Position Title: Clinical Counselor

Department: Counseling Services

Job Summary: Marist College Office of Counseling Services is seeking a full-time clinical counselor to join our growing, dynamic, and collaborative counseling center. Counseling Services is committed to enhancing student mental health through culturally informed care while promoting a campus culture of inclusiveness, equity and diversity. This is a 9-month position. The successful candidate will provide a range of services to a diverse student population, including intakes; individual psychotherapy; group therapy; consultations; crisis intervention; on-call rotation; and innovative and inclusive outreach programming.

Minimum Qualifications: Doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology or Clinical Psychology from an APA accredited program; Master's degree in Clinical Social Work or Mental Health Counseling. Must be licensed or license-eligible in New York State within one year of assuming position. A minimum of three years of experience working with student populations reflective of the Marist campus.

Essential Functions:

• Provide culturally competent intakes and individual therapy.
• Conduct culturally competent group counseling.
• Provide risk assessments and crisis interventions including facilitating referrals for hospital psychiatric evaluations; consult with involved professionals, college staff and families when indicated.
• Participate in emergency on-call rotation after-hours and weekends to assess students in acute distress and coordinate crisis intervention response in consultation with the Director.
• Provide consultations to faculty, staff, students, families, and administration on student behavioral and mental health concerns through phone and in-person contacts and participation in campus-wide committees.
• Assist in developing and implementing multi-culturally competent prevention and outreach programs for diverse student and campus constituencies on an array of mental health-related issues. Collaborate and liaison with faculty, staff, students, administration and community providers to promote campus-wide health, diversity, equity and inclusivity.
• Maintain current, accurate and timely clinical documentation in accordance with legal, ethical and professional guidelines and Counseling Services policies using Titanium Schedule electronic records.
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong generalist skills with specialization and/or expertise in interpersonal psychotherapy, DBT, ACT, and/or other evidence-based practices.
• Demonstrated dedication and attentiveness to multicultural issues, social justice and intersectionality in serving historically marginalized students as well as commitment to ongoing development of cultural competencies.
• Proven interest, experience and commitment to facilitating groups.
• Effective at designing/presenting trainings and outreach programs to students, faculty, staff.
• Flexibility responding to high demand for services and changing program needs.
• Committed self-care practice to maintain resilience.
• Familiarity with Titanium electronic medical record.
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills.

Required Application Documents: Resume, Cover Letter, Three Professional References

About Department

Counseling Services is a thriving center providing culturally- and trauma-informed services to undergraduate and graduate students while supporting the greater Marist community. Services include individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, consultation, psychiatric services and campus-wide psychoeducational programs/outreach. Our multidisciplinary staff consists of psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, graduate interns, a psychiatrist and consulting nutritionist. We strive for holistic wellness through our working relationships with other campus constituents, such as Health Services, Housing, Accommodations, and Academic Affairs.

About Marist College: Located on the river in the historic Hudson River Valley and at its Florence, Italy branch campus, Marist College is a comprehensive, independent institution grounded in the liberal arts. Its mission is to "help students develop the intellect, character, and skills required for enlightened, ethical, and productive lives in the global community of the 21st century." Marist is consistently recognized for excellence by The Princeton Review (Colleges That Create Futures & The Best 380 Colleges), U.S. News & World Report (9th Best Regional University/North), Kiplinger's Personal Finance ("Best College Values"), and others. Though now independent, Marist remains committed to the ideals handed down from its founders, the Marist Brothers: excellence in education, a sense of community, and a commitment to service. Marist educates approximately 4,900 traditional-age undergraduate students and 1,400 adult and graduate students in 47 undergraduate majors and 14 graduate programs, including fully online MBA, MPA, MS, and MA degrees.

Type of Position: Full-time

Classification: Administrative

Months per Year: 9 months

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm

Hours per Week: 37.5

Location: Marist College Main Campus

Number of Positions Openings: 1

Equal Employment Statement: Marist College is committed to creating a diverse workforce on our campus by ensuring that barriers to equal employment opportunity and upward mobility do not exist here. To this end, the College will strive to achieve the full and fair participation of minorities, women, people with disabilities, and any other protected groups found to be under represented.

Equal opportunity means employment, development, and promotion of individuals without consideration of race, color, disability, religion, age, sex, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, or veteran status unless there is a bona fide occupational requirement which excludes persons in one of these protected groups. The College will review its employment policies and procedures to ensure that barriers which may unnecessarily exclude protected groups are identified and eliminated. The College will also explore alternative approaches if any policy or practice is found to have a negative impact on protected groups.

Marist's policy of non-discrimination includes not only employment practices but also extends to all services and programs provided by the College. It shall be considered a violation of College policy for any member of the community to discriminate against any individual or group with respect to employment or attendance at Marist College on the basis of race, color, disability, religion, age, sex, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other condition established by law.


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