Position Purpose:
The Staff Counselor is responsible for providing direct clinical services within a culturally competent framework and will be expected to participate in campus outreach initiatives and activities as needed.
Core Competencies:
The Staff Counselor is responsible for providing direct clinical services within a culturally competent framework and will be expected to participate in campus outreach initiatives and activities as needed.
Core Competencies:
- Represents Aurora University in the most positive manner with prospective, former and current students, clients, suppliers, and the community we serve. Interacts effectively with a diverse group of faculty, staff, students and other customers of our service, learns and uses operating practices of the department and Aurora University.
Essential Job Functions:
- Provide direct clinical counseling services to university undergraduate and graduate students including screening, assessment, diagnosis, case management, crisis intervention, treatment planning and treatment implementation.
- Provide short-term counseling for individuals, create psychoeducational workshops and groups independently and in collaboration with other University departments and, when appropriate, make referrals to outside providers and services.
- Complete risk assessments and make appropriate recommendations and referrals. Serve as a campus mental health expert offering consultative services to faculty, staff, administration, athletics, and families in a variety of modalities ranging from informal individual consultation to structured workshops and trainings.
- Consult within a multi-disciplinary team including medical, academic, and administrative professionals.
- Provide mandatory assessments after disciplinary violations and provide brief substance abuse or behavioral health assessments and recommendations regarding treatment to inform necessary sanctions or corrective actions.
- Serve as a liaison for a portfolio of academic and/or administrative department(s) across campus as assigned by the Director of the Wellness Center.
- Develop and ensure provision of proactive education and programming.
Education:
- Minimum requirement of a Master’s degree in a mental health discipline (Social Work, Counseling or Clinical Psychology) with track to obtain independent level of licensure in the State of Illinois within 6 months of employment.
- Clinical experience relevant to working with college students or young adult populations.
- Experience providing crisis intervention.
- Well-developed public speaking skills. The employee should have an interest in providing outreach and consultation to groups.
- Knowledge and experience with multicultural theory and research with the ability to apply such research to college counseling center work.
- Knowledge, experience, and ability to provide services to neuro-diverse adults.
- Experience and training in trauma response and effective treatment modalities for trauma.
- The successful candidate will have the ability to manage multiple responsibilities, with a high degree of independent organization, communication, and ethical practice.
- The chosen candidate will attend to the collegiate mental health needs within a framework of the larger mission of higher education and Aurora University.
- The ability to develop strong collaborative working relationships with all campus constituencies is required.
- Ability to work with a computer for long periods of the day.
- Ability to attend off-campus meetings.
- Office setting, standing, walking, sitting.
- Expected equivalent of 40 hours per week, but days/hours may vary as needed. Hybrid or work from home employment will be considered if a candidate can demonstrate the ability to fulfill this role effectively off-site and will only occur at the discretion of the Director and with alignment with overall Aurora University policies.