What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Health Counselor position at LSU-Shreveport?
About this Job
The Mental Health Counselor works as a member of the Counseling Services department performing a wide range of tasks related to mental health services including mental health support, crisis intervention, resource coordination, de-escalation and crisis prevention training for faculty/staff and psychoeducational outreach to students. They connect students to internal and community resources when needed, manage care for students with high-risk needs, collaborate with departments like Disability Services or Dean of Students, and provide administrative services as needed. This summary is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive description of duties and responsibilities. The Mental Health Counselor is a full time, unclassified, exempt 12 month position.
Minimum Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology.
- Licensure or eligibility for licensure in the state of Louisiana. (e.g., LCSW, LMHC, LPC).
- Experience in crisis intervention, assessment, coordination of care and mental health support
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in a college counseling center operating with a developmental-preventive model and solution-focused model.
- Experience providing counseling services to students from varied backgrounds
- Skills, experience, and/or training in leading counseling groups.
- Knowledge and experience in suicide prevention and awareness.
- Ability to coordinate a variety of projects/programs.
- Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work flexible office hours.
Job Specification
Core Competencies:
- Communication: Ability to adjust communication style to suit the audience/customer/situation.
- Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in group settings.
- Service to Customer and LSU: Ability to focuses on providing positive experiences for stakeholders.
- Delivering Results: Ability to focus on achieving outcomes.
- Problem-Solving: Ability to overcome barriers to success.
- Leading Others: Ability to inspire, guide, and support individuals and teams towards achieving common goals.
Physical and Environmental Demands
Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls.
Job Duties and Other Information
Position Duties:
- Performs individual short-term personal and educational counseling to eligible students
- Provides daytime crisis care and risk assessment and after-hours when needed
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Develops, implements, and monitors individualized support plans and referrals for students with mental health and/or behavioral issues beyond counseling center scope of practice:
- Connects students with community health providers, mental health professionals, and on-campus resources (e.g., Student Advocacy, Disability Services).
- Consults with faculty, staff, family members, and students to navigate university policies and support services.
- Collaborates with Executive Director for Health and Wellness and other partners to promote mental health prevention campaigns
- Collaborates with CARE team; monitors and responds to referrals
- Provides de-escalation training and crisis prevention education to faculty/staff
- Maintains confidential case records, tracks student progress, and ensures compliance with treatment recommendations.
- Provides training and direct supervision of professional staff, graduate assistants and interns, and student workers as appropriate.
- Supports and collaborates with other Student Development departments and participates in various activities within Student Development.
- Provides desk coverage, when needed, and performs other administrative duties as assigned
- Adheres to ethical guidelines of the University and professional and ethical standards for mental health professionals, as defined by the Louisiana Administrative Code, American Counseling Association, and the Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners.
- Ensures compliance with system, university, departmental, and division policies.
- Serves on University committees as assigned.
- Performs other administrative duties as assigned.
How to apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*
For additional information concerning this job posting contact:
Jennifer Isaac
LSUS Department of Human Resource Management
Room 108 Administration Building, LSUS
(318) 797-5279
LSUS is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from women and minorities. For more information about LSU Shreveport go to www.lsus.edu
LSUS is a State As a Model (SAME) employer that promotes affirmative strategies and goals for employment of individuals with disabilities.
Benefits for unclassified employees are determined by the individual hiring authority.