Post-Master's Residency

About the role

The postgraduate residency program at CAPS focuses on providing mental health support to students, emphasizing student-centered care and diverse student populations.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical services within a short-term counseling model, including individual, couples, and group therapy.
• Intake and referral services.
• Crisis intervention and daytime on-call coverage.
• Psychological consultation to the campus community.
• Work with medical providers in Student Health and Wellbeing Services on shared cases.
• Receive individual supervision and case consultation commensurate with the requirements for licensure.
• Contribute to training initiatives and work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Requirements

• An earned master's degree in counseling or clinical psychology (e.g., leading toward licensure as an LMFT or LPCC) or in social work (leading to the LCSW) from a regionally accredited institution of higher education, or an APA/CPA-accredited program.
• Completed a practicum at the time of appointment.
• Strong interest and experience serving diverse student populations.
• Demonstrated ability to provide appropriate therapeutic interventions for students from a wide range of backgrounds.
• Demonstrated understanding of factors affecting student success across diverse socioeconomic and cultural contexts.

Qualifications

• An earned master's degree in counseling or clinical psychology (e.g., leading toward licensure as an LMFT or LPCC) or in social work (leading to the LCSW) from a regionally accredited institution of higher education, or an APA/CPA-accredited program.
• Completed a practicum at the time of appointment.
• Strong interest and experience serving diverse student populations.
• Demonstrated ability to provide appropriate therapeutic interventions for students from a wide range of backgrounds.
• Demonstrated understanding of factors affecting student success across diverse socioeconomic and cultural contexts.

Skills

• Short-term counseling.
• Crisis intervention.
• Trauma-informed care.

Benefits

• Full health benefits.
• $2,000 towards professional development during the course of the year.

Pay

Anticipated salary placement for residents will be $3,233 monthly, the maximum allowance in accordance with the "counselor intern" classification on the Unit 3 Faculty Salary Structure (with adjustments being made from 12 months to academic year timebase).