Staff Clinician - George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
About the Job
Department: UL
Classification: Professional Faculty
Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location: Fairfax, VA
Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible
Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) supports students through ethical and responsive care and prevention. We foster the well-being of the diverse Mason community through psychological, outreach, and consultation services. We provide high-quality training to emerging mental health professionals. We are committed to excellence in psychological services by promoting student safety, enhancing emotional growth, and supporting academic success.
About the Position:
The Staff Clinician provides individual and group counseling, case management services, crisis intervention (including after-hours consultation), psychological consultation services to students/faculty/family, community education, psychological prevention-related programming, and clinical training for externs and doctoral interns (APA accredited internship) in psychology.
Responsibilities:
Clinical Services
Classification: Professional Faculty
Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location: Fairfax, VA
Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible
Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) supports students through ethical and responsive care and prevention. We foster the well-being of the diverse Mason community through psychological, outreach, and consultation services. We provide high-quality training to emerging mental health professionals. We are committed to excellence in psychological services by promoting student safety, enhancing emotional growth, and supporting academic success.
About the Position:
The Staff Clinician provides individual and group counseling, case management services, crisis intervention (including after-hours consultation), psychological consultation services to students/faculty/family, community education, psychological prevention-related programming, and clinical training for externs and doctoral interns (APA accredited internship) in psychology.
Responsibilities:
Clinical Services
- Provides personal consultation, assessment, case management services, individual and group therapy;
- Completes documentation of services within CAPS guidelines;
- Provides crisis assessment/intervention through daytime and after hours on-call systems; and
- Provide consultation services to parents, faculty, staff, and students.
- Provides inclusive mental health promotions activities to Mason students to increase access and awareness of mental health services, in collaboration with the unit's Assistant Director, Outreach Services;
- Provides community education programs to Mason community; and
- Collaborates with other Mason offices to create programs to support all students, with a special focus on increasing access to students who experience real or perceived barriers to services.
- Participates in CAPS training program through the provision of clinical supervision to CAPS trainees and/or facilitation of training seminars for CAPS trainees;
- Participates in internal CAPS committees and meetings as identified in performance plan and as related to specific position responsibilities;
- Participates in University Life and/or University committees or activities related to position responsibilities;
- Engages in continuing education and professional development to provide multiculturally competent services to a diverse student population; and
- Other responsibilities and activities as assigned by CAPS Director or Leadership Team.
- Master's degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience;
- Ability to maintain and possess a current, unrestricted license as a Social Worker, Professional Counselor, or Psychologist in the Commonwealth of Virginia within 3 months of hire;
- Experience working on a multidisciplinary team;
- Experience collaborating with key stakeholders;
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment;
- Experience providing short-term treatment and crisis intervention;
- Clinical, outreach, and training experience serving diverse populations, with a focus on health promotions activities to increase access to mental health care for all Mason students;
- Knowledge gained by graduating from an accredited master's program in psychology, counseling, social work OR from a doctoral program in clinical or counseling psychology;
- Knowledge and skills to effectively work with diverse populations;
- Skill gained by experience providing individual and group counseling services to clients, as well as skills in crisis intervention services; and
- Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively on a multidisciplinary team.
- Terminal degree in a related field;
- Experience with counseling in collegiate mental health or similar developmental populations;
- Experience with crisis intervention;
- Experience providing clinical consultation to university administration, faculty, staff, students, and families;
- Experience providing outreach servi
Source : George Mason University