Counselor (L) Underserved Populations Coordinator

Position Title

Counselor (L) Underserved Populations Coordinator

Job Duties

• Conduct mental health assessments (intakes), urgent care (crisis) assessments, triage assessments and professional counseling services (including individual, couples, group)
• Referral, consultation, in-service training, and outreach
• Crisis intervention services and public relations services to campus and community members
• Develop and foster relationships with departments that serve underserved populations, as well as belonging focused student organizations and groups
• Develop procedures with AB&C campus partners to better respond to student mental health needs
• Provide consultation, outreach, and training to AB&C offices/staff
• Participate in staff, student affairs, and university committees
• Provide professional counseling services for UWL students, including individual, group, crisis, and occasional couples counseling with a priority of working with undeserved student populations
• Select, administer, and interpret various psychological, educational, and/or vocational assessments and tests, as allowed by scope of practice and training
• Supervise, train, and/or provide consultation support to clinical staff working towards independent licensure
• Engage in timely collaboration and consultation with various university departments and offices to support and advocate for students
• Provide consultation to the UWL community, with a special focus on AB&C departments, and to the La Crosse community when feasible
• Contribute to CTC training/clinical staff seminars as presenter and consultant
• Participate in campus staff development training sessions
• Maintain and improve clinical competence through ongoing professional development activities and education
• Attend local, state, regional and national professional conferences and participate in continuing education workshops
• Maintain memberships in professional organizations
• Maintain appropriate licensure to practice in accordance with state statutes
• Maintain timely and accurate records of evaluation, treatment, consultation, and correspondence (case management)
• Serve on staff, student affairs, and university committees as appropriate
• Serve on campus and local task force groups as appropriate
• Participate in administrative staff meetings for both CTC and AB&C as appropriate
• Participate in appropriate public relations for the university community

Required Qualifications

• Independently licensed in Wisconsin as a LPC, LCSW, or LMFT, or independently licensed in another state and eligible to apply for a WI license by reciprocity immediately upon hire
• Experience with treating diagnostically and/or culturally diverse client populations
• Five (5) or more years of experience as a licensed mental health professional (if licensed as LPC) or possesses the equivalent necessary to provide clinical supervision toward state licensure for counselors in training
• Experience providing mental health treatment on a college campus and/or experience working in higher education with culturally and diagnostically diverse college students
• Experience conducting brief therapy with emerging adults for a wide range of presenting concerns
• Experience providing clinical supervision to trainees in a counseling setting
• Experience conducting outreach programming, presentations, training, and/or workshops relevant to college students from underserved populations
• Experience providing group counseling (psychoeducational/skills, support, and therapy groups)
• Experience with crisis intervention treatment
• Ability to provide bi-lingual treatment (Spanish and/or Hmong language preferred)
• Ability to work autonomously and within interdisciplinary team settings
• Experience with Electronic Health Records and computer applications used for telehealth services

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with treating diagnostically and/or culturally diverse client populations
• Five (5) or more years of experience as a licensed mental health professional (if licensed as LPC) or possesses the equivalent necessary to provide clinical supervision toward state licensure for counselors in training
• Experience providing mental health treatment on a college campus and/or experience working in higher education with culturally and diagnostically diverse college students
• Experience conducting brief therapy with emerging adults for a wide range of presenting concerns
• Experience providing clinical supervision to trainees in a counseling setting
• Experience conducting outreach programming, presentations, training, and/or workshops relevant to college students from underserved populations
• Experience providing group counseling (psychoeducational/skills, support, and therapy groups)
• Experience with crisis intervention treatment
• Ability to provide bi-lingual treatment (Spanish and/or Hmong language preferred)
• Ability to work autonomously and within interdisciplinary team settings
• Experience with Electronic Health Records and computer applications used for telehealth services