Counseling Clinician
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Job no: 514858
Position type: Staff Full Time
Campus: UMass Lowell
Department: Counseling
Salary: Salary commensurate with experience and grade/range
Applications Open: Jul 06 2022
Applications Close:
General Summary of Position:
The University of Massachusetts Lowell has an exciting opening for a Counseling Clinician, part of the Wellness Center. Counseling Services strives to empower, support, and assist students in the pursuit of their academic, professional, and personal endeavors. Counseling Services clinicians work with undergraduate and graduate students to tackle challenges and remove barriers to growth, change, happiness, peace, or well-being.
The Counseling Clinician provides mental health services for diverse student population and consultation/outreach to the university community; trains and supervises graduate trainees. The Counseling Clinician will also work collaboratively as a member of the Wellness Center team to support students at UMass Lowell.
The Counseling Clinician will also work collaboratively as a member of the Wellness Center team to support students at University of Massachusetts Lowell. The Counseling Clinician will join a strong, hard-working, creative, spirited, and positive team of multidisciplinary mental health care providers dedicated to anti-racism and social justice. The working environment incorporates self-care into clinical practice and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
Minimum Qualifications (Required):
Master’s degree in clinical social work, counseling, psychology or a closely related field and a minimum of 2 years of clinical experience.
Knowledge of best practices in crisis intervention, clinical assessment, risk assessment, and suicide prevention.
Commitment to and demonstrated ability to provide multiculturally competent clinical services to a diverse student population.
Experience in working with developmental issues common to the 18-25 year old college/university student population.
Ability to obtain Massachusetts licensure within 4 months of hire.
Preferred Qualifications:
Doctoral degree in counseling or psychology.
Experience working or training in a college or university counseling center.
Bilingual with experience providing mental health services in language(s) other than English.
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Only Internal Professional (SEIU 888 Professional Union) Bargaining candidates will be considered during the first 10 business days of the posting. All other candidates will be considered after that period.
This is an SEIU 888 Professional Union position, Grade P17.
Initial review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. However, the position may close when an adequate number of qualified applications is received.
Please include a resume and cover letter with your application. Names and contact information of three references will be required at the time of application.
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