Mental Health Counselor

As a mental health counselor, you will oversee individual and group counseling as assigned, maintaining an active caseload of students. Consultation with academic departments, residence life, the registrar's office, academic affairs, and admission is occasionally required. You will provide students with community referrals and supervise department trainees and interns. Among other duties, you will complete outreach for assigned psychoeducational program development and presentations, promptly document student contact in the computerized documentation system, and participate in quarterly student orientations. Responsibilities include student crisis intervention, participation in department performance improvement initiatives, and the preparation of PRs for supervisor approval. You will also maintain a personal schedule within the master and computerized schedule and inform your supervisor of staff development needs. As assigned, you will complete on-call duties.


The ideal candidate is committed to upholding the highest levels of privacy and confidentiality. They desire to work in a multidisciplinary, professional environment.


Minimum qualifications:

• Master's or doctoral degree in counseling, social work, or psychology
• Training or experience in utilizing brief therapy models

Certificates, licenses, and registrations:

• Associate license or fully license eligible within three years of hire (associate license expected within one year)

Travel required:

• Less than 10%

Work hours: The university work week is Sunday through Saturday. Most offices are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. To accommodate business needs, employees may be assigned to other workdays and/or hours, including weekends and evenings.


ADA tag: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and minimum qualifications listed represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and/or meet the minimum qualifications.