CAPS Faculty Counselor

Student Health Center/ Student Life

Position Title: SHC CAPS Faculty Counselor

Counseling and Psychological Services

CAPS Faculty Counselor FullTime Temporary NonTenure Track (SSP/AR II AY)

Position Details:

The Student Health Center in the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at Cal State LA is seeking applications for a fulltime non tenuretrack CAPS faculty counselor with positions available as determined by need during theacademic year.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. An earned masters or doctoral degree in counseling behavioral sciences psychology or related field from an accredited university.
2. Possession of a current California license as a Marriage and Family Therapist Clinical Social Worker Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor or Psychologist and at least two years experience working in a college university or other higher education setting.
3. Demonstrated leadership ability and developed skills in brief psychotherapy crisis intervention consultation workshops/group psychotherapy and outreach.
4. Demonstrated experience providing and coordinating the provision of individual couples and group counseling on an independent basis for clients of various ages.
5. Evidence of clinical leadership experience necessary for providing lead work direction and guidance in assessing and treating a broad spectrum of psychological problems ranging from personal/social adjustment issues to severe emotional disturbances.
6. Demonstrated experience with interventions and clinical case management with complex and highrisk clients.
7. Demonstrated knowledge of laws and ethics pertaining to the field of mental health.
8. Experience working at a fast pace handling spontaneous work demands.
9. Ability to utilize and demonstrate professional counseling techniques and strategies to meet the needs of a student body with varied backgrounds cultures gender identities ages sexual orientations and other diverse qualities.
10. Demonstrated experience handling multicultural intersectional and social justice issues and proven ability to interact with diverse individuals and groups.
11. Demonstrated interest experience and ability to work with and support one or more of the following student populations: Student Veterans StudentAthletes Foster Youth Black and African American students and/or students who identify as LGBTQIA.
12. Evidence of ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and demonstrate ability and interest in working in a multiethnic multicultural environment.
13. Demonstrated experience cultivating and maintaining effective working relationships with a variety of mental health and medical staff and specialists as well as students administrators faculty and staff.
14. Demonstrated ability to develop and support a positive working environment by exhibiting solutionfocused positive cooperative and flexible behavior.
15. Evidence of excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Applicants should have the ability to relate well to others within the academic environment and demonstrate ability and/or interest in working in a multiethnic multicultural environment. Demonstrated proficiency in written and oral use of the English language is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Preference will be given to those with experience in working with diverse populations and fostering a collaborative supportive and inclusive environment. Preference will also be given to those with relevant work experience and training.

Duties:

The Counselor will assist in coordination and management of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) clinical programming staff development and student internships and will provide clinical and supervisory oversight as expected of a staff psychotherapist. Under the general direction of the CAPS Director and/or designee the Counselor is responsible for: providing guidance training and oversight of the clinical staff; onboarding new counselors; training and oversight of less experienced SSP AR Employees/Counselors student trainees/interns; and assisting in the development and implementation of internal procedures to ensure efficient and effective counseling services. This position also assists the CAPS department in promoting the health and wellbeing of all Cal State L.A. students and the campus community. The Counselor ensures the team provides services that are equitable inclusive and culturally sensitive and enhance the quality of campus life. Further the incumbent will oversee the coordination of various CAPS projects and programs as assigned by the director and/or designee.

In addition the Counselor will assume regular psychological counseling responsibilities that include providing a full range of clinical consultation and outreach services. This position will be responsible for but not limited to provision of the following: individual group and couples mental health assessment; counseling psychotherapy and case management; emergency assessment and crisis intervention; tele therapy; prevention education; classroom group organization and department presentations and workshops; referrals; individual organizational and group consultation; treatment/intervention planning and follow through; timely documentation of case notes and reports in electronic health records; referrals to and consulting with other professionals on and offcampus; participation in CAPS peer review and other activities of the SHC Continuous Quality Improvement program; attending CAPS and other departmental meetings as assigned; participation at professional trainings workshops and/or conferences as assigned; participation in other assigned SHC and campus committees and activities; licensure maintenance; may be required to train and mentor peer educators. The Counselor will provide outreach and programming designed to support various special student groups including Black and African American those who identify as LGBTQIA Veteran and disabled students.

The Counselor will be committed to the academic success of all of our students and to fostering an environment that acknowledges encourages and celebrates the rich cultural ethnic and racial fabric of the communities served by the University. To this end the Counselor will work effectively respectfully and collaboratively in diverse multicultural and inclusive settings. In addition the Counselor will be ready to join faculty staff students and administrators in our Universitys shared commitment to the principles of engagement service and the public good.

