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California State University, Fullerton
  • Position Number: 1353731
  • Location: Fullerton, CA
  • Position Type: Counseling


Counselor/Crisis Interventionist Tenure-Track 12 Month

Counselor/Crisis Interventionist (Licensed Psychologist)
Tenure-Track
12 month

California State University Fullerton is seeking applications for a career level tenure-track counselor (psychologist) faculty position in Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). Under the general supervision of the Director, the selected candidate will provide a full range of direct clinical services (50%) which includes campus outreach and providing scholarly activities to the department and campus partners, while the other 50% will be providing crisis intervention services. While this appointment has faculty status for collective bargaining purposes, it is a full-time, 12 month clinical position with limited teaching or research responsibilities. Successful candidates will have a doctoral degree in psychology, be currently licensed, have the experience to administer psychological assessments and have expertise in addressing a wide range of developmental and psychological needs of a diverse college student population.

Position
Direct Counseling Services: Provide intake clinical interviews and psycho-diagnostic assessments, short-term individual and couples counseling, group counseling and psycho-educational groups, administer psychological testing and interpret the data, case management and collaboration with a consulting psychiatrist, and referrals to and consultation with academic and disability counselors and health center professionals on-campus as well as off-campus mental health professionals and agencies.

Outreach Services: Develop and provide outreach programs (e.g., classroom presentations; workshops), including occasional evening or weekend programs, for a metropolitan, largely commuter campus with a highly diverse student population; participate in the development and implementation of assigned special outreach projects (e.g., mental health screening days; prevention projects).

Consultation: Provide expertise to the university community regarding issues that affect the educational, developmental and psychological well-being of students; provide consultation services and occasional in-service training to faculty, administrators, and student leaders on mental health and developmental issues.

Crisis Intervention Services: Provide crisis intervention and stabilization, scheduled on-call triage hours 8-16 hours a week, face to face case management, short-term therapeutic interventions, referrals to and consultation with on-campus and off-campus partners, and involvement in campus crisis response.

Required Qualifications
Education/License

  • Doctorate in Counseling or Clinical Psychology from an accredited program.
  • Licensed/license eligible to practice psychology in California.

Experience and Skills: The candidate must demonstrate experience with the following:

  • Issues pertinent to a diverse college student population.
  • Clinical experience providing crisis stabilization services in either a community mental health setting, or university counseling center.
  • Intake clinical interviews, including psycho-diagnostic assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment plan formulation, for students with a broad spectrum of psychological problems, ranging from adjustment issues to major psychiatric disorders.
  • Training in administering and interpreting psychological assessments.
  • Short-term individual, couples and group counseling, and crisis intervention for psychological emergencies and high risk clients.
  • Knowledge, sensitivity and ability to work with students from diverse ethnic, cultural, sexual orientation, and socio-economic backgrounds, ranging in age.
  • Ability to develop and implement a broad range of outreach services, including consultation/mediation interventions, training modules, workshops, and presentations to the campus community on mental health issues and stigma reduction approaches.
  • Working effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team of professionals
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Computer skills for electronic record keeping.
  • Must successfully pass a background check and pre-employment fingerprinting.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Specialization in an area pertinent to CSUF college students (e.g., sexual identity development; immigration and acculturation issues; trauma work; suicide prevention).
  • Experience and interest in coordinating counseling groups for students.
  • Experience and interest in working with sexual assault issues.
  • Experience and interest in providing outreach services and counseling to address underserved students.
  • Experience and interest in the provision of supervision to pre-doctoral interns.

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.

Rank & Salary
In the CSU system, this position is classified as a Student Service Professional - Academically Related Level I - tenure track. This is a full time 12 month position. Counselors in the CSU system serve as members of the academic faculty unit and are represented by the faculty union. Counselor faculty earn full tenure generally through a six year tenure process. Salary is competitive and is commensurate with experience and qualifications, however, there is no guarantee that an offer will be made above the beginning salary. The University offers excellent, comprehensive benefits including health/dental/vision plans for employees and dependents, spouse/domestic partner or dependent fee waiver, access to campus child care; and a defined-benefit retirement through the state system, along with optional tax-sheltering opportunities. For a detailed description of benefits, go to https://apptrkr.com/get_redirect.php?id=1353731&targetURL=

Counselor/Crisis Interventionist (Licensed Psychologist)
Tenure-Track
12 month

California State University Fullerton is seeking applications for a career level tenure-track counselor (psychologist) faculty position in Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). Under the general supervision of the Director, the selected candidate will provide a full range of direct clinical services (50%) which includes campus outreach and providing scholarly activities to the department and campus partners, while the other 50% will be providing crisis intervention services. While this appointment has faculty status for collective bargaining purposes, it is a full-time, 12 month clinical position with limited teaching or research responsibilities. Successful candidates will have a doctoral degree in psychology, be currently licensed, have the experience to administer psychological assessments and have expertise in addressing a wide range of developmental and psychological needs of a diverse college student population.

