Department: University Life
Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty
Job Type: Part-Time
Work Schedule: 32 hours per week
Location: Fairfax campus and Arlington campus
Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible
Salary: Salary range starting mid $60k; 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 a 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:
This is a 32-hour per week position. The Staff Clinician spends 50% of their time at the Mason Square (Arlington) campus supporting law school students, and 50% of their time at the Fairfax campus supporting our general student population.
The Staff Clinician provides individual and group personal counseling, case management services, crisis intervention (including after-hours consultation), psychological consultation services to students, faculty, and 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 provides consultation services to parents, faculty, staff, and students; and
- Provides community education programs to the Mason community.
Administrative 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
- Performs other related duties and activities as assigned by CAPS Director or Leadership team.
Required Qualifications:
- Master's degree in counseling, psychology, or social work; or doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology;
- Experience working on a multidisciplinary team;
- Experience collaborating with key stakeholders;
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment;
- Experience providing clinical supervision;
- Experience providing short-term treatment and crisis intervention;
- Experience providing individual and group counseling services to clients;
- 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;
- Skills in crisis intervention services;
- Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively on a multidisciplinary team; and
- Ability to hold an unrestricted license as a Social Worker, Professional Counselor, or Psychologist in the Commonwealth of Virginia within 3 months of employment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Terminal degree in a related field;
- Experience with counseling of graduate students or similar developmental populations;
- Experience with crisis intervention;
- Experience providing clinical consultation to university administration, faculty, staff, students, and families; and
- Knowledge of graduate students' mental health needs or clinical experience with similar developmental populations.
Instructions to Applicants:
For full consideration, applicants must apply for the Staff Clinician, position number FA04HZ, at Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a cover letter and resume.
Posting Open Date: March 21, 2024
For Full Consideration, Apply by: April 3, 2024
Open Until Filled?: Yes