*Please be sure to include a Cover Letter within your application*
Summary:
This position provides executive direction of a clinic staffed with 6+ therapists tasked with providing individual, couples and group therapeutic counseling services for students. The Director consults with faculty and staff regarding mental health concerns of students and oversees the development and delivery of educational and preventive programs on common mental health issues among college students. The Director is also responsible for crisis management, oversight of budget, and ensuring the counseling center is in compliance with all legal and ethical obligations related to the delivery of mental health services.
Minimum Qualifications Required:
Education required to ensure success in this position:
• Master’s in Counseling, Counseling Psychology, Social Work, or related field. Terminal degree in psychology preferred (PhD or PsyD).
• License or license eligible in the state of Kentucky.
Experience required to ensure success in this position:
• 5+ years of post-doctoral experience providing mental health services.
• 3+ years in a supervisory or administrative position within a mental health setting.
• Counseling experience in a college setting preferred.
• Experience serving diverse populations, i.e. racial, LGBTQIA+, religious, and cultural, etc.
• Sensitivity to working with students with limited resources, including financial.
• Experience supervising associate therapists.
• Knowledge of electronic records and data management programs for counseling centers.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate with campus partners while maintaining highest professional standards regarding patient confidentiality.
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Special skills, knowledge and abilities:
• Provide executive direction for Counseling Services reporting to Vice President of Student Life.
• Administrative and supervisory experience to manage a dynamic staff of 6+ mental health therapists, practicum students, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, and an administrative assistant within a clinic with high demand for services.
• Demonstrated ability to manage operations budget and grant funding budgets.
• Superior written, verbal, and presentation skills in response to requests to present to wide range of campus constituents, including students, faculty and staff members, Administrative Counsel, and Board of Trustees.
• Strong therapeutic counseling skills in individual, couples and group counseling.
• Knowledge of and adherence to legal and ethical standards of licensing boards.
• Outreach presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including intercultural sensitivity.
• Establish and maintain collaborative partnerships within the campus and local communities.
• Ability to effectively manage mental health crises with sensitivity.
• Demonstrated abilities to develop course material and effectively teach undergraduates studdents (possibility of teaching one course per academic year).
License, certification, or registration necessary:
• Valid Kentucky License in good standing to practice mental health therapy.
• Licensed to supervise associate therapists and practicum students.
Physical requirements:
• Ability to navigate campus/public buildings and grounds.
• Visual acuity necessary for computer work.
Environmental conditions:
• Busy clinical office environment with interruptions and noise due to high demand for services including both scheduled
appointments and walk-in services provided to students and interactions with staff and faculty.
Ability to operate the following vehicles or equipment:
• Standard office equipment: computer, fax, phone, etc.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Regular and predictable attendance is essential. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Provides leadership and management of counseling services to meet ever-increasing demand for services while providing quality care.
• Supervises a dynamic staff of therapists, practicum students, and Administrative Assistant.
• Provides administrative oversight for policy and procedures development in the area of counseling in conformance with best practice and all relevant laws and regulations.
• Provides individual, group, and couples therapeutic counseling (maximum 20% of job responsibility)
• Oversees budget.
• Collaborates with appropriate others in the development and offering of educational and preventive student development programs with an emphasis on mental health.
• Develops and implements procedures for crisis intervention and after-hours and holiday coverage as needed.
• Develops and monitors systems and protocols for appropriate documentation of services.
• Provides advice and consultation upon request from faculty and staff.
• Serves on campus committees and task forces as appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with related areas in policy implementation, crisis intervention and program development, e.g., Residential Life, College Health Services, Student Life, Academic Services, Public Safety.
• Works with College Health Services and community agencies and practitioners, as appropriate, to provide referral and crisis intervention counseling-related services.
• In support of Berea College’s great commitments this position requires student supervision. The fourth great commitment is to promote learning and serving in community through the student labor program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. The Supervision would include scheduling, assigning and approving work performed. Developing students about common workplace acumen and giving them tangible work experience is an expected outcome. To learn more about the student labor program and requirements on this position see: Labor Program Goals
Other roles/duties will be assigned as necessary to assist the College in the attainment of the goals set forth and the enhancement of a positive, respectful learning environment for all staff, faculty and students.
Founded in 1855, Berea College achieved national distinction as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,600 students from 43 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $178,000. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and many are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College was again named one of the nation’s “Best Institutions for Undergraduates to Earn their College Degree” in the 2022 edition of The Princeton Review’s book, The Best 387 Colleges. Berea also appeared on four other lists within the publication: Best Colleges in the Southeast; Best Value Colleges; Best Green Colleges; and T...uition Free Schools. Berea College is ranked #148 by The Princeton Review – the highest-ranked Kentucky college, and the #3 “Best Value College” in the nation. Berea is one of only two private institutions ranked in the Top 10 for Value in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education (THE) 2022 College Rankings. The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #13 among the nation’s liberal arts colleges, recognizing Berea for maintaining “consistently high rankings thanks to their economic diversity, relatively strong graduation rates, and commitment to meeting students’ financial need.” U.S. News and World Report Rankings lists Berea as #30 among National Liberal Arts Colleges, including ranking Berea #1 in Service Learning, #2 for Most Innovative Schools, #3 in Co-ops/Internships, #4 in First-year Experiences, and tied for #13 in Best Undergraduate Teaching.
Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.
Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.
