Clinical Counselor 12mo - Counseling and Mental Health Services

San Francisco State University•San Francisco, CA

19d•Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting to the Director of Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS), the Clinical Counselor provides a full-range of individual and group psychological services to students, who represent a wide range of multicultural backgrounds, presenting complex psychosocial, personal, and family issues. The Clinical Counselor effectively represents CAPS as a member of the University faculty, and performs additional professional services as individual skills, interests, and agency needs indicate. This position is a full-time, twelve-month position. While the position is classified as “temporary,” the expectation is that it will be renewed annually contingent on performance, departmental needs, and budgetary constraints. At this time, CAPS is providing both in-person and remote (via Zoom) services to students. This position offers some flexibility with in-person and remote work contingent on department coverage and needs. Mostly in-person work is required; there is no option for full remote work. The successful candidate will maintain a clinical caseload of students representing the diversity of SF State students. Clinical counselors shall spend at least 60-65% of their time base providing direct services. The duties of this position are focused on: intake and assessment/triage; provision of brief individual, group, and couples counseling (using time-limited treatment models); outreach; referrals; crisis intervention; and consultation. There may be other duties as assigned as well. At all times, the candidate will demonstrate behaviors that are in line with the User Friendly Principles (P530C) and Principles of Conduct for a Multi-Cultural University (P30D); and demonstrate safe work practices for oneself, others and the office environment.

Requirements

Possession of an appropriate terminal degree, e.g., either a Doctorate in behavioral sciences, counseling, psychology or a specific related academic field or a California license as a Psychologist, Marriage, Family and Child Counselor.
Knowledge of organizational development, planning and structure; principles of administrative, personnel and fiscal management; professional counseling techniques and strategies; statistics and research methodologies; specific academic discipline.
Knowledge of or ability to understand the role and functioning of Student Services and Academic Affairs programs in a higher education setting and work with students from multicultural backgrounds presenting various attitudes and value systems.
Demonstrated ability to counsel students utilizing professional counseling techniques and strategies and meet the needs of a multicultural, diverse and multi-aged student body group.
Demonstrated ability to plan and conduct workshops and groups utilizing innovative facilitation techniques.
Demonstrated ability to visualize needed changes and improvements in counseling or related programs.
Demonstrated ability to originate new, different or creative solutions to student problems.
Demonstrated ability to gain acceptance of program operations based on positive working relationships and recognition and understanding of the need for compromise.
Demonstrated ability to understand the roles and responsibilities of others and to gauge relationships accordingly by taking into account the variety of the interrelationships, motivations and goals of the members of the organizations served.
Demonstrated ability to collect and analyze data or information.
Demonstrated ability to solve problems and to draw conclusions from an analysis of the data collected.
Demonstrated ability to apply and utilize various statistical and research methods.
Demonstrated ability to organize and present data and information in a concise and logical manner.
Demonstrated ability to interview skillfully.
Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others.
Demonstrated ability to prepare and present oral and written reports which are clear, concise and comprehensive.
Ability to continually increase the range of comprehension and knowledge of the theoretical and practical aspects of the research performed in the Student Services area.
Must possess and maintain a current, valid, and unrestricted license (MFT, LCSW, or Psychologist) to practice as a therapist in California from the California Board of Behavioral Sciences or Board of Psychology, or be eligible to sit for licensure by the anticipated start date.
If the licensure is out of state, it must comply with the Board of Psychology regulations for obtaining licensure in order to practice in California.
Must be able to work remotely as needed.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a multicultural urban setting.
Experience in the provision of clinical services to students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or PoC.
Experience in the provision of outreach and consultation services to the university community, particularly for students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or PoC.
Experience and clinical effectiveness in multicultural counseling approaches with ethnically and culturally diverse clients and communities.
Knowledge and experience working with clinical issues common in a university setting (e.g. substance abuse, sexual assault, eating disorders, conflict resolution, individual/group conflict resolution, trauma debriefing, etc.).
Clinical skills and experience in time-limited, short-term approaches, with a broad range of complex personal and interpersonal issues.
Ability to establish effective working collaborations between individuals and groups representing different cultures, interest groups, and/or departments.
Ability to provide effective consultation regarding a variety of psychological incident debriefing capabilities.
Extensive experience making discerning judgments regarding complex legal and ethical issues.
Experience in working with immigrant and international student populations.
Proficiency in a second language.
Bias toward collaboration and teamwork.
Effective oral, written and nonverbal communication skills.
Customer/Client Focus with an emphasis in problem solving and resolution.
Personal effectiveness and credibility as demonstrated by interpersonal and professional confidence.
Diversity and inclusion.

Responsibilities

Provide a full-range of individual and group psychological services to students.
Maintain a clinical caseload of students representing the diversity of SF State students.
Spend at least 60-65% of their time base providing direct services.
Perform intake and assessment/triage.
Provide brief individual, group, and couples counseling (using time-limited treatment models).
Conduct outreach.
Make referrals.
Provide crisis intervention.
Offer consultation.
Demonstrate behaviors in line with the User Friendly Principles and Principles of Conduct for a Multi-Cultural University.
Demonstrate safe work practices for oneself, others and the office environment.