rotation and respond effectively to campus mental health emergencies.
• Post-Discharge Planning: Act as a clinical consultant to leadership regarding student post-discharge planning following hospitalizations.
• Administrative Stewardship: Maintain accurate timely clinical documentation in the electronic medical records system participate in clinical supervision and consult with faculty staff and student leaders.

What Youll Bring

• Education & Licensure: Masters Degree in Social Work with active Massachusetts licensure (LCSW or LICSW). Must maintain professional liability insurance.
• Clinical Experience: Minimum of 2 years of experience providing counseling or crisis intervention services specifically focused on community-based culturally relevant mental health care. College mental health experience is preferred.
• Clinical Competencies: Strong skills in psychological assessment individual/group psychotherapy and crisis stabilization. Experience treating substance use or eating disorders is highly valued.
• Interpersonal Excellence: Demonstrated ability to build trusting relationships across ethnically culturally and socially diverse student populations paired with strong consultation and training presentation skills.

Why Choose Berklee

• Mission-Driven Impact: Champion the mental health and artistic growth of an extraordinary diverse global community of creators.
• Cultural Access: Enjoy nightly unrivaled access to world-class music theater and dance performances across our campus venues.
• Total Rewards: Outstanding health and dental packages a 403(b) retirement system with matching contributions generous PTO tuition benefits and a paid winter break to rest and recharge.

Hiring Ranges:

• Clinician: $60000 to $87000
• Senior Clinician: $71000 to $100000

(Rank placement is determined following the interview process based on qualifications and institutional alignment).

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This document does not create an employment contract implied or otherwise other than an at will employment relationship.

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