Counselor, UTC Counseling Center

Description

The Counselor provides counseling to students and consultation to faculty staff and the community through individual couples family group & crisis counseling for the benefit of the campus community. The individual in this position will assess individuals for risk of self-harm harm to others diminished capacity and risk to the campus community.

This position collaborates with Counseling Center staff provides consultation to faculty / staff from outside departments and conducts outreach and mental health education to the campus community. This position may provide mediation services for students when deemed necessary.

This position must maintain appropriate licensures certifications and continuing education to maintain a knowledge base of best practices in the field. This position may provide supervision to student interns as designated by the Counseling Center director. If this position provides supervision to post-masters degree clinicians the individual must be in compliance with the supervision licensure laws designated by the state of Tennessee.

Responsibilities

Counseling Services

• Provides ongoing support services such as counseling or psychoeducational interventions for students to facilitate readiness and success on the college campus thereby improving retention rates for all students particularly those at risk of dropping out
• Engages students with decisions that can impact personal and academic success during matriculation and beyond

Crisis Assessment & Support

Administrative Services

Outreach & Education

The ideal candidate will possess the following :

Review of applications will begin October 10 2025 and will continue until the position is filled. Applications received by this date will receive priority consideration.

Qualifications

Minimum : Requires a masters degree in counseling psychology counselor education or social work; at least one year of social work and mental health counseling; or an equivalent combination of education training and experience.

Preferred : Licensed as a professional counselor psychologist clinical social worker or marriage and family therapist; experience in college counseling experience working with individuals with learning disabilities autism spectrum d / o or severe mental illness and experience providing crisis intervention is preferred.

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1