Job Description

Job Location: Harrisonburg, VA 22802, Job Title: Resident in Counseling

Department: Student Life

Supervisor: Associate Dean for Student Wellbeing

Schedule: Temporary, Part Time, 15-20hrs/wk, November - May, (schedule T,TH,F hours between 9am - 5pm)

FLSA Classification: Non-exempt

Pay Range: $25.00 - $25.00

Position Summary

The resident counselor will provide short-term individual, group, and crisis counseling; consultation services and outreach programming; initial assessments and after-hours emergency coverage for EMU undergraduate and graduate students.

The resident will also participate in organizational and clinical staff meetings and other university-wide meetings as appropriate. The residency position is a 15-20 hour per week, up to 400 hour position that begins in November and concludes in early May. The position is exclusively for Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday hours between 9:00am and 5:00pm.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Well-developed skills in providing brief psychotherapy for a student population.
• Interest in and commitment to university counseling work and college student development
• A collaborative spirit of warmth, acceptance, respect, and trust towards colleagues
• Interest in working within the program's developmental-practitioner model
• A willingness and ability to explore one's sense of self, have the capacity to self-reflect, and use one's self-awareness effectively to further personal and professional growth
• Awareness and practice of ACA professional ethical standards and practices
• Energy to flexibly manage the professional demands of a challenging caseload while maintaining positive and healthy perspectives and relationships
• Self-motivation, self-direction, and commitment to high professional ideals
• An appreciation for and experience with working with students from traditionally underrepresented groups and issues pertinent to these populations
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Dedication to the exploration of diversity variables in professional and personal settings

Education and Experience

• Completed all requirements for their master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from a CACREP-accredited graduate program OR their doctoral degree in counseling or clinical psychology from an APA-approved graduate program, prior to the start of residency

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and climb or balance. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus. The employee must occasionally travel to meetings and conferences off campus, which may include some overnight travel.

About EMU: Eastern Mennonite University (emu.edu) is a private, faith-based, liberal arts university in Harrisonburg, Virginia, known for academic excellence and affordability with a focus on service, social justice, and global engagement. With more than 1,500 students studying at our main campus in Harrisonburg, Virginia; at our Lancaster, Pennsylvania, instructional site; and online, EMU offers rigorous academic study at the undergraduate and graduate level.

EMU is committed to an inclusive and equitable campus community where everyone is treated with dignity and respect and can be their authentic self. Our goal is to remove the barriers that underrepresented and marginalized groups have frequently encountered in our society. We commit to address the structures that produce discrimination, racial injustice, gender inequities and other forms of oppression, and to fully include LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, and other members of historically minoritized communities.

EMU encourages students, faculty and staff to live their faith and values through service to others, peacemaking, cross-cultural engagement and sustainability. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, EMU is committed to enhancing our community and encourages applications from qualified individuals with varied backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who would deepen the diversity of the University.

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