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PT Mental Health Clinician - DREAM/STEM Programs - Continuous Applicant Pool

Job Description

Job Duties

  • Provide clinical assessment and brief individual counseling, crisis intervention and emergency procedure (including hospitalizations) for students who are part of the Dream program (serving our undocumented student population) and STEM program.
  • Assist with the coordination, development and assessment of clinical services, and develop innovative service delivery strategies.
  • Serve as a consultant/resource person to college faculty and staff regarding students with mental health concerns.
  • Build strategic alliances and campus networks to enhance student life, and participate in campus wide activities on a regular basis.
  • Provide outreach services that meet the social, developmental and academic needs of a culturally diverse student population.
  • Assist with the graduate internship program, including the recruitment, supervision and training of interns/trainees.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's Degree in one of the following:

 

  • Counseling
  • Rehabilitation Counseling
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Guidance Counseling
  • Educational Counseling
  • Social Work
  • Career Development
  • Marriage and Family Therapy
  • Marriage, Family and Child Counseling
  • or the Equivalent

 

(NOTE: A license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) is an alternative qualification for this discipline, pursuant to title 5, section 53410.1.)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Earned master's degree in social work, and a California license as a licensed clinical social worker.  Must maintain continuing education units sufficient to qualify as a supervisor of interns or other mental health professionals. 
  • Experience in crisis intervention/emergency services, and the demonstrated ability to work with a broad range of psychological challenges (from personal/social adjustment issues to severe and persistent mental illness). 
  • Successful experience in supervising, training, and evaluating graduate-level interns/trainees. 
  • Demonstrated ability to counsel and train utilizing professional therapeutic orientations, models, techniques, and strategies, while meeting the needs of a multicultural, multi-gendered, and multi-aged clientele. 
  • Expertise in working with individuals who identify as undocumented or have mixed status, identify as LGBTQ+, identify as BIPOC
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated ability to make effective oral presentations. 
  • Knowledge of and ability to apply legal and ethical standards of licensed mental health professionals.
  • Previous experience working in a community college or university counseling center setting.
  • Experience in training and program development in a community college or university setting.
  • Prior experience working with underserved and at-risk populations.
  • Prior experience working with International students.
  • Demonstrated training and expertise in time-limited psychotherapy and crisis intervention. 

Additional Information

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