POSITION VACANCY
POSITION: College
Counselor
DEPARTMENT: Counseling
Center
CLASSIFICATION: Administrative
POSITION REPORTS TO: Director of Counseling Center
WORK SCHEDULE: Full time / 10 month
JOB FUNCTION: Assists the Director in planning, organizing,
directing and implementing services of the College Counseling Center.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
1.
Provides
individual and/or group counseling and consultation to enrolled students for problems
of living and learning
2.
Offers direct
consultation and referral to faculty and staff for student-related issues
3.
Provides crisis
intervention and emergency consultation and referral to staff, as appropriate,
in cooperation with a psychiatric consultant, Health Center, local mental
health agencies, and other appropriate professionals, and is available “on-call”
after hours as scheduled
4.
Makes appropriate
referrals of students to off-campus mental health specialists, agencies and
hospitals when appropriate
5.
Offers
consultation and selected direct services to other counseling related services
on the campus, as appropriate: Career Planning and Placement, Residence Life,
Judicial Officer, Academic Skills, Health Center, ACT 101, Campus Ministry,
Admissions, Academic Standing Committee, Academic Advisement
6.
Maintains current
and professional records of all those who are served at the Center while maintaining
strict confidentiality
7.
Assists in
organizing staff and faculty professional development and on-going committees
(Student Affairs Committee and the Alcohol/Drug Committee)
8.
Helps develop
outreach programs for specialized areas: addictions (especially, drug and
alcohol), sexuality, violence concerns, in cooperation with other professionals
9.
Offers counseling
to members of the faculty and administration when appropriate
10. Offers various assessment techniques, when
appropriate, to foster client self-understanding and decision making
11. Attends appropriate workshops and lectures as a means
of staying informed on professional issues
NON-ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS:
1.
Serves on the college
committees as appropriate
2.
Performs other
duties as assigned
REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE
AND TRAINING:
Master’s degree in
counseling, social work or closely related field is required, state of Pennsylvania (active) professional licensure is required , professional counseling
experience is required and excellent interpersonal and writing skills
are required.
Prior college counseling
experience, knowledge of the local
mental health network and proficiency in Microsoft Office are helpful.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: 10 month appointment with typical office
working conditions and a regular work schedule of M-F 8:30AM-4:30PM with occurrences of night or
weekend programming and professional counselor on call responsibilities.
INTERESTED APPLICANTS SHOULD EMAIL A RESUME AND COVER LETTER hrjobs@kings.edu to HUMAN RESOURCES.