Assistant Director of Clinical Services

About the role

The Counseling and Mental Health Center Assistant Director of Clinical Services provides strategic leadership, clinical oversight and administrative management for the university of Idaho’s Counseling and Mental Health Center (CMHC) clinical services. This position ensures the delivery of high-quality, ethical, responsive and evidence-based behavioral health services to students. This position supervises clinical staff, oversees clinical operations, ensures compliance with applicable laws and accreditation standards and collaborates with campus and community partners to promote student well-being.

Responsibilities

• Oversees clinical operations, crisis response, clinical staff supervision, policy development, compliance with applicable laws and professional standards, outreach programming and assessment of counseling services.
• Collaborates extensively with campus partners to foster a comprehensive, campus-wide approach to student mental health.
• Promotes accessible mental health services to the campus community and ensures that those services conform with best practices in the field.
• Provides direct service to clients, crisis coverage, outreach and consultation to the campus community, liaison work with campus partners and after-hours response to campus events.

Requirements

• Five years providing mental health service for young adults
• Three years working with faculty, staff or students in higher education
• Supervisory experience
• Demonstrated experience managing projects effectively and meeting deadlines

Qualifications

• Master’s or Doctoral degree in Clinical, Counseling, Educational Psychology, Social Work or Professional Counseling
• Required other: Must be licensed in one of the following: Clinical, Counseling or Educational Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
• Current independent clinical licensure (e.g., Ph.D, Psy.D, EdD, LCPC, LCSW) in Idaho or able to obtain at the time of hire.

Skills

• Demonstrated experience in management or leadership at a mental health clinic
• One or more years of supervisory or administrative leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience with crisis intervention and risk assessment
• Demonstrated skills in providing services to students
• Experience in a college or university counseling center
• Three years of supervisory experience
• Five years of experience as a licensed provider of clinical services
• Experience working on a multidisciplinary clinical staff
• Demonstrated experience in a leadership role with professional ethics, legal issues and risk management
• Demonstrated experience with mental health law and professional ethics
• Degree in Psychology from an APA accredited program
• Master’s Degree in Social Work from a CSWE accredited program
• Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling from a CACREP accredited program

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$90,000 or higher depending on experience

Schedule

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