Mustang Mental Health Response Clinician

CSU Careers•San Luis, CA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This position reports to the Director of Counseling & Psychological Services and supports the mission of Campus Health & Wellbeing (CH&W) and Residential Student Experience (RSE) to provide safe, supportive, and therapeutic care for Cal Poly students and assists with coordination of care within the Mustang Mental Health Response program. This program is designed to provide students with a full range of options to help solve their crisis in the best setting possible. Specifically, this position offers primarily evening hours including services for crisis intervention, safety planning, stabilization support, and consultation embedded in on campus housing. Follow up services may include therapy within this program, referrals to clinicians within CAPS, referrals to higher levels of care and/or community services. This position includes work with serious presenting concerns, requiring the ability to conceptualize cases and provide responsive care within sociocultural context. This position is full-time, working four 10-hour days per week. Primary work hours will be 4 pm - 2 am Sunday through Wednesday (Schedule A) or Wednesday through Saturday (Schedule B). This is an Academic Year position. Department Summary Counseling & Psychological Services is a Campus Health & Wellbeing department in the division of Strategic Enrollment Management & Student Affairs that provides a variety of culturally responsive services to help enrolled students understand themselves, enjoy satisfying relationships, achieve academic success, and make effective life choices. Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) promotes the development of holistic student emotional health and serves the campus through advocacy and the provision of confidential, accessible services. Additionally, CAPS provides outreach, educational services, and campus consultations.

Requirements

Demonstrated competence with diversity and intersectionality, and experience addressing the mental health needs of college students including those with historically marginalized identities.
Demonstrated knowledge of FERPA, HIPAA, and the California Medical Information Act as it relates to the provision of psychotherapy in a university counseling center and confidentiality.
Demonstrated experience providing crisis assessment and intervention with late adolescent and young adult populations, including safety planning, ongoing stabilization work, and risk assessment.
Demonstrated ability to effectively manage clinical crisis situations, including hospitalizations.
Possession of a Master’s degree in appropriate field and current licensure or eligible for licensure to practice in the State of California as LPCC, LCSW or LMFT with minimum of 2 years of clinical experience post degree (in any state or province). OR Possession of doctoral degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology and current licensure or eligible for licensure in the State of California as a psychologist.
All counselors must be licensed in California within two years of initial appointment.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Nice To Haves

Current California psychologist, LPCC, LCSW, or LMFT license that is free of active disciplinary action.

Responsibilities

Provide crisis intervention, safety planning, and stabilization support.
Offer consultation embedded in on-campus housing.
Provide follow-up services including therapy, referrals to CAPS clinicians, higher levels of care, and community services.
Conceptualize cases and provide responsive care within a sociocultural context.
Work with serious presenting concerns.