Counselor .50 FTE

St. Olaf College•Northfield, MN

13h•Onsite

About The Position

To provide mental health services to our students, actively engage in developing and implementing internal and outreach programming, and collaborate with campus and community partners.

Requirements

Master’s degree in clinical/counseling psychology, social work, or related clinical Field; eligibility licensure to practice in MN within one year of start date.
1+ years of post-graduate clinical experience; successful record of providing clinical services to a young adult population.
Knowledge of “generalist” counseling/clinical skills and experience in assessing and intervening with a range of disorders, concerns, and degrees of pathology in treatment.
Ability to demonstrate excellent and effective interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships.
Knowledge of student development and student issues.
Willingness to work in a time-limited model of care.
Ability and willingness to handle crisis and emergency situations.
Ability to maintain high ethical and professional practice standards.
Ability to demonstrate strong multicultural awareness, knowledge, responsiveness, and skills to work with culturally diverse student populations.
Ability to handle a busy caseload in a dynamic environment while completing. appropriate charting and administrative tasks.
Ability to demonstrate a strong work ethic and a willingness to collaborate.
Ability to handle spontaneous work demands while undertaking projects that require advance planning.
Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.
Employment in this position is conditioned upon successful completion of a background check which may include: criminal background checks, reference checks, verification of work history, verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, a motor vehicle check, verification of DOT certification, a credit check, employment eligibility verification, and/or a pre-employment physical. Whether a background check is deemed successfully completed will be at the sole discretion of St. Olaf College. Please note, St. Olaf College reserves the right to conduct periodic background checks at its sole discretion.

Nice To Haves

Terminal degree in counseling/clinical psychology, social work, or related clinical field; currently licensed in MN as a psychologist, counselor, social worker, or has related clinical licensure OR eligibility for licensure to practice in MN by start date.
3+ years of post-graduate clinical experience; previous college counseling experience; prior experience in developing and implementing educational programming and/or group programming; interest and ability to provide individual supervision to practicum graduate students from Masters, Doctoral, or Social Work graduate programs; crisis assessment and intervention skills and experience; specialized training in treatment of eating disorders and/or substance use disorders.
Ability and enthusiasm for working within a small, liberal arts college community.
Availability and willingness to participate in occasional evening or weekend activities.
Ability and willingness to support, respect and commit to embracing diverse backgrounds, values and points of view to build a strong and inclusive community including faculty, staff, students and constituents.

Responsibilities

Provide individual, couples and group counseling using a short-term therapy model – 60% of time.
Implement case management responsibilities, with accurate timely record keeping - 15% of time.
Actively engage in clinical consultation/supervision – 10% of time.
Actively engage in developing and implementing internal and outreach educational program designed to meet the needs of our students – 7% of time.
Provide group clinical supervision/consultation with our graduate therapy practicum students- 5% of time.
Provide consultation services to faculty, staff, parents/families and students – 2% of time.
Engage in continuing education and professional growth activities – 1% of time.
Maintain professional licensure.