Counseling Center - Counselor
About the role
The Central Michigan University Counseling Center has a full time, 9 month, in-person mental health counseling position available. This position is aimed at furthering the emotional health and well-being of CMU students. This is a non-teaching, fixed-term faculty position. The Counseling Center provides free and confidential, short term counseling services to currently enrolled CMU students dealing with personal issues that may negatively impact their academic success, interpersonal relationships, health, or well-being. Services are provided in person and via tele-mental health and offered in a variety of formats. The Counseling Center recognizes that each student is a unique individual with different stories, experiences, and needs. We strive to create an open, safe, and inclusive environment where students can freely explore and express all identities, beliefs, and values they hold. This collaborative and supportive team environment offers an excellent work/life balance with a flexible work schedule and opportunities for creativity in student engagement. In addition to counseling services, this position allows for outreach across campus, collaboration with campus partners, professional development, and supervision opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Provide culturally responsive and identity-informed individual, couples, and group counseling services
- Provide campus outreach and prevention services
- Responsible for 25 client contact hours per week, 12 paperwork hours and attendance at scheduled staff meetings
- Provide consultation to colleagues, faculty, staff, and parents
- Provide crisis intervention services during office hours
- Participate in professional development within and outside of the center
- Adhere to Counseling Center scope of practice and procedures
- Maintain all professional, ethical, and legal standards in the State of Michigan
- Maintain licensure to provide confidential mental health services in the State of Michigan and meet any related professional development requirements for that license