Counselor

campuses.

REPORTS TO: AVP of Student Advocacy

Job Duties

• Provide short-term psychological counseling to students presenting with a variety of therapeutic issues within the appropriate scope of practice
• Conduct clinical assessments, develop treatment goals and plans as appropriate, and maintain accurate and timely electronic clinical documentation in accordance with state and federal laws, professional ethics, and district policies
• Triage students for the appropriate level of care, including crisis intervention, suicide risk assessment, safety planning, individual counseling, referrals for community resources, and psychological evaluations
• Maintain current knowledge of best practices in brief, solution-focused therapy techniques through ongoing asynchronous and synchronous professional development.
• Create, coordinate, promote, and deliver outreach programming, presentations, and holistic wellness initiatives that increase awareness of counseling services, mental health, and student wellness
• Actively recruit and engage students in counseling services through outreach, campus collaboration, and relationship-building across departments and campuses
• Collaborate with academic and student development departments and other areas within Student Advocacy to enhance programs and services that support student success
• Serve as an outer-circle member of the TVCC Behavioral Intervention Team
• Provide professional consultation to faculty, staff, and administrators regarding student mental health concerns, classroom concerns, distress response, and referral options
• Travel periodically to other campuses to provide counseling services, outreach, consultation, and student support
• Maintain a flexible work schedule, including working late one day per week as needed to meet student access needs
• Provide services through approved telehealth formats as available and appropriate
• Demonstrate initiative by identifying student needs, service gaps, or process concerns and helping implement effective solutions
• Establish rapport, trust, and a nonjudgmental counseling approach with students
• Maintain accurate, timely, and legally compliant clinical documentation, including case notes and treatment plans
• Work collaboratively with other areas of Student Advocacy to provide holistic student support that promotes persistence and graduation
• Provide professional consultation to faculty, staff, and administrators
• Recruit and engage students in counseling services
• Work independently, manage responsibilities effectively, and exercise sound professional judgment with minimal supervision
• Identify problems, service gaps, or student barriers and take initiative to help develop practical solutions
• Adapt to change, remain open to new ideas, and pivot when strategies or interventions are not producing the intended results
• Evaluate counseling services, identify student needs, and support continuous improvement in service delivery.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisory personnel

Qualifications

EDUCATION REQUIRED:

Masters degree in Counseling, Psychology, or related field

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Two (2) years of experience in counseling as a licensed counselor (LMFT, LPC, or NCC), preferably in a college, university, community mental health, or related setting. Experience providing short-term counseling, crisis intervention, suicide risk assessment, treatment planning, clinical documentation, and community referral is required.

PREFERRED:

Experience in a higher education setting, including telehealth counseling, outreach programming, continuous improvement efforts, and crisis intervention in a clinical environment.

Knowledge and Skills

• Counseling resources and best practices
• Career assessment instruments
• Holistic approaches to helping students determine an appropriate career path
• Human relations and problem solving methods
• Human behavior, individual differences in abilities, personality, and interests; learning and motivation, and the assessment of DSM-5 disorders
• Methods and procedures for assessment and treatment of mental illness
• Laws, legal codes, ethical standards, and college code of conduct
• Local social service agencies and referral/resource information
• Job search skills and resources
• Crisis management skills
• Clinical assessment skills
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Networking skills
• Presentation skills
• Creativity skills
• Observation skills
• Establish rapport, trust and non-judgmental theoretical approach to counseling individuals
• Make sound decisions
• Apply professional and ethical principles and practices
• Build positive collegial relationships
• Work with a diverse student population