+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Job Title | Assistant Director, Counseling | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | FLSA Status | Exempt | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Posted Salary Range | Commensurate with experience. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Employment Status | Full Time | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Department | Counseling | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Job Summary | | | | | | | The incumbent assists with | | | directing the Institution's | | | counseling program, providing | | | assistance and support to | | | students and employees through | | | counseling, mental health, | | | outreach, and prevention venues. | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Knowledge Skills and Abilities | - Knowledge regarding crucial | | | nature of assurances of | | | confidentiality and adherence | | | to appropriate governmental | | | regulations applicable to | | | university counseling centers | | | - Knowledge regarding planning, | | | implementation, assessment, | | | evaluation and formal | | | reporting of activities, | | | services and outcome data | | | related to Counseling | | | Services | | | - Knowledge of effective | | | supervisory modalities for | | | clinical and administrative | | | staff | | | - Knowledge of relevant and | | | empirically based "best | | | practices" in the delivery of | | | mental health/counseling | | | services in institutions of | | | higher learning | | | - Knowledge of factors | | | correlated with perceptions | | | of accessibility of services | | | provided and the impact these | | | perceptions have on service | | | utilization | | | - Excellent communication | | | skills, verbal, written and | | | interpersonal | | | - Excellent customer service | | | skills | | | - Excellent administrative and | | | management skills | | | - Ability to plan, implement, | | | assess, evaluate and evaluate | | | activities, service and | | | outcome data | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Essential Job Functions | - Provides administrative | | | oversight for assessment and | | | referral of students | | | exhibiting stress, mental | | | health issues and behavioral | | | issues | | | - Seeks effective outcomes for | | | students facing stressors of | | | academic, financial, trauma, | | | illness, bereavement, | | | discrimination and other | | | social stressors that hamper | | | their ability to perform | | | optimally through effective | | | counseling, supervision and | | | delivery of these functions | | | - Educates students, faculty | | | and staff to recognize | | | students in need of referral | | | - Participates in | | | multi-disciplinary teams of | | | student affairs and academic | | | affairs professionals that | | | address current student's | | | behavioral challenges | | | - Creates intervention | | | strategies, protocols and | | | procedures surrounding | | | student behavioral and mental | | | health issues | | | - Recruits and trains | | | volunteers | | | - Supervises the withdrawal | | | process | | | - Makes appropriate internal | | | and external referrals | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Qualifications | | | | | | | Master's degree in Guidance and | | | Counseling or related field. | | | Three (3) years' experience in | | | counseling.