santa_monica_college.jpg

PT Mental Health Clinician - Student Equity Pride Center - 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 Student Equity Pride Center.
  • 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 who identify as LGBTQ+ 
  • 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 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

  • 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, with a 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, etc.
  • 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

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND DIVERSITY

*Please mention you saw this ad on Diverse Careers.*

Apply Now

Get Recruited
by Top Employers

Create Your FREE Profile Now!