What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Counselor position at Colby College?
Job Description
Department:
Counseling Services
Pay Rate Type:
Salary
Employee Type:
Job Summary:
The staff counselor’s responsibilities include a balance of individual and group counseling, consultation, crisis management, mentorship and supervision of trainees, and creative, intentional outreach and prevention programming. Additionally, as college counseling staff are increasingly sought to support students in this rich and tumultuous developmental stage, it is incumbent upon Colby’s counselors to have an interdisciplinary facility with complex, multifaceted, intersectional student identity development. As such, the staff counselor will strive to imbue their work with a commitment to the lens of intersectionality.
Essential Functions And Key Responsibilities
To perform successfully in this position, an individual must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily as well as possess education/experience, employ the knowledge, skills, and abilities as listed in representative fashion. Colby College actively supports the Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position. This listing of essential duties is not all-inclusive, but representative; other duties may be assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education and experience:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this position and/or may be encountered while performing essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Interested candidates should apply electronically by clicking the "Apply" button on the Colby Careers website. Please submit a resume, portfolio with examples of your past work, and the contact information of three professional references.
Department:
Counseling Services
Pay Rate Type:
Salary
Employee Type:
Job Summary:
The staff counselor’s responsibilities include a balance of individual and group counseling, consultation, crisis management, mentorship and supervision of trainees, and creative, intentional outreach and prevention programming. Additionally, as college counseling staff are increasingly sought to support students in this rich and tumultuous developmental stage, it is incumbent upon Colby’s counselors to have an interdisciplinary facility with complex, multifaceted, intersectional student identity development. As such, the staff counselor will strive to imbue their work with a commitment to the lens of intersectionality.
Essential Functions And Key Responsibilities
To perform successfully in this position, an individual must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily as well as possess education/experience, employ the knowledge, skills, and abilities as listed in representative fashion. Colby College actively supports the Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position. This listing of essential duties is not all-inclusive, but representative; other duties may be assigned.
- Provide individual and group counseling and crisis intervention for a diverse population of undergraduate students
- Work collaboratively with staff and student leaders to develop and implement innovative and effective psychoeducational programming
- Provide clinical consultation for faculty/staff, students, and concerned others
- Engage in outreach and liaison efforts with the broader campus community in an effort to, in part, break down barriers to accessing mental health support
- Provide mental health related trainings on campus, including student hall staff trainings
- Serve on a limited on-call rotation; provide backup coverage to contracted, after-hours crisis support provider
- Provide mentorship and supervision for trainees
- Keep complete, timely records of clinical activities
Minimum Qualifications:
Education and experience:
- Master’s degree in social work or counseling required. Doctoral degree in clinical/counseling psychology preferred
- Licensed, or license eligible, as a psychologist, clinical social worker, or professional counselor in the State of Maine preferred. Conditionally licensed applicants may be considered
- At least one year of experience working with a diverse population of emerging adults in a college mental health setting, including experience developing and presenting innovative psychoeducational programming strongly preferred
- A generalist professional orientation with solid clinical skills and the ability to assess and treat a wide range of presenting mental health concerns
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Proven organizational skills, time management, and attention to detail
- Creative energy around and enthusiasm for working within a small, liberal arts college community
- Ability to make an impact through collaborative work as a member of a diverse team of colleagues
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this position and/or may be encountered while performing essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- To successfully perform the essential functions of this position, an employee must be able to maintain appropriate confidentiality with regard to employee data, documents, issues, etc., and respect privacy needs of employees and past employees with regard to the same.
- The ability to comply with highly inflexible deadlines is required to successfully perform the essential functions of this position; there will be multiple occurrences of sudden, urgent task completion required.
- There may be occurrences of employees, past employees, members of the general public, and others who express opinions, may exhibit strong emotions, which will require the employee to interact professionally, diplomatically, and appropriately in such situations.
- While performing the essential duties of this position, an employee would frequently be required to move around the office space as well as within hallways, meeting rooms, and other parts of the campus facilities.
- There may be multiple/daily instances of prolonged personal computer use which would include keyboard and/or mouse usage as well as viewing a computer monitor.
- An employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds to perform essential position functions.
- Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.
- The overall work environment requires the mental ability to shift focus quickly due to interruptions; an employee must be able to mentally track multiple projects and tasks as well.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate; however, there may be unexpected instances of somewhat loud sounds.
Interested candidates should apply electronically by clicking the "Apply" button on the Colby Careers website. Please submit a resume, portfolio with examples of your past work, and the contact information of three professional references.
