"Licensed Mental Health Professional"

Licensed Mental Health Professional

Requisition Number: S02280P
Position Category: Staff
Hours Per Week: 40
Months Per Year: 12
Pay Grade: E32
FLSA: Exempt

Job Summary/Basic Function:

Licensed Mental Health Professionals in the Counseling and Psychological Services Center (CPSC) provide individual, couples, and group counseling services to Weber State University Students. Counseling addresses psychological, social, academic, and/or other personal issues that directly or indirectly impair clients in their functioning at WSU. Limited crisis intervention is provided during business hours. In addition to counseling, professional clinical staff provide some outreach and consultation services upon request. Such services are designed to educate, enhance skills, and increase mental health awareness. CPSC staff may serve on university committees and/or task forces contributing important knowledge regarding student mental health to the broader WSU community. Depending upon the needs of the Center and the university community, the percentage of time spent engaging in various duties and responsibilities may vary.

Required Qualifications:

• Completion of masters degree in a mental health field from an appropriately accredited college/university and graduate program prior to start date
• Experience providing individual psychotherapy to adults in an outpatient setting
• Current Utah license to practice mental health therapy, independently or under the supervision of a licensed professional, in Utah; OR eligibility for provisional licensure prior to start date. Please note: All appropriate requirements for practice must be completed prior to start date (see www.dopl.utah.gov for details)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience providing brief (2-6 sessions), goal-oriented treatment
• Two years post-licensure eligibility to practice independently without supervision
• Experience providing clinical supervision to graduate students and/or provisionally-licensed clinicians
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to a positive, collaborative work environment

Background Check? Yes

Benefits Summary:

WSU offers a generous benefits package that includes medical, dental, long-term disability, life insurance, retirement, a wellness program with release time and paid incentives, tuition benefits, free tickets to athletic and performing arts events, and paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

Job Open Date: 02/24/2026
Review Date: 03/16/2026
Open Until Filled: Yes

Notes to Applicant:

If you are passionate about what you could offer and accomplish here at WSU, we would love to hear from you. The annual salary for this position starts at $62,000 and may go up from there depending on candidate qualifications. The position comes with a generous benefits package.

To apply, please complete the online application and attach a cover letter, current resume, and the names and contact information for three professional references.

For qualification determination, your application and/or resume must address the required and preferred qualifications and must contain average number of hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be considered incomplete.

Screening of applications will begin March 16, 2026. Position will remain open until filled.

Criminal background check required as a condition of employment.

Physical Activity of this position: Operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, place, detect, or position. , Expressing or exchanging ideas. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important instructions to other workers accurately or quickly. , Ability to receive detailed information with or without assistance., Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. , Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Physical Requirements of this position: Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or consistently to move objects, including the human body. Sitting most of the time. Walking and standing only occasionally if ever.

Visual Acuity Requirements including color, depth perception and field of vision: Required to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; using a computer terminal; extensive reading.

The conditions the worker will be subject to in this position: None. The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work).