Mental Health Counselor

Title: Mental Health Counselor Position Type: APT Regular Hourly College: Lamar Community College Division: Student Affairs Department: LCC Mental Health Counseling Campus: Lamar Main Campus Location: Lamar Working Days: 10 months (August-May) Hours: 20-28 hours per week (part-time) Salary Range: $30 - $33 per hour Who We Are: At Lamar Community College, you'll find the rare opportunity to build a meaningful career while enjoying the benefits of rural Colorado living. Trade traffic for open roads, crowded neighborhoods for friendly faces, and long commutes for more time doing what you love. Our campus is at the center of a vibrant and supportive community where employees have the chance to make a visible impact, build genuine relationships, and help shape the future of students and the region. From community festivals and local sporting events to outdoor adventures, stunning prairie sunsets, and some of the best stargazing in Colorado, Lamar offers a lifestyle that is both rewarding and refreshing. If you're looking for a career where your work matters, your voice is valued, and your community knows your name, Lamar Community College may be exactly the place you've been searching for. Job Summary: The Mental Health Counselor provides accessible, student-centered mental health services to students enrolled at Lamar Community College. This position is intentionally structured around a sustainable counseling model, including a manageable active caseload of approximately 14 students or fewer, allowing the counselor to provide meaningful, individualized support while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries and a healthy, sustainable workload. The Mental Health Counselor provides individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, consultation, outreach, training, and preventative mental health programming. Rather than operating within a high-volume clinical model, this position balances direct counseling services with campus engagement, education, early intervention, and collaboration. The goal is to provide high-quality mental health support without creating an environment in which the counselor is expected to continuously absorb an unsustainable clinical caseload. The counselor works collaboratively with campus offices to develop programs and systems that support the well-being, persistence, and success of LCC students, including students who may experience barriers to accessing mental health resources. Services will emphasize student resilience, development of healthy coping strategies, connection to resources, and the strengths and capacities students bring to their college experience. As an employee of, and the Colorado Community College System, this position is required to uphold and enforce the policies of LCC and CCCS, and all local, state and federal laws. This position will comply with all student privacy laws (FERPA); and is a mandatory reporter of any suspected illegal activity. Duties & Responsibilities: Provide clinical services including culturally responsive and identity-informed planning, solution focused brief therapy, group counseling, crisis intervention services, psychoeducation, and referrals. Serve as a thought leader, devising new and creative ways of promoting holistic mental health and wellness for students, especially as it relates to promoting their success academically, personally, and professionally. Develop student programs and outreach activities related to sexual assault prevention, drug and alcohol prevention, healthy relationships, and health and wellness. Provide outreach, consultation, and professional development opportunities for faculty and staff related to student mental health concerns, intersectionality, and challenges faced by students. Engage in regular outreach activities and create/distribute promotional materials in order to educate students, faculty, and staff on services offered. Work collaboratively with other offices and departments on campus to develop and provide a network of support services for students. Serve as a member of the Lopes Cares/ BIT Team and leads crisis prevention and intervention efforts; spearhead outreach and promotion efforts to inform staff, faculty, and students of referral pathways specific to Lamar Community College Adhere to relevant ethical and legal standards of as demanded by the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) and HIPAA, including relevant professional bodies and state boards. Model exceptional boundary establishment and maintenance, and practice strict adherence to confidentiality protocols. Maintain timely records of services provided and comply with appropriate record keeping protocols. Attend conferences, committees, task forces, and other meetings related to student mental health and wellness. Comprehensively respond to crises, execute thorough and accurate risk assessments, and/or facilitate community agency involvement toward hospitalization or higher-acuity care demands. Demonstrate self-awareness of one’s own cultural beliefs, perspectives, biases, and privileges, along with a willingness to receive further education and training around identified blind spots or deficiencies. Participate in regular professional development opportunities both within the counseling field and within the higher education milieu. Provide leadership and guidance to up to two (2) Psychoeducation Interns (PI), including co-creation/co-facilitation of mental health programming for delivery in approved classroom and public campus settings; monitor PI performance, providing regular feedback and professional development training; build and strengthen the PI-to-MHC referral conduit, ensuring PIs are not attempting to practice individual or group counseling; carry out remedial or corrective action plans with PIs, as needed. Minimum Qualifications: Master’s Degree from a nationally accredited institution of higher education in a counseling-related field. Licensed in the State of Colorado as one of the following: Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Licensed Clinical or Counseling Psychologist Acquisition and annual renewal of professional liability insurance ($1,000,000/per claim; $5,000,000 aggregate). Proven training and experience providing culturally responsive and identity-informed counseling services to diverse populations. Experience providing short-term counseling to individuals and groups. Experience with crisis intervention and clinical consultation. Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills. Dedication to working as a team. Preferred Qualifications: At least 2-years of professional experience providing mental health counseling. Experience with solution-focused and brief models of mental health counseling. Experience working with neurodiverse populations (e.g. ADHD, autism spectrum, learning disabilities). Experience with outreach and programming. Ability to work cooperatively and effectively with diverse student populations with special emphasis on first-generation, low-income, and students of color. Bilingual. Selection Process: One round-interview process All applications must be submitted online. To be considered, applicants must submit a complete application package that includes: Cover Letter describing interest in the position and how your qualifications align with the requirements Current Résumé or Curriculum Vitae Contact information for three (3) professional references; to include one (1) recent supervisor, one (1) recent colleague. Official Transcripts verifying the highest degree earned will be required upon offer of employment and should be sent to View email address on click.appcast.io. Additional Information/Benefits: PERA Retirement Free Access to Fitness Center 1 hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked (maximum 48 hours) #J-18808-Ljbffr Colorado Community College System (CCCS)