Counselor

University Counselor - Part-Time

• Provides one-on-one counseling regarding mental health issues for university students.   
• Provides short-term mental health assessments to students in crisis.
• Conducts referrals to external agencies for students with mental health issues.
• Coordinates counseling support groups for students with mental health issues (e.g. grief & loss, relationships issues).
• Partners with other Counseling & Wellness Center staff to ensure that students’ physical and emotional needs are being met.
• Conducts training sessions for faculty and staff about how to deal with students with mental health issues.
• Connects with Palm Beach County community agencies to partner with external resources.
• Serves as needed in the summer semester to respond to student mental health emergencies.
• Maintains caseload clinical notes/documentation.

• Keeps the Director of Counseling & Wellness informed of daily activities, problems, emergencies, and occurrences that affect university students.
• Prepares reports as requested by the Director of Counseling & Wellness and AVP of Student Life, including, but not limited to monthly, statistical, discipline, surveys, and graphs.
• Maintains confidentiality in dealing with students, parents, university faculty/staff, and the community.
• Serves as a Christian role model for faculty, staff and students.

• Develops professionally and stays current on Student Life issues and trends that affect university students, particularly as they relate to mental health issues.
• Joins, attends, and participates in local, state, and national counseling conferences. 
• Develops and maintains a network with counseling center professionals.
• Attends Counseling & Wellness monthly team meetings.

• Represents the University in a positive manner to parents, students, visitors, and the neighboring community through Christian conduct, behavior, and presentation on and off campus.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required. Discipline in Counseling, Psychology, or Social Work required.
• Florida license (or be eligible for Florida licensure) in Mental Health Counseling, or Social Work required.  
• Florida Qualified Supervisor Status for Mental Health Counselors (or eligibility) preferred.  
• 1 years mental health counseling experience; college level preferred.  

• Customer Service Orientation – Keeps internal and/or external key stakeholder(s), students, parents, faculty, staff and community partners in mind at all times. 
• Professionalism – Displays a high level of professionalism, e.g. timeliness, reliability, communication, and work ethic.
• Christ-first Faith – Provides spiritual support to community members, including students, on their Christian faith journey.
• Adaptable/Flexibility – Ability to change or adjust to change.
• Attention to Detail – Ability to efficiently and accurately focus on a specific task or number of tasks. Reviews details with a critical eye.
• Confidentiality – Maintains the necessary confidentiality and discretion required for the position.
• Effective Communication – Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated messaging across a wide variety of audiences.
• Establishes Trust – Gains the confidence of others by actions and words that promote being honest, forthcoming, and vulnerable.
• Leadership/Influence – Ability to motivate, coach and develop others, as well as influence a group of people to achieve common goals, and implement university strategies. Strong supervisory skills.
• Problem-solving – Anticipates, evaluates, diagnoses, and resolves problems in a systematic and fact-based manner.
• Self-development – Grow one’s self-awareness, abilities, skills, and/or talent.
• Teamwork & Collaboration – Creates a climate that fosters commitment to a common vision and shared values that promote cooperation and working together through trust and support of others both departmentally and cross-functionally. 

• Ability to work non-routine hours during certain times of the year.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time.