College Counselor (Part-time, on-site)

Preferred Qualifications

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Key Responsibilities

Juniata College invites applicants for part-time college counselor.

Support an increasingly diverse student body to address personal, academic and social stressors, including navigating a PWI as a racially under-represented person, mental health and wellness, racial trauma, and PTSD through on-site contact with clients and related services and interactions. We’re looking for candidates that have creative capacity to identify needs and build structural outreach to improve the campus experience and foster greater belonging for underrepresented minority students as well as provide direct individual and group clinical support. Strong candidates will demonstrate interest and experience towards these tasks with a professional foundation in clinical counseling.

Start date: January, 2025

Typical Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide short-term and longer-term mental health counseling or case management appropriate to the level of care at a college counseling center.
• Provide therapy using individual, family, couple and/or group modalities.
• Collaborate with Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion to develop and implement programs supporting campus mission of belonging and vibrancy as critical to student experience.
• Assist clients in identifying community resources and making appropriate referrals per request and/or identified need of the individual.
• Maintain appropriate professional records on each client and communicate client information in a confidential and professional manner.
• Provide consultation services to faculty, staff, parents/family and students to enhance personal development and wellness.
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plan and behavioral goals, consulting with Counseling Services and contracted psychiatric team as appropriate.
• Inform Director of Counseling of any difficulties relating to patient satisfaction, treatment issues, procedural concerns, and other departmental or public relations concerns.
• Assure that all office procedures, policies, and required reports are developed, followed and completed in a timely fashion.
• Work with the Director of Counseling to contribute to annual goals and objectives for Glaeser Counseling Services at Juniata College.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
  
  

Compensation

• Paid hourly, no benefits
• 15 – 20 hours weekly as arranged
  
  

Juniata College is committed to cultivating an equity-minded and equity-engaged campus culture, one that is inclusive and supportive of its students, faculty, and staff. We believe that all members of the College community share the responsibility to value diversity, seek equity, promote a sense of belonging. We seek candidates who are sensitive to the needs of an academic community that is diverse with regard to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation or identity, disability status, and protected veteran status… EOE