Clinical Counselor (Academic Year)

Summary

Supports and enhances student behavioral health through delivery of counseling and outreach services

Essential Job Functions

• Provides individual and group counseling for students to encourage personal, emotional, and social growth to comply with professional standards, keeping accurate records of the services provided
• Conducts assessments, referrals, and consultations to support students with behavioral health needs (e.g., mental health, alcohol and other drug issues)
• Provides crisis intervention and on-call consultation, as needed, to manage behavioral health emergencies and sexual assaults
• Develops outreach programming to educate the student body on behavioral health and other topics (e.g., sexual assault awareness, drug prevention, etc.) and enrich the campus life
• Provides consultation to faculty, staff and parents on behavioral health issues affecting students
• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a master's degree
• Moderate amount of experience working in a clinical setting, crisis intervention, working with diverse student populations, or other related experience
• Clinical license in the state of Rhode Island 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Master's degree in master's level clinical discipline (e.g., psychology, counseling, social work, etc.)

Please Note:

Qualified candidates must live or relocate to live within a daily commuting distance of the Providence Campus location upon hire.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until job posting is closed.

Johnson & Wales University is an equal opportunity employer. The university does not illegally discriminate on the basis of any protected class. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnic and national origin, familial status, gender or gender identity, genetic information, military service, national origin, pregnancy and related conditions, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class.