Job Description

Professional Counselor I

Agency

West Texas A&M University

Department

Counseling Services

$3,555.50 monthly

Canyon, Texas

Staff

The A&M System strives to maintain a competitive, high-quality benefit package to support the health and wellness needs of our workforce. This includes comprehensive health and welfare insurance plans, additional health and lifestyle programs, and optional retirement savings opportunities. Eligible employees will have access to paid leave programs in addition to 13-15 paid holidays each year. For more information regarding the benefit package go to: West Texas A&M University: Human Resources Benefits

NOTICE - All posted positions are subject to budget approval.

General Summary:

Professional Counselor I, Student Counseling Services provides crisis assessment, individual and group counseling to enrolled students who are experiencing social, emotional, behavioral or academic difficulty. This staff member must work collaboratively with other departments when assisting students.

Responsibilities:

Counseling and Clinical Tasks

• Delivery of counseling and crisis intervention services to students.
• Able to provide initial triage session interviews and associated clinical referral to college students.
• Competency in providing short-term individual counseling- primarily in the areas of anxiety, depression and relationships.
• Ability to work with sensitive information safeguarding confidentiality of records and student information.

Non-clinical Tasks- outreach and referral

• Experience in referring to external agencies in an effort to provide the most appropriate care to students. (LMHA and Psychiatric Hospitals)
• Provides consultation and outreach services to campus and community members related to mental health issues and student concerns.
• Intake and referral for non-resident on-line students to MH resources
• Act as a liaison between Student Counseling Services, other university departments and community agencies.
• Maintains 100% compliance with timely completion of required System, University and job-specific online training courses.
• This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. Other duties as assigned.

Necessary Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Counseling, Social Work, Clinical Psychology or other MH discipline requiring licensure.
• Practical/field placement relevant to college counseling, or supervised experience related to job function.
• LPC, LPC-A, LCSW, LP or LMFT or eligibility for licensure within 2.5 years of hire date.
• Must maintain licensure for continued employment.
• Ability to work collaboratively with students and other professionals in an occasionally hectic clinic environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Organizational, writing, and public speaking abilities required.
• Meets ethical obligations for timely documentation of counseling services per State of Texas licensure requirements.
• Proficient in assessment, diagnosis and in providing empirically based treatment interventions for mental health conditions.
• Experience with providing crisis assessment & appropriate acute intervention.
• Periodic work beyond normal office hours and/or work on weekends.

Preferred Qualifications:

• One (1) year of experience in suicide crisis response planning.
• Behavioral Health/Counseling experience in a Higher Education setting.
• License to supervise mental health interns or provisionally licensed individuals.
• Experience in developing applicable programing to work settings.
• Knowledge and competency in working in Point and Click EMR software.

Applicant Instructions:

Please include the following with your application:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Three references

Please attach all documents in the attachment box at the bottom of the “My Experience” page before continuing through the application. Please use the “Upload” button to add each document individually. All revisions must be made prior to application submission. If you need assistance with uploading documents, please contact WTAMU Human Resources at hr@wtamu.edu

Due to budgetary reasons, West Texas A&M University will not offer H-1B or other work authorization visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and maintain work authorization throughout the employment term.

Texas law requires all males age 18 through 25 to be properly registered with the Selective Service System.

Equal Opportunity /Veterans/Disability Employer.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.