Mental Health Consultant

About the role

Under administrative direction, uses clinical skills for professional consultation and preventive outreach. Works as a part of ASU Counseling Services team, with offices in University Housing environments. Serves as an immediate and ongoing postvention response for student or community incidents. Engages with University Housing to offer consultation, outreach, postvention, and training as part of a larger team of consultation and prevention specialists.

Responsibilities

• Provides outreach, consultation, and postvention to the campus community, focusing on residential communities.
• Serves as liaison with university departments, regularly engaging with University Housing, ASU Police, Dean of Students.
• Provides consultation services to faculty, staff, and university departments.
• Provides training and supervision for student employees.
• Participates in university program evaluation and research.
• Engages in professional development activities to maintain licensure/certification.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and seven (7) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Qualifications

• Evidence of LPC, LCSW, LMFT, PsyD or PhD independent licensure in Arizona.
• Experience with preventative outreach, including consultation and presentations to groups.
• Demonstrated knowledge of methods, techniques, and procedures of mental health counseling and related services.
• Experience in crisis assessment, intervention and coordination of emergent care.
• Experience in consultation and outreach.
• Experience in working with diverse populations.
• Evidence of effective communication.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.

Skills

• Uses clinical skills for professional consultation and preventive outreach.
• Works as a part of ASU Counseling Services team.
• Serves as a liaison with university departments.
• Provides consultation services to faculty, staff, and university departments.
• Provides training and supervision for student employees.
• Participates in university program evaluation and research.
• Engages in professional development activities to maintain licensure/certification.

Benefits

Arizona State University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes valuable employee benefits to enhance the total compensation of its staff. This package includes:

• Tuition Reduction Program for staff members, their spouses, and dependents, available on day one.
• Low-cost health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits.
• Retail retirement program designed to promote long-term savings and provide income upon retirement.
• Paid time for volunteer and professional development.
• 10 Paid Holidays and competitive Vacation and Sick accruals each Pay Period.
• Wellness program for preventative health education and screenings.
• Disability and leave program for income protection.
• Employee assistance for free and confidential behavioral health services.
• ASU Discounts to sports/events along with discounts with ASU partnerships.

Pay

Rate of Pay: $66,000.00 to $72,000.00 annually; DOE

Schedule

Currently hiring for the following shift: Monday – Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm. Some nights and weekends during high student engagement periods of the academic year.