Graduate Assistant - Counseling and Psychological Services

Responsibilities

• Participates on Triage Team and conducts brief assessments with students who walk in.
• Conducts intake interviews with students who request counseling services and completes the required clinical documentation via our electronic recordkeeping system.
• Provides individual and group counseling to students on a scheduled basis or through crisis intervention.
• Maintains up-to-date clinical documentation via our electronic recordkeeping system.
• Consults with supervisors and staff as needed.
• Acts as a campus resource on psychology and represents Counseling and Psychological Services in the university community.
• Acts as a liaison between client and campus or community resources as needed.
• Provides consultation to staff, faculty, and parents seeking assistance with troubled students or those with serious mental health issues.
• Attends training seminars, staff meetings and supervision on a weekly basis and in a prompt manner.
• Represents the department and division at public relations events as requested.
• Interacts with staff and students in a professional and ethical manner.
• Commits to a part-time, 15-20 hour per week internship.
• Participates in supervision and training with an openness to learning and receiving feedback.
• Utilizes psychodiagnostic assessment procedures and psychometric methods to facilitate psychotherapy as needed.
• Performs additional job-related duties and responsibilities as requested.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a graduate program at the institution as a domestic student.
• Knowledge and basic skills in counseling practices and methods.
• Ability to plan, implement, evaluate and report activities conducted.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and to prepare written and electronic documents.
• Ability to communicate orally, both in person and by telephone.
• Ability to establish rapport with others as a requisite for healthy and therapeutic relationships.
• Ability to present oneself in an appropriately personable and professional manner to students and staff.
• Ability to receive and utilize constructive feedback regarding performance, presentation and relationships with others.
• Ability to be both consistent and flexible as circumstances warrant.
• Ability to effectively weigh and evaluate personal needs, client needs and the aims and policies of the school and to respond and negotiate these competing needs as appropriate.
• Ability to remain calm and supportive in psychological emergencies and/or crises when provided with appropriate supervision and direction.
• An enhanced level of self-awareness as to how he/she/they relates to others and an ability to effectively modulate this personal style as conditions warrant.
• Ability to communicate via computer email.
• Successfully showcases work and experience in contributing to a climate that supports a diverse student body, serves first-generation college students, multilingual learners, and contributions to equity and social justice through their work.