University Counselor

About the role

The University Counselor will provide a full range of culturally sensitive clinical and non-clinical services for the students at Sacramento State. A major focus of this position will involve conducting assessments, including ADHD, neurodiversity, and personality assessment as well as providing clinical services including short-term individual and couples counseling, group psychotherapy, crisis intervention, psycho-educational workshops, and case management.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical services including: assessment/diagnosis, short-term individual and couples counseling, group psychotherapy, crisis intervention and follow-up, and case management;
• Collaborate with primary care physicians, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and other medical providers to provide comprehensive care for students in compliance with EO 1053. This position may include the provision of telehealth services on site.
• Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments, including ADHD, learning disability, and diagnostic assessments. Demonstrate competence in administering the CAARS, CPT-3, WRAML-3, WMS-IV, WAIS-IV, CPI, and writing psychological evaluations.
• Collaborate with Disability Access Services for students needing accommodations. Conduct screening/testing for students presenting with ADHD/LD concerns.
• Develop and implement programs including: presentations, workshops, prevention projects, residence hall training, seminars, mental health screenings and other outreach services as requested.
• Provide consultative expertise to the university community regarding issues that affect the mental health and psychological well-being of students; provide consultation and occasional in-service training to faculty, administrators, and student leaders on mental health and other psychological/social issues.

Requirements

• Must be licensed as a Psychologist, LMFT, or LPCC, in the state of California.
• Recent and relevant clinical practice experience.
• Experience providing assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning within a brief therapy model.
• Demonstrated experience providing individual and group therapy.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in providing clinical services and support to underrepresented and marginalized populations, including students with diverse identities based on ethnicity, race, gender identity, sexual preference, disability, religion, and socio-economic status.
• Experience working with high-risk clients.
• Experience providing mental health urgent care and crisis intervention.
• Demonstrated commitment to the development of ongoing multicultural competency in personal, professional, and clinical contexts.
• Commitment to anti-racism.
• Experience developing and offering small group training seminars and workshops.
• Experience providing mental health consultation.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with a multidisciplinary team of mental health and primary healthcare providers within an integrated health care facility.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written skills.
• Experience working with electronic medical records systems.

Qualifications

• Education/Credentials - University Counselor Must Be Licensed Licensed as a Psychologist, LMFT, or LPCC, in the state of California. Recent and relevant clinical practice experience.
• Clinical Skills Experience providing assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning within a brief therapy model. Demonstrated experience providing individual and group therapy. Demonstrated effectiveness in providing clinical services and support to underrepresented and marginalized populations, including students with diverse identities based on ethnicity, race, gender identity, sexual preference, disability, religion, and socio-economic status. Experience working with high-risk clients. Experience providing mental health urgent care and crisis intervention.
• Cultural/Racial Competence Demonstrated commitment to the development of ongoing multicultural competency in personal, professional, and clinical contexts. Commitment to anti-racism.
• Training/Supervision Experience and interest in providing clinical supervision. Experience developing and offering small group training seminars and workshops.
• Consultation/Outreach Demonstrated experience providing effective outreach presentations. Experience providing mental health consultation.
• Professionalism Ability to collaborate effectively with a multidisciplinary team of mental health and primary healthcare providers within an integrated health care facility. Excellent interpersonal skills. Excellent written skills. Experience working with electronic medical records systems.

Skills

• Experience providing counseling/psychotherapy in university counseling center.
• Experience assessing and screening students with ADHD/LD concerns.
• Interest in, and expertise in working with, non-traditional and first-generation students.
• Experience providing services within a multi-disciplinary, integrated health care facility.

Benefits

This position is a full-time, temporary 12-month in the Student Services Professional-Academic Related 1 classification. This is not a probationary position and does not establish consideration for subsequent appointments or any further appointment rights. However, this appointment may be renewed annually dependent upon satisfactory performance and program needs.

Pay

The salary range for this classification is $7,127 - $12,771; the anticipated salary is $7,127 - $8,884 per month.

Schedule

The position will accrue vacation credit at the rate of 16 hours per month.