Staff Counselor - Embedded.

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Staff Counselor-Embedded position reports to the Director of the Counseling and Psychological Services Center (CAPS) whose primary functions are to serve the clinical needs of the UTulsa campus and community through direct provision of mental health services. This Counselor will focus on supporting members of the UTulsa community and could be physically housed on campus to support adjacent departments, faculty, and staff to aid efforts to provide mental health support for UTulsa students. Additionally, this counselor will provide support and training to CAPS clinical staff, UTulsa employees, and students.

Expected clinical services include providing individual, couples, and group forms of therapeutic intervention. Additional duties also include, providing psycho-educational programming, coverage for crisis response including after hours on call coverage, outcome assessment, psychological assessments, and the supervision of trainees providing clinical services. While direct therapeutic services are not offered to staff or faculty, this position provides clinical and non-clinical consultations to various departments, administrative staff and faculty members, and departments across campus to address and support mental health across the UTulsa community.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES:

• Conducts clinical interviews and initial consultations with students
• Provides individual counseling, couples counseling, group counseling, skills-based groups, psychological assessments, and after-hours on-call rotation.
• Evaluates outcome assessment
• Participates in UTulsa outreach and campus community engagement
• Participates in supervising and training of graduate-level mental health trainees
• Collaborates with ongoing research studies and student-based initiatives
• Establishes liaison relationships with departments and committees on campus
• Continued professional development, including but not limited to working with BIPOC, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse, and/or international students

Required Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree from an accredited program in a mental health field, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, or social work
• Two years of experience
• Eligibility for licensure within one year of hire
• Demonstrated skills through training and supervised experience in intervention techniques for prevention and treatment of concerns in areas of adaptive coping, interpersonal and academic functioning, anxiety, depression, crisis management, referrals/consultations
• Open to learning best practices in working with BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and/or international students
• Knowledge of compliance with professional laws and ethics.

Preferred Qualifications PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Two years of clinical experience post licensure
• Doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology from an APA accredited program
• Licensure as a Health Service Psychologist in the state of Oklahoma
• Two years providing mental health services to students in an educational environment
• Demonstrated skills through training and supervised experience in intervention techniques for prevention and treatment of concerns in areas of adaptive coping, interpersonal and academic functioning, anxiety, depression, crisis management, eating disorders, referrals/consultations
• Experience with electronic record-keeping and documentation (preferably Titanium Scheduling Software)
• Experience working with BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and/or international individuals.

Physical Demands Physical Demands: Minimal physical requirements.