Position
Direct Counseling Services: Provide intake clinical interviews and psycho-diagnostic assessments, short-term individual and couples counseling, group counseling and psycho-educational groups, administer psychological testing and interpret the data, case management and collaboration with a consulting psychiatrist, and referrals to and consultation with academic and disability counselors and health center professionals on-campus as well as off-campus mental health professionals and agencies.

Outreach Services: Develop and provide outreach programs (e.g., classroom presentations; workshops), including occasional evening or weekend programs, for a metropolitan, largely commuter campus with a highly diverse student population; participate in the development and implementation of assigned special outreach projects (e.g., mental health screening days; prevention projects).

Consultation: Provide expertise to the university community regarding issues that affect the educational, developmental and psychological well-being of students; provide consultation services and occasional in-service training to faculty, administrators, and student leaders on mental health and developmental issues.

Crisis Intervention Services: Provide crisis intervention and stabilization, scheduled on-call triage hours 8-16 hours a week, face to face case management, short-term therapeutic interventions, referrals to and consultation with on-campus and off-campus partners, and involvement in campus crisis response.

Required Qualifications
Education/License

  • Doctorate in Counseling or Clinical Psychology from an accredited program.
  • Licensed/license eligible to practice psychology in California.

Experience and Skills: The candidate must demonstrate experience with the following:

  • Issues pertinent to a diverse college student population.
  • Clinical experience providing crisis stabilization services in either a community mental health setting, or university counseling center.
  • Intake clinical interviews, including psycho-diagnostic assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment plan formulation, for students with a broad spectrum of psychological problems, ranging from adjustment issues to major psychiatric disorders.
  • Training in administering and interpreting psychological assessments.
  • Short-term individual, couples and group counseling, and crisis intervention for psychological emergencies and high risk clients.
  • Knowledge, sensitivity and ability to work with students from diverse ethnic, cultural, sexual orientation, and socio-economic backgrounds, ranging in age.
  • Ability to develop and implement a broad range of outreach services, including consultation/mediation interventions, training modules, workshops, and presentations to the campus community on mental health issues and stigma reduction approaches.
  • Working effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team of professionals
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Computer skills for electronic record keeping.
  • Must successfully pass a background check and pre-employment fingerprinting.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Specialization in an area pertinent to CSUF college students (e.g., sexual identity development; immigration and acculturation issues; trauma work; suicide prevention).
  • Experience and interest in coordinating counseling groups for students.
  • Experience and interest in working with sexual assault issues.
  • Experience and interest in providing outreach services and counseling to address underserved students.
  • Experience and interest in the provision of supervision to pre-doctoral interns.

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.

Rank & Salary
In the CSU system, this position is classified as a Student Service Professional - Academically Related Level I - tenure track. This is a full time 12 month position. Counselors in the CSU system serve as members of the academic faculty unit and are represented by the faculty union. Counselor faculty earn full tenure generally through a six year tenure process. Salary is competitive and is commensurate with experience and qualifications, however, there is no guarantee that an offer will be made above the beginning salary. The University offers excellent, comprehensive benefits including health/dental/vision plans for employees and dependents, spouse/domestic partner or dependent fee waiver, access to campus child care; and a defined-benefit retirement through the state system, along with optional tax-sheltering opportunities. For a detailed description of benefits, go to http://hr.fullerton.edu/payroll_benefits/HealthCarePlans.php

Appointment Date
As soon as possible/Negotiable.

Application Procedure
A complete online application must be submitted in order to receive consideration. To apply, please go to: https://apps.fullerton.edu/facultyrecruitment to view all job listings and select 10914BR to begin the application process and provide the following materials:

  1. Current curriculum vitae
  2. Letter of interest which includes a brief statement explaining your experience and qualifications for the position including demonstration of addressing the needs of people from diverse ethnic, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds
  3. Three letters of reference from professionals familiar with your clinical work.

On the References page of the online application, enter information and email addresses for three referents who will provide a confidential letter of reference for your application. They will immediately receive a request via email along with information on uploading the letter. You will be able to verify that each letter has been received by CSUF by logging back in to the recruitment system.

For inquiries, please call: (657) 278-2355 or e-mail cmorelli@fullerton.edu

Application Deadline
Applications received by April 17, 2019 will be given full consideration. Position will remain open until filled.


To apply, visit http://hr.fullerton.edu/diversity/job-openings/ft/10914BR_counseling_psychological_services_crisis_counselor.asp





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