Director of the Van Tatenhove Center for Counseling

Position Summary

The VCfC Director is a Faculty/Administrator who serves as the primary administrative and clinical professional for the Van Tatenhove Center for Counseling (VCfC), organizationally housed in the School of Counseling (SOC) and located on the Asbury Theological Seminary Wilmore campus. The VCfC is a counselor education training center currently providing counseling services to seminary students and their families. This position requires an experienced professional who has a proven academic and mental health/career counseling track record. The VCfC Director should be a skilled Christian counselor educator and clinician, who has experience managing all aspects of a counseling training program in a service center that integrates Wesleyan faith, counseling research, and ethical practice. This professional will provide leadership in the structure and mission of the VCfC, while also supervising day-to-day operations of a campus counseling center.

The VCfC Director reports directly to the Dean of the School of Counseling (SOC) and works collaboratively with SOC faculty in maintaining opportunities for training advanced students who are seeking practicum and internships as part of their field education requirements for their counseling degrees. The Director
directs counseling center functions, including budget management, oversight of staff and clinic operations, and the recruitment, training, and supervision of student-counselors who provide all VCfC clinical and career services as part of their practicum and internship experiences.

Essential Functions

1. Strategic Leadership & Vision
   • To supervise the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the current and future operations of the VCfC, including budget and ongoing programmatic assessment.
   • To provide vision and structure for future growth from an on-campus service to a public-facing provider of Christian mental health services.
2.  Academic & Clinical Training Oversight
   • To represent and oversee the academic training mission of the ATS School of Counseling in an on-campus clinic setting.
   • To recruit advanced Asbury SOC students to engage in field placement training at the VCfC.
   • To provide supervision and oversight of all aspects of student-counselors training in accord with established policies and procedures of the SOC and VCfC.
3. Supervision & Personnel Management
   • To train, supervise, evaluate, and approve timesheets for VCfC Managers and student workers.
4. Program Development & Support
   • To provide supervision and oversight of campus programming of a preventive and restorative nature.
5. Institutional Liaison & Representation
   • To serve as primary liaison between the VCfC and Asbury Seminary Administration and SOC Dean/Faculty.

Required/Preferred Skills

1. Strong management, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
2. Demonstrated ability to supervise counselor trainees in clinical settings as well as experience in graduate level counselor education and Christian integration.

Education and Experience

1. Hold a Ph.D. or Ed.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision, preferably from a CACREP accredited program.
2. Be licensed or license eligible as a Kentucky Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with Supervisory credentials (LPCC-S).
3. Have a minimum of seven years of clinical experience as a licensed professional.
4. Have a minimum of five years supervisory experience with administrative and clinical services.
5. Demonstrate training and experience in the integration of orthodox Christian faith, counseling research, and clinical/career practice from within a Wesleyan tradition.

Salary : $80,000 - $90,000