Coordinator, Trauma Services

Position Overview

The Trauma Services Coordinator serves as a content expert on sexual violence in collegiate populations. This role serves as a trauma specialist and coordinates trauma care within SMH&C and serves as a liaison to key campus programs and partners. The coordinator will also be tasked with developing and leading a multidisciplinary team of clinicians who will develop and hone expertise in treating the emotional and psychological needs of students who are involved in or directly affected by incidents that are of a traumatic nature.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities*

• Designs and maintains student-focused, data informed programming for collegiate students. By consulting and partnering with campus partners who are content experts on campus-wide initiatives, collaboratives with individuals and/or groups from across campus to develop appropriate programming and coordinate activities on campus with focus on undergraduate and graduate student populations.
• Develops, recruits, screens, promotes, implements and evaluates trauma outreach and mental health promotion efforts / curriculum for a variety of group offerings, including prevention activities on campus, focusing on undergraduate and graduate student populations.
• Collaborates on multi-disciplinary teams regarding clinical coordination/direct student care, policies and procedures, and campus-wide mental health promotion.
• Continually conducts needs assessment via incoming requests, data obtained from various student surveys, and by partnering with key stakeholders to determine opportunities for educational program enhancements. Continually strives to achieve the goal of educating the community about resources for survivors and work to reduce stigma around being a survivor through the creation of a robust program which is benchmarked against other collegiate mental health programs and serves as a model to other Institutions.
• Participate in national dialogue on best practices and standards in trauma treatment and prevention programming in university settings.
• Provide individual and group counseling to survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment, dating violence, intimate partner abuse, and stalking as well as student-patients presenting with general mental health concerns. Make appropriate treatment plan decisions as to the level of care needed, type and longevity of treatment, and whether treatment is best received on campus or in the community.
• Manage all aspect of client care, including consulting with concerned parties regarding student safety planning.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Required Education and Experience

• PhD, PsyD, LICSW, and advanced licensure by the Massachusetts Board of Registration.
• Minimum 5 years related experience in a college counseling center or a multidisciplinary outpatient mental health center required.
• Past experience working with college-aged population, including clinical experience and knowledge of working with survivors of trauma required.
• Experience and interest in multicultural counseling.
• Strong counseling skills including a thorough knowledge of general theoretical orientation to guide clinical practice, as well as experience and skills working with survivors of trauma.
• Strong crisis assessment and crisis management skills.
• Knowledge of Title IX, Clery Act, and Campus SaVe Act requirements.
• Understanding and interest in adolescent and early adult development.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to collaborate with other departments and college administrators.
• Knowledge of and demonstrated competence and sensitivity to working with multicultural population.
• Demonstrated commitment to the highest ethical standards of professional practice and integrity.