The successful candidate will be committed to the academic success of all our students and to an environment that acknowledges encourages and celebrates diversity and differences. To this end the successful candidate will work effectively respectfully and collaboratively in diverse multicultural and inclusive settings. In addition the successful candidate will be ready to join faculty staff students and administrators in our Universitys shared commitment to the principles of engagement service and the public good.

Salary:

Initial Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. The salary schedule information for the CAPS faculty counselor: Academic Yearmonth Classification is available based on the following ranges: per salary schedule 7/1/2024

SSP II Range: $6825$12191/month (Actual range: $6825$7500/month)

The anticipated monthly hiring range is generally at or near the minimum of the range commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The University:

California State University Los Angeles (Cal State LA) is one of 23 campuses within the California State University system. The University is the premier comprehensive public university in the heart of Los Angeles. Cal State LA is ranked number one in the U.S. for the upward mobility of its students and is dedicated to engagement service and the public good. We offer nationally recognized programs in science the arts business criminal justice engineering nursing education ethnic studies and the humanities. Ourfaculty have a strong commitment to scholarship research creative pursuits community engagement and service.

Our 240000 alumni reflect the City and Countys dynamic mix of populations. The University has one of the most diverse student populations of any college or university in the nation. As a federally recognized HispanicServing Institution and AsianAmerican Native American and Pacific IslanderServing Institution Cal State LA recognizes the transformative power of education and embraces its duty to identify and serve the needs of all of its students. The University is committed to creating a community in which a diverse population can live work and learn in an atmosphere of civility and respect for the rights and sensibilities of each individual.

The Department:

The Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) department at Cal State LA is an integral component of the Student Health Center and is committed to ensuring student success by providing exceptional mental health services with an increased awareness and appreciation for individual differences within our diverse campus community. This includes serving students of diverse racial/ethnic/national backgrounds sexual/affectional orientations gender and gender nonconforming identities physical and mental abilities languages ages religious/spiritual beliefs and socioeconomic backgrounds with the utmost respect for these diverse life experiences. We value the dignity and worth of all people the importance of relationships and the facilitation of personal growth.

In order to accomplish ourmission CAPS provides a full range of psychological and counseling services including individual couples and group counseling workshops risk assessment crisis intervention psychoeducation outreach consultation and psychiatric services.Our providers are licensed professionals dedicated to creating safe and welcoming spaces that support the success wellbeing and greater good of Cal State LA students.

Required Documentation:

Please submit the following with the employment application at the Apply link listed below:

1. a cover letter specifically addressing minimum and preferred qualifications.
2. a narrative statement describing your commitment to working effectively with faculty staff and students in a multicultural/multiethnic urban campus environment with a substantial population of students who are among the firstgeneration of their family to attend a college or university.
3. an updated curriculum vitae.
4. unofficial transcripts.

Official Transcripts (from an accredited institution) and proof of CA BBS licensure or license eligible will be required upon hire offer and prior to employment. Employment is contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

*A United States (US) Equivalency certification is required for earned/awarded/conferred foreign terminal degrees. The US Equivalency certification is used to validate foreign studies by an academic credential evaluation agency and is evaluated on foreign studies and deemed to be equivalent to degrees from the United States. The certification must translate the information in English and confirm that your highest terminal degree is US Equivalent to a US terminal degree (i.e. Masters Doctorates Doctors of Philosophy).

Application:

Deadline: For full consideration complete applications must be submitted by January 11 2024. Applications received after the deadline may be considered.

To apply: please click the Apply Now icon on this page or visit Faculty Lecturer Positions or https://careers.calstatela.

Please address all questions to the Counseling and Psychological Services Associate Director Dr. Osmara ReyesOsorio at: or.

Note: The person holding this position is considered a mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.

Beginning January 1 2022 campuses may not hire or reappoint an Employee to perform CSUrelated work outside of California. Requests for exceptions are very limited based on CSU Policy and must have prior written approval from the University President.

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.

In addition to meeting fully its obligations under federal and state law Cal State LA is committed to creating a community in which a diverse population can live work and learn in an atmosphere of tolerance civility and respect for the rights and sensibilities of each individual. To that end all qualified individuals will receive equal consideration without regard to economic status race ethnicity color religion marital status pregnancy national origin or cultural background political views sex sexual orientation gender identification age disability disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran status.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/TITLE IX EMPLOYER

Upon request reasonable accommodation will be provided to individuals with protected disabilities to (a) complete the employment process and (b) perform essential job functions when this does not cause undue hardship.