Clinician/Multicultural Specialist

Reporting to the Director, this role delivers essential clinical care, crisis intervention, and community outreach to a diverse student body of performing artists. You will focus specifically on inclusion, empowerment, and strength-based mental health interventions for historically underserved and culturally stigmatized student populations.

Responsibilities

• Multicultural & Clinical Care:
  • Culturally Relevant Support: Staff daily drop-in hours designed for students for whom counseling services have been historically and culturally stigmatized.
  • Caseload Management: Maintain an active clinical caseload using an intentional short-term therapy model, with direct clinical care capped at 65% of total time per AUCCCD guidelines.
  • Assessment & Referrals: Conduct comprehensive psychological assessments and refer students to community providers for psychiatric evaluations, specialized care, or long-term treatment.
• Crisis Response & Consultation:
  • Crisis Intervention: Provide immediate crisis stabilization as part of an emergency clinician rotation and respond effectively to campus mental health emergencies.
  • Post-Discharge Planning: Act as a clinical consultant to leadership regarding student post-discharge planning following hospitalizations.
• Administrative Stewardship: Maintain accurate, timely clinical documentation in the electronic medical records system, participate in clinical supervision, and consult with faculty, staff, and student leaders.

Requirements

• Education & Licensure: Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or a related field with active Massachusetts licensure (LICSW, LMHC, LMFT, Licensed Psychologist, or equivalent). Must maintain professional liability insurance.
• Clinical Experience: Minimum of 2 years of experience providing counseling or crisis intervention services, specifically focused on community-based, culturally relevant mental health care. College mental health experience is preferred.
• Clinical Competencies: Strong skills in psychological assessment, individual/group psychotherapy, and crisis stabilization. Experience treating substance use or eating disorders is highly valued.
• Interpersonal Excellence: Demonstrated ability to build trusting relationships across ethnically, culturally, and socially diverse student populations, paired with strong consultation and training presentation skills.

Benefits

• Outstanding health and dental packages
• 403(b) retirement system with matching contributions
• Generous PTO
• Tuition benefits
• Paid winter break
• Nightly access to world-class music, theater, and dance performances across campus venues

Pay

• Clinician: $60,000 to $87,000
• Senior Clinician: $71,000 to $100,000 (Rank placement is determined following the interview process based on qualifications and institutional alignment)