Clinical Counselor (Academic Year)

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)
• 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
• Performs crisis intervention and on-call consultation, as needed, to manage behavioral health emergencies and sexual assaults
• Provides consultation to faculty, staff and parents on behavioral health issues affecting students

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.)