Counselor - Student Services Professional, Academic-Related I, 12 months

Cal Poly Pomona•Pomona, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Counseling Services at Cal Poly Pomona is seeking passionate individuals to support student psychological wellbeing and success. The university, known for its polytechnic identity and learn-by-doing approach, enrolls 24,000 students and employs approximately 1,200 faculty. Cal Poly Pomona is committed to diversifying its faculty and staff to better serve its multicultural student body and prioritizes educational equity. Located in Los Angeles County, the university offers affordability, access, and academic excellence, consistently ranking as a top college investment. The Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) department, accredited by IACS, provides mental health, psycho-educational, and outreach services. These non-tenure track Faculty Counselor Lecturer positions involve promoting student wellbeing, removing psychological barriers, and cultivating personal strengths through culturally competent services. Responsibilities include brief individual, couples, and group counseling, conducting intakes, treatment planning, facilitating referrals, crisis intervention, consultation, outreach programs, and clinical supervision for unlicensed clinicians. Some evening and weekend hours are required.

Requirements

Possession of a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Social Work or related field.
A valid license to practice as a mental health provider in the State of California (e.g., LMFT, LCSW, Psychologist) or eligible for licensure in California within 6 months of hire.
Knowledge of CA legal and ethical standards and ability to utilize sound ethical judgment during treatment, consultation, and crisis intervention.
Ability to provide psychological services as a generalist (clinical assessment, diagnosis, brief psychotherapy and crisis intervention) to a diverse college student population presenting with a wide range of presenting concerns.
Work experience in a university/college counseling center or related mental health setting.
Experience providing brief therapy utilizing effective approaches and techniques.
Demonstrated experience and competence in addressing the needs of culturally diverse clients.
Experience providing group counseling (process or psychoeducational).
Experience providing crisis intervention.
Experience providing case management and facilitating on and off-campus referrals.
Experience in developing and implementing a broad range of outreach services, including consultation, trainings, workshops, and presentations.
Strong communication skills, including demonstrated ability to make effective oral presentations, facilitate an open exchange of ideas, and write clear and concise clinical notes, documents, and reports.
Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate with and respond to multiple constituencies to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
Demonstrated ability to make independent decisions, exercise sound clinical judgment, multi-task and set priorities.
Willingness and availability to work some evenings and weekend hours for campus outreach events or campus emergency/disaster/crisis situations.

Nice To Haves

Possession of a doctorate degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, Social Work, or a related field.
Relevant professional experience or specialty in one or more of the following areas: Adjustment, acculturation, and first-generation student experiences, men's mental health, eating disorders and body image concerns, and substance use disorders and recovery.
Ability to utilize and demonstrate professional counseling techniques and strategies to meet the needs of a student body with varied backgrounds, cultures, gender identities, ages, sexual orientations, and other diverse qualities.
Collaborate with campus partners serving first-generation students, cultural centers, and identity-based student organizations.
Bilingual or multilingual skills.

Responsibilities

Provide brief individual counseling, couples and/or group counseling.
Conduct intakes for students seeking services.
Develop treatment plans.
Facilitate on-campus and external referrals.
Provide crisis intervention services.
Offer consultation and outreach services (e.g., psycho-educational programs) to various constituencies on campus.
Serve as a resource to university offices in an effort to enhance student wellbeing.
Provide clinical supervision for unlicensed clinicians.
Work some evening and weekend hours for outreach, workload demands, departmental responsibilities, and quality services.