Student Wellness Specialist

• Edgewood, KY
• Staff
• Full-time
• Closing at : May 28 at 23 : 55 EDT
• Gateway Community & Technical College

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Title : Student Wellness Specialist

Salary : 42,.00

Contract Term Length : 12 Months

Standard Hours : 37.5

Work Location : Hybrid

FLSA Status : Non-Exempt

College : Gateway Community & Technical College

Campus Location : Gateway Edgewood Campus

Department : Student Affairs

Total Rewards

Gateway Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including :

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement / waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents

b) retirement plan : a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match

• Vacation / Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks of Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

Provides guidance to students in specialized areas and personal support services, including student wellness, food pantry, diversity program, student emergency fund and counseling department programs to overcome non-academic barriers to increase retention and graduation rates.

Serve as Starfish(First Alert) case manager for the counseling department.

Job Duties :

• Develop and implement the wellness program.
• Assess student needs and offer wellness coaching.
• Build external partnerships for the wellness program.
• Facilitate student referrals and appointments, collect data, organize reports.
• Collaborate with faculty, staff and The Student Belonging program to accomplish goals and enhance the wellness program.
• Serve and lead committees as needed.
• Serve as case manager for the counseling department as needed.
• Support student programs designed for diverse and targeted student populations.
• Conduct counseling services : intake appointments, outreach, solution-focused support, process referrals and coordinate student appointments.
• Establish external partnerships for the department to enhance services.
• Assist the food pantry with inventory food pantry items, order products, keep track of data, and create reports.
• Prepare and deliver pantry orders (including physical work / lifting).
• Support Associate Vice Complete with business office related paperwork and administration for the department.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and 3-4 years relevant experience
• Experience in and understanding of working with students from diverse population.
• Experience working at the community college level.
• Ability to present to different populations about sensitive topics.
• Experience with social media platforms.
• Must be able to work independently.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Excellent organizational skills; high attention to detail; independent; self-motivated; able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to communicate with many individuals at all levels throughout the internal college environment and external business and community partners, representing himself / herself professionally and courteously.
• Ability to communicate clearly verbally and, in writing.
• Ability to multi-task, work under deadlines, and prioritize projects to meet deadlines with high levels of efficiency and accuracy.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Master's degree or equivalent and 4-6 years of experience
• Case management experience
• Previous counseling experience

Last updated : 2024-05-15