Mental Health Counselor

The purpose of this position is to help students succeed by providing mental health services, outreach and education, connecting them to resources and services, developing plans of action to meet their goals, and assist them with navigating challenging environments and situations. This position will help to create an inclusive and welcoming environment for students to develop and utilize skills in self-awareness, self-advocacy, and resilience, to maximize their educational experience.

Providing short term mental health counseling, making clinical and mental health referrals to external clinicians for long-term counseling; assisting with college-wide programs regarding student care, support, and mental health topics. Provides group counseling sessions. Conducts clinical evaluation to determine mental health and/or substance use treatment needs. Assists with maintaining policies and procedures to maintain legal and ethical standards, as related to mental health counseling. Maintains individual records within electronic health records and maintains confidentiality. Performs other job-related duties as required.

This position will work the majority of their hours between 8:00am and 5:00pm Monday-Friday, however some evening hours will be required, and occasional weekend hours will be necessary. This position will travel one day a week to one of our extended campuses to provide mental health services and outreach to students.