Mental Health Counselor

The counselor provides a range of services to help the university community meet the psychological, social, educational, and developmental needs of Alfred University students. Responsibilities include : a variety of clinical services; crisis response; consultation; outreach; training; programming; committee participation.

Rate / Salary : Non-Licensed : $27.98-$29.56; Licensed : $30.78-$32.55 - 10-Month Position

Essential Functions :

• Clinical service to students : individual, couples, and group counseling; intake assessments; triage; referrals
• Consultation : faculty, sta, administration, parents, student organizations, community
• Crisis Response : daytime walk-in coverage; participation in after-hours on-call rotation
• Outreach to students and student groups
• Programming : topical information presented to the campus community in various settings
• Training : professional sta, student sta, faculty
• Maintain thorough and timely clinical documentation
• Serve on college-wide committees and support department-wide initiatives

Other Duties & Responsibilities :

Qualifications-Education & Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities :

Master's Degree in Counseling, Clinical Psychology, or Clinical Social Work

At least one year experience as a mental health clinician

Clinical experience working in a college counseling center is preferred

Essential Functions :

With or without reasonable accommodations the incumbent must be able to read and write and speak the English language at a college level, be capable of performing sometimes complex mathematical calculations, statistical calculations, and other higher mathematical operations, must be able to communicate with all levels of the institution in written and spoken form. The individual must be able to work independently and be proactive. The ability to maintain regular and prompt attendance is essential to the successful performance of this position. Other essential functions may be required.

Physical Demands & Work Environment :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals withdisabilities to perform the essential functions.

About Alfred University :

Lighting the way for students since 1836 ."We've always been a place for makers, especially those who make the future. Our commitment to independent thinking, creativity, academic rigor and community have made us a unique kind of leader since 1836."

Alfred University (AU) was founded on principles of social justice in 1836 by liberal, independent thinkers who placed high value on education for all citizens. The University has retained and built upon the strong values of its founders, developing as an institution of national and international renown that is responsive to the needs of contemporary society while remaining consistent with the spirit of its origins. Alfred University is the second oldest coeducational college in the United States as well as one of the earliest nineteenth century colleges to have enrolled African American and Native American students. It has a long-standing history of educating socially conscious students who make a dierence in their professions and their communities.

Over the course of the twentieth century, Alfred University evolved into a complex institution oering a full range of programs in the liberal arts and sciences, art and design, engineering, business, education, counseling, and school psychology to its nearly 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students that live, learn, and play on a 232-acre campus located in an idyllic, creative valley in Western New York. To learn more, visit alfred.edu.

Alfred University actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee, student or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital status, genetic information, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.