Assistant Professor, Clinical Mental Health Counseling

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Position Information Job Title Assistant Professor, Clinical Mental Health Counseling Rank Tenure Information Tenure Track Summary The Department of Counseling at John Carroll University seeks to fill a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Counselor Education with a focus in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program.

Full consideration will be given to applications that are completed by May 20th, 2024. However, applications will still be accepted until the position is filled.

The hire start date is August 2024.The University is dedicated to teaching excellence that contributes to a rich intellectual environment.

Assistant Professors teach a 3-3 course load. Summer teaching is also available and includes additional compensation. Assistant Professors pursue an active research agenda and engage in service work to the department, university, and profession.

About the Department of Counseling John Carroll University has two CACREP-accredited counseling programs, Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling.

Together, the two programs form the largest overall graduate program at John Carroll with current enrollment of approximately 200 students.

The Department is committed to a culturally diverse faculty and student body. Specifically, the Department prepares students to be multiculturally and globally competent citizens and counselors who deeply understand issues of race, inclusion, privilege, and oppression.

In addition to supporting the sharing and teaching of different points of view and exposing students to underserved communities in Northeast Ohio, the Department offers a faculty-led study abroad opportunity in Vietnam.

In 2017, the Department of Counseling was awarded a $1.3 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to support and expand the training of students in underserved communities.

The department specializes in training students in Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Counseling through two programs. In the SUD Concentration, Clinical Mental Health Counseling students take three SUD electives that allow them to be eligible for the Licenced Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor credential.

Separately, the SUD Certificate program enables participants to earn a chemical dependency credential in the State of Ohio.

Courses in the department are offered in a mix of in-person, online, and hybrid format. In the Fall 2022 semester, the Department launched a fully online, cohort-based version of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program.

Students in this program moved through the program at an accelerated pace with a curriculum mapped out by the faculty to ensure graduation in two years, and they will complete two in-person residencies during that time.

Faculty members are expected to be available to teach in-person courses as well as online courses.For additional information on the University and the Department, please visit : Duties and Responsibilities Required Qualifications

• Doctoral degree from a CACREP-accredited counseling program (ABD status welcome to apply if degree will be conferred by job start date)
• Valid license, or license eligible, as a Professional Counselor in Ohio
• Experience teaching graduate-level courses in Counselor Education
• Experience with online teaching
• Clinical experience working in the field of counseling
• Experience with CACREP accreditation standards
• Experience with program assessment and program data collection and analysis
• Experience supervising counseling practicum and internship students
• Active participation in state / national counseling organizations and related community organizations

Preferred Qualifications

• Valid license, or license eligible, as a Professional Clinical Counselor in Ohio
• Supervisory designation in Ohio (LPCC-S)
• Record of scholarly publications
• Experience in recruiting and marketing and / or program development
• Record of new or existing course development

Normal Work Location, Hours and Conditions About John Carroll University John Carroll University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit Catholic university, founded in 1886, dedicated to developing people with the knowledge and character to lead and to serve.

The University is located in University Heights, Ohio, an attractive residential suburb 10 miles east of downtown Cleveland.

Academically, the University consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Health and the Boler College of Business, which include graduate programs.

The University offers more than 70 Academic Programs in the arts, social sciences, natural sciences, and business at the undergraduate level, and in select areas at the master’s level.

The University enrolls approximately 2,300 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students and has a student-to-faculty ratio of 13 : 1.

John Carroll University is one of 27 Jesuit universities in the United States and has been listed in U.S. News & World Report magazine’s top 10 rankings of Midwest regional universities for more than 30 consecutive years.