Missouri Western State University is seeking qualified candidates for a full-time Counselor position. Counselors will work to provide mental health services for university students. Specific duties will include carrying a regular caseload (up to 6 appointments daily), conducting mental health assessments, developing individualized treatment plans, leading individual and group therapy sessions, crisis management duties, running preventive mental health wellness classes and/or workshops and making treatment referrals. Additionally, while maintaining a high level of professionalism, counselors will be expected to be active within the university division of student affairs and provide appropriate services and support.
Essential Job Functions:
- Provides individual and group counseling, rendering appropriate mental health services to university students
- Carrying a regular caseload (up to 6 appointments daily)
- Crisis management duties
- Develops and directs mental health-related presentations as requested
- Maintains professional accreditation and contacts for the purpose of remaining current with discipline
- Engage with the division of student affairs, being agreeable to serving on various committees and participating in various division endeavors, such as strategic planning and assessment
- Provides clinical supervision for intern/practicum students as appropriate
- Performs other duties of a similar nature or level
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Career and counseling theories
- Titanium Counseling software preferred
- Working with trauma survivors and a trauma informed clinic approach
- Campus resources
- Computer applications
- Counseling and presentations
- Communication, as applied to interaction with students, coworkers, administration and the general public
