Staff Clinician I, Counseling & Psychological Services - Campus Life

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Key Responsibilities

Counseling and Psychological Services at Emory University invites applicants for a full-time, 12-month generalist staff clinician position. We are a diverse multidisciplinary staff that embodies the use of multicultural and collaborative approaches to provide quality care. The staff clinician is a generalist position that will provide comprehensive psychotherapy and outreach services (in person and via telehealth) to a diverse student population within a multidisciplinary and multifaceted university counseling center. These services include but are not limited to screening/triage, crisis support and intervention, short-term/brief goal-oriented individual counseling, and group counseling services. This position may also provide supervision and training of Master level trainees.

Counseling & Psychological Services is a part of the Health, Wellbeing, Access, and Prevention portfolio which includes the Center for Student Wellbeing, Office of Respect, and Student Health Services.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing culturally responsive, comprehensive, high-quality, evidenced-based short-term/brief goal-oriented individual, couples/relationship, group psychotherapy, outreach, and facilitate referrals as needed to a diverse student body (in-person and virtually).
• Providing crisis intervention, assessments, brief interventions, counseling, treatment, and consultation in individual and group modalities to undergraduates, graduates, and professional students presenting with a varied clinical concerns.
• Participating in a rotating on-call schedule as needed for after-hours consultation related to student urgent mental health needs.
• Maintaining an appropriate treatment caseload as assigned, including individual therapy cases and leading and/or co-leading groups and workshops when appropriate, and takes responsibility for ongoing monitoring and management of case assignments.
• Developing, implementing, monitoring, and modifying clinical treatment plans that reflect evidence-based interventions that can be accomplished in a short-term/brief goal-oriented treatment model.
• Planning and facilitating treatment coordination and communication as needed, with campus partners (e.g., Student Health Services, Office of Respect, Center for Student Wellbeing), and external agencies (e.g., inpatient) to ensure students are receiving the appropriate level of care based on presenting concerns.
• Adhering to agency standards regarding case management, documentation, and scope of services.
• Participating as an active and engaged member of the team, including staff meetings, multicultural seminars, case conference, professional development, and other organizational meetings, and consulting appropriately with colleagues and supervisors and campus partners.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

A Master's of Social Work from an accredited school of social work. Licensed (or license eligible within 24 months) as a Clinical Social Worker in the state of Georgia. Two years of social work experience is required. Applicants must also have excellent clinical skills, successful experience working with full range of human diversity, and a commitment to Student Affairs campus involvement.

Additional Details

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law. Emory University does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training. Students, faculty, and staff are assured of participation in university programs and in the use of facilities without such discrimination. Emory University complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders, federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action (for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities). Inquiries regarding this policy should be directed to the Emory University Department of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, 201 Dowman Drive, Administration Building, Atlanta, GA 30322. Telephone: 404-727-9867 (V) | 404-712-2049 (TDD). Emory University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request this document in an alternate format or to request a reasonable accommodation, please contact the Department of Accessibility Services at 404-727-9877 (V) | 404-712-2049 (TDD). Please note that one week's advance notice is preferred.