Position Title: Crisis and Substance Abuse Prevention Counselor
Job Code: AD241
Department: Student Counseling Center
Reports to: Director of Student Counseling Center
FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt
Hours per Week: 30 hours, 9.5 month appointment
Pay Rate: $22.68 - $25.00 per hour
Diversity and Inclusion: Tier I

Job Summary: This licensed professional counselor coordinates the response to students with mental health crises, providing consultation, resources, assessment and treatment. The position also provides drug and alcohol related outreach, education, assessment, and support. This position supports the daily function and operation of a small university counseling center and includes providing clinical and administrative supervision of intern and practicum counselors in training. This is a limited duration 41 week position from August to May each year.

Job Duties:
Crisis Outreach

• Respond swiftly to student crisis or potential student crisis situations (i.e. suicide, mental health issues, sexual assault, alcohol or other drug issues, recovery and relapse, personal or family issues, domestic violence, etc).
  
• Provide immediate resources, direction, response, advocacy and referrals.
  
• Hold drop in hours 2 hours a day weekdays to support more acute student needs.
  
• Respond to Student of Concern referrals through outreach offering short term counseling support.
  
• Build relationships with faculty, staff, and students as a consultant and resource including as acting member of the Students of Concern and Threat Assessment Teams.
  

Substance Abuse Prevention

• Lead and support the formation and maintenance of a recovery community on campus, working particularly with the Residence Hall staff and Dean of Students.
  
• Provide AOD assessments and required counseling sessions to students referred from judicial processes.
  

Clinical and Supervisory Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a positive team environment and behave professionally with everyone encountered in the course and scope of the job duties.
  
• Maintain the scope of the Student Counseling Center and oversee screening process and case disposition for supervisees.
  
• Provide individual clinical supervision to 1-3 graduate level interns, practicum, and/or Graduate Assistants.
  
• Provide informal supervision to interns and practicum students as needed.
  
• Carry a small caseload of higher risk students as necessary or requested. Provide case management as needed.
  
• Deliver one group per semester for high risk student issues with intern or practicum student support (DBT skills, Recovery, etc).
  

Administrative Responsibilities

• Contribute to staff meetings, uphold policies and procedures, forms, and respond to needs of center.
  
• Support growth of intern team by contributing to group supervision.
  
• Serve as the on-site manager of Titanium, the center's on-line record system, including updating, overseeing use, and training intern team on use.
  
• Maintain necessary documentation and data collection for program assessment.
  
• Other duties as assigned.
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Counseling Psychology.
  
• Must currently hold license to practice independently in a clinical counseling discipline in the state of Colorado (LPC or LCSW).
  
• Ability to create and maintain a positive team environment and behave professionally with everyone encountered in the course and scope of the job duties.
  
• Has experience working with college students and understands and operates from a developmental perspective.
  
• Minimum 2 years of experience with crisis, seriously mentally ill, and/or higher risk clients.
  
• Breadth of experience working in clinical areas such as personality disorders, mood disorders, depression, anxiety, bipolar, and PTSD.
  
• Experience with dual diagnosis and knowledgeable about substance abuse.
  
• Demonstrated understanding of the dynamics of privilege and oppression and the impact these have on equity, access, and opportunity in higher education / the workplace.
  
• Commitment to co-create an inclusive community and actively participate in related professional development, including openness to feedback and ongoing self-examination.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• CAC II certified.
  
• Demonstrated experience providing clinical supervision.
  
• Demonstrated competence in dealing with diverse, complex student issues, and programs.
  
• Demonstrated competence in program planning and communication, written and verbal.
  
• Demonstrated experience with mental health outreach, education, and advocacy.
  
• Experience with Titanium or other electronic record systems.
  
• An understanding and appreciation for the values of Naropa University as well as the capacity to supplement with a rigorous clinical approach.
  

Applications: Application review begins immediately and continues until position is filled. Qualified candidates should apply online and include a letter of interest and resume.

Naropa University is actively engaged in creating an inclusive, diverse community and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. In keeping with our diversity initiatives, we encourage applications from persons of historically under-represented groups and those who support diversity.

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Naropa Full-time Benefits

At Naropa we recognize that our people are key to our success, and we are proud to invest in them. In addition to our rich intellectual and experiential work environment, Naropa University offers a premium benefits package for our full time faculty and staff. This package includes employer contributions towards a selection of Medical and Dental plans, Life and AD&D Insurance, and Short-Term and Long-Term Disability coverage.

We provide generous tuition remission for employees and their family members, including for-credit and auditing classes, as well as a tuition exchange program with 435 colleges and universities across the US that afford you the opportunity to continue your education. Naropa also provides a 403(b) retirement plan and RTD bus passes at no charge to full-time employees. We also have paid leave allowances for sick, vacation and personal time. More information on our benefits can be found on the Employment page on our website.


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