Assistant Director for Outreach

Assistant Director for Outreach

Company:
North Carolina State University

Job Location:

Category:
Counseling and Psychological Services

Type:
Full-Time

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Location: Raleigh, NC

Essential Job Duties:

The Assistant Director is required to perform administrative duties, provide direct service to students, consult with university faculty/staff, and participate in supervision and training. This person will assist in developing, revising, and maintaining policies and procedures to ensure adherence to best clinical practices, and legal and ethical codes. This person will directly supervise a number of clinical staff (as assigned). Assistant directors will embrace the center's values and serve as a role model to exemplify these values.

Assistant Directors will carry a reduced clinical load that may include walk-in/crisis assessment, after-hours on-call, individual, couples, and group psychotherapy, clinical consultation, outreach programming, and clinical supervision. There is an expectation that Assistant and Associate Directors assist in hiring, training, supervising and consulting with all clinical staff, including trainees, as needed.

This staff member serves on the Administrative Team, along with the Director, Associate Director, and other Assistant Directors. The Assistant Directors will assume supervision of Counseling Center operations in the absence of the Director and Associate Director. Members of the Administrative Team will be expected to submit reports and/or data to the Director as requested and will serve on committees within and outside of the Center as required. Members of the Administrative Team are expected to support the Center's mission.

Duties and Responsibilities:
One full-time, 12 month position with responsibility to assist in all areas of Counseling Center functioning including:

Direct Clinical Care (Individual and Group Counseling)

• Provide individual and group counseling to NC State students/clients addressing personal, academic, and vocational concerns, including psychological assessment, developmental and crisis counseling, couples counseling, and evaluation of students for possible withdrawal from the University.
• Develop and participate in outreach programming.
• Provide consultation to faculty, staff, parents, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct evaluations and make recommendations regarding students with academic and conduct-related concerns.
• Participate in after-hours on-call coverage and, as needed, evening office hours.

Development and Support of the Outreach Program

• Respond to outreach requests and coordinate outreach services in collaboration with the Outreach Coordinator in Prevention Services.
• Oversee stigma reduction initiatives.
• Facilitate drop-in and embedded programming within campus centers.
• Serve as liaison to campus partners, including Multicultural Student Affairs, the African American Cultural Center, Women's Center, Greek Life, GLBT Center, Recreation, Student Health, and other campus offices to support wellness programming.
• Maintain partnerships with Housing to develop and implement RA and RD training each summer, as well as ongoing booster programs throughout the academic year.
• Oversee designated prevention and intervention services assigned based on functional area and expertise, including both clinical and administrative responsibilities.
• Assess service utilization across student populations and develop strategies to enhance engagement and effectiveness.

Administrative and Clinical Supervision and Oversight (Staff Meetings, Clinical Meetings, Hiring, and Consultation)

• Participate in committee work and treatment teams as appropriate.
• Fulfill general administrative responsibilities.
• Develop and implement learning outcomes and assessment strategies to evaluate and improve programs.
• Consult with the Director as needed and complete the annual Counseling Center report.
• Provide clinical and administrative supervision to professional staff.
• Implement ongoing training aligned with licensure requirements and ethical standards.
• Assist with recruitment and retention of staff with varied areas of expertise.
• Facilitate regular consultation spaces focused on serving varied student populations.

Professional Development and Training

• Engage in continuing education focused on ethical clinical practice and culturally responsive services.
• Participate in the training and/or supervision of graduate students and early-career clinicians.
• Collaborate with the Continuing Education Committee on staff development initiatives.
• Actively participate in the Centers training program by leading training seminars and providing supervision.

Outreach Responsibilities:

• Provide direct outreach service to campus community.
• Field outreach requests and coordinate the outreach response with outreach coordinator in Prevention Services.
• Oversee stigma reduction initiatives
• Facilitate drop in and embedded programs/hours for the campus centers
• Liaison with campus partners: Multicultural student affairs, African-American cultural center, Women's Center, Greek Life, GLBT Center, Recreation, Student Health and other campus offices for programming that addresses wellness development
• Maintain partnership with housing that involves the development and implementation of RA and RD training schedules each summer and booster programs throughout the year.
• Oversee designated special services for both prevention and intervention that are assigned based on function and areas of expertise; this may include designated clinical and administrative functions
• Assess utilization of services by all types of students and develop strategies for intervention.
• Collaborate with the CE committee on education for staff
• Develop and implement learning outcomes and assessment strategies to evaluate and improve programs.
• Consult with Director as needed and complete annual report for Counseling Center.
• Actively participate in Center's training program through leading Training Seminar and providing supervision
• Supervise professional staff both clinically and administratively
• Implement on-going training in accordance with clinical license and ethics for staff
• Assist in recruitment and retention of staff with a variety of expertise
• Oversee regular discussion spaces focused on working with all types of students

Other Work/Responsibilities:

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Experience/Education:

• Relevant professional degree and licensure in the appropriate clinical field of psychology, social work, or mental health with the ability to supervise provisionally licensed clinicians. For psychologists this is a licensed psychologist with 3 years post licensure experience. For social workers this is a LCSW with two years of independent licensure and for counselors this is a LCMHC-S

Required Qualifications:

• Strong clinical skills and interpersonal skills
• Well-integrated understanding of short-term therapy, crisis intervention, community consultation, and outreach programming.
• Demonstrated interest in coordinating outreach efforts at the NC State Counseling Center.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a cohesive team-oriented environment.
• Knowledge of legal and ethical issues in counseling.
• Evidence of effective leadership.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a university counseling center.
• Experience utilizing a time-limited model of care.
• Experience and knowledge of electronic medical records systems (Titanium) that employ electronic record keeping, scheduling, and data collection.
• Thorough knowledge of ethics and law in research/data applications for contemporary issues in psychology, especially as related in emerging adults.
• Experience supervising clinical staff in an administrative capacity.
• Demonstrated expertise in at least one of the following clinical areas: substance use, eating disorders, IPV, ADHD, Autism Spectrum.
• Demonstrated experience in programmatic and administrative leadership.

Required License or Certification:

• State of North Carolina Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist or eligible to attain such licensure within one year of hire due to an out of state move.