Counseling Center Assistant Director for Campus Partnerships

University of Washington•Seattle, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The UW Counseling Center (UWCC) has an outstanding opportunity for an Assistant Director for Campus Partnerships position. This role is responsible for fostering partnerships between the UWCC and the UW Seattle campus, including liaison and embedded programs and campus-wide mental health outreach efforts. The Assistant Director for Campus Partnerships supervises the Outreach Coordinator, collaborates on the vision for mental health and wellness outreach efforts for the Counseling Center’s diverse team of mental health staff, provides administrative and clinical leadership, and manages a clinical caseload. Key aspects of the role include providing internal UWCC and campus-facing leadership with a focus on cross-team and cross-unit collaborations and partnerships, offering administrative leadership for the center overall, and specifically for the embedded counseling and liaison counseling teams, and providing clinical supervision to mental health providers. The ideal candidate is described as collaborative, adaptive, able to work across systems and team cultures to identify shared goals, comfortable in a team-centered workplace, experienced in supervision and team management (ideally in a clinical/health services environment), with demonstrated success leading teams. They should be aware and responsive, capable of cultivating strengths-based working relationships, giving and receiving feedback professionally, welcoming diverse professional styles, strategic, self-motivated, comfortable working in complex systems like higher education and healthcare, and able to self-start and manage long-term administrative and facilitation projects.

Requirements

Master's Degree in a mental health-related field
At least three years of experience providing mental health counseling
Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration
Licensure as independent mental health provider for more than two years
Three or more years' experience providing mental health counseling in a university counseling center, or similar higher education setting
Demonstrated excellence in clinical assessment, psychotherapy and counseling, crisis intervention, and psychoeducation
Ability to work in a cross-cultural environment
Understanding the role of trauma (historical, community, family, and personal) in wellness and recovery is key
Proven cultural proficiency and demonstrated experience serving diverse populations
Demonstrated commitment to racial and social justice
Ability to work effectively under pressure while prioritizing and managing multiple administrative and clinical responsibilities
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
Strong organizational and time-management skills

Nice To Haves

Prior experience supervising mental health professionals and supporting their clinical growth
Clinical experience in working with trauma and trauma-informed treatment approaches
Experience providing gender affirming care
Experience providing treatment via telehealth technology
Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with campus partners and interdisciplinary colleagues

Responsibilities

Foster partnerships with units and schools that house embedded and liaison counselors and provide clinical and administrative supervision to these counselors
Provide vision for the center’s outreach and collaborating with campus partners to co-create an inclusive campus climate that promotes mental health and wellbeing
Provide consultation to campus community members regarding students in crisis
Interact with press or other public media involving either issues of college student mental health or explanation of University services
Engage meaningfully with leadership and campus partners at the university and division levels to advise, collaborate, and enhance campus climate
Develop assessment, evaluation and data management for liaison and embedded teams to determine effectiveness of programs, and share data with constituents
Steer the center in its endeavors including treatment and coordination of student mental health services, cultural humility promotion/expansion, outreach, and emergency services to students and consultation to faculty, staff and families as a member of the UWCC leadership team
Provide direction to UWCC leadership regarding campus partnerships
Respond and consult rapidly in response to unexpected events (e.g., student death)
Supervise mental health providers and serve as a collaborative interface with support staff
Provide ongoing administrative and clinical consultation with UWCC staff
Provide leadership for the UWCC Cultivating Culture Committee
Provide initial/intake assessments, crisis intervention, and short-term individual and group counseling for enrolled University of Washington students
Support the mental health of individuals from underrepresented and marginalized communities to promote student retention and graduation
Provide crisis assessment and intervention to students in distress
Provide outreach presentations to student groups, classrooms, and others as requested on topics that support the mental health of UW’s diverse student population
Attend campus events to represent the Counseling Center
Provide professional consultation to UW faculty, staff, family and students, related to the mental health, and academic challenges to enhance the campus climate for student success
Attend regular counseling center staff meetings and participate in other meetings as appropriate
Participate in committees or projects that enhance the mental health of UW students and create a healthier and more inclusive campus environment