Job Summary:
Under the supervision of a Mental Health Leadership Team Member, the Mental Health Provider, Generalist, will provide mental health services in an integrated health care agency serving UW-Madison students across identities and programs. To this end, the Mental Health Provider performs the following:
Principal duties: 1) Provides individual and group therapy services; 2) Participates in the provision of clinical crisis services and on-call mental health services (during business hours); 3) Provides campus-based services/outreach including programming and consultation; 4) Responds to campus crises;
Additional options for Direct Clinical Services may include: 1) Provides behavioral health interventions within Medical Services; 2) Provides couple/partner therapy services; 3) Provides supervision of assigned trainees including goal setting, evaluations, and disciplinary action in accordance with training policy and procedures; and 4) Administers and interprets limited assessment measures. 5) Develops teaching relationships with academic departments; and 6) Administers and interprets limited assessment measures.
Administrative Duties 1) Maintains accurate and timely documentation for all clinical interactions and consultations; 2) Involved in the development and implementation of programs and services at MHS ; 3) Collaborates with providers and staff in UHS units and with campus partners; 4) Follows agency policies and procedures consistent with state mental health statutes, ethical guidelines, best practices, HIPAA, and FERPA; 5) Attends staff, and workgroup meetings as assigned; 6) Attends Mental Health sponsored professional development activities; 7) Serves on internal and external committees; 8) Other duties as assigned
Responsibilities:
Provides professional mental health counseling and consultation services for the campus community, incorporates a brief therapeutic model to address the emotional and behavioral needs of students, creates developmental programming to increase healthy lifestyle and coping behaviors across campus, and provides strategic direction and advocacy for university mental health policy and initiatives.
- 65% Provides individual and group counseling to students struggling with developmental and/or personal mental health issues and refers students to appropriate community resources
- 10% Provides counseling and/or information and referral services to faculty and staff
- 10% Facilitates psycho-educational and process-oriented groups
- 10% Prepares presentations and outreach activities and facilitates student adjustment and success programs to promote a healthy campus
- 5% Serves on multidisciplinary campus committees
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion
Education:
Required Master's Degree in counseling or related mental health field.
If you are a Social Worker or Psychologist, apply to the posting under that qualification to be considered.
Qualifications:
REQUIRED: - 1 year of experience in a mental health setting.
PREFERRED: - Two years' experience in a mental health setting. Experience may be through graduate level education.
Strongly preferred experience may include one or more of the following: 1) Experience providing individual and group counseling; 2) Experience working in an interdisciplinary college mental health treatment setting; 3) Experience in brief intervention and mental health crisis assessment; 4) Experience in consultation and collaboration with campus or community partners and provision of clinical outreach 5) Experience using electronic health record systems; 6) Demonstrated attentiveness to intersectionality & health disparities; 7) Supervision of trainees; 8) Experience participating in multidisciplinary teams including medical providers and/or academic faculty/staff. 9) Substance Use Treatment 10) Gender Inclusive Clinical Services 11) Provision of integrated behavioral health services within a medical setting
License/Certification:
Required LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor Must be independently licensed in the state of Wisconsin. OR Must complete hours requirements for licensure within 1 year of hire. Must complete all licensure requirements for independent practice within 15 months of hire, with verification of submission of all licensure materials to DSPS. If you are a LPC-IT, you must have completed 1000 qualifying hours
Preferred LMAFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Must be independently licensed in the state of Wisconsin OR Must complete hours requirements for licensure within 1 year of hire. Must complete all licensure requirements for independent practice within 15 months of hire, with verification of submission of all licensure materials to DSPS. If you are a LMAFT-IT you must have completed 1000 qualifying hours.
Work Type:
Full Time: 100%
This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.
Appointment Type, Duration:
Ongoing/Renewable
Salary:
Minimum $62,000 ANNUAL (12 months) Depending on Qualifications
Additional Information:
UHS is part of Student Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, led by the vice chancellor for student affairs. Our staff is dedicated to serving students and to helping them succeed in and out of the classroom in areas including health and well-being, leadership and engagement, and student advocacy. Student Affairs includes departments led by the dean of students; departments that provide student spaces and leadership resources; the Wisconsin Union; University Health Services; and University Recreation and Wellbeing.
Include your licensure status in application materials. Only candidates with confirmed licensure status will be eligible to advance to the interview stage. If you hold a training license, you must include how many qualified hours you have completed toward being licensed to practice independently.
The Wisconsin Board recognizes reciprocity for providers already licensed or credentialed in another state. They will review each application on an individual basis and generally accept candidates from states with substantially equivalent licensing standards. States with reciprocity not available can be found at https://dsps.wi.gov/A license/state not being listed does not equate to an application by reciprocity or endorsement being granted.
Other state/territory licenses must remain active until the Wisconsin credentialing process is complete.
How to Apply:
Please click on the "Apply Now" button to start the application process. You will be required to log in or create an account to continue.
Upload a cover letter and resume to apply. Include your licensure status in application materials. If you hold a training license, clearly state the number of completed qualifying hours.
This vacancy is being announced simultaneously with job 314648 (Psychologist) and job 314678 (Social Worker). Please apply under the appropriate credential for consideration. There are 5 vacancies; three simultaneous job postings allows University Health Services to consider candidates with social worker, counselor or psychologist credentials for this position.
Finalists will be asked to provide a list of at least three (3) professional references with titles, emails, phone numbers (including at least one supervisory reference). Note that references will not be contacted without your prior knowledge.
Contact:
Amy John amy.john@wisc.edu 608-890-3592 Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.
Official Title:
Counselor(HS078)
Department(s):
A57-UNIV HEALTH SERVICES/CCS/COUNSELING
Employment Class:
Academic Staff-Renewable
Job Number:
314676-AS
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