Staff Psychologist/Staff Social Worker - Groups and Outreach Coordinator

Wellesley College,

Counseling
 
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Last Posted:

Wed, Jan 8th, '25

Deadline:

04/08/2025

Start Date:

N/A

Last Updated:

Wed, Jan 8th, '25

 
POSITION DESCRIPTION
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  • Full Time

Position Summary

This position provides direct clinical care to Wellesley College students including clinical assessments, risk assessments, individual and group therapy. Under the supervision of the Director of the Counseling Services and the Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Outreach, this position coordinates and facilitates the groups and outreach program and acts as a liaison to select campus partners or student groups. This position works in the Counseling Service as a member of the clinical team. The clinical team work includes participating in core staff meetings, team meetings, staff retreats, professional development and working collaboratively with other members of our clinical team to support high quality mental health care. It also includes participation in the Division of Student Affairs including attendance at divisional meetings and training sessions. In addition, the role includes clinical supervision of interns and trainees and participation in the after hours on-call rotation. 

Primary Position Responsibilities

  • To provide direct clinical services including clinical assessment, risk assessment and safety planning, individual psychotherapy and group therapy

  • To provide emergency and after hours on-call services as part of our on-call rotation

  • To provide clinical supervision for interns and trainees

  • To assist in the coordination and development of counseling service groups, workshops and outreach programs 

  • To serve as a liaison to select campus partners and/or student groups

  • To participate in the counseling service’s Clinical Training Program by offering lectures, didactic training and/or facilitated discussion for our interns and trainees

Performance Profile

  • To help students become stabilized, gain greater insight and understanding, and be empowered to manage their mental health challenges

  • To assist the interns and trainees in gaining greater proficiency and efficiency in providing a variety of clinical and educational treatment modalities including individual and group therapy, training and educational workshops

  • To assist in providing urgent and emergent mental health support both during the day-  as clinician of the day, and after hours- as on-call counselor, on a rotating basis

  • To be an effective team player and collaborator, as a member of the Counseling Service, as well as within the Division of Student Life 

  • To maintain expertise as a mental health provider by following licensure requirements, ethical guidelines and practices, HIPAA and Mass State law

  • To remain open and flexible as the needs and demands of the student body, clinical practice, and higher ed best practices change and evolve

Supervisor Responsibilities

  • To provide clinical supervision to interns and trainees, who are part of the Clinical Training Program. 

  • To co-facilitate groups and/or workshops with trainees

  • To work with trainees to develop groups and to facilitate their participation in outreach programs

    Education Required

    • Doctorate in Clinical or Counseling Psychology, from an APA accredited institution, and licensed (or license eligible) to practice as a Psychologist Provider in Massachusetts ) OR 

    • Master’s degree in Social Work and licensed (or license eligible) to practice as a Clinical Social Worker in Massachusetts

    Experience Required

    • Experience providing clinical assessments, individual therapy, risk assessment and safety planning

    • Experience in facilitating groups

    • Experience providing clinical supervision

    Skills and Abilities Required

    • Solid clinical skills

    • Group counseling experience and an interest in outreach programming

    • Proficiency in assessing clinical risk and safety

    • Strength in working collaboratively

    Experience Preferred

    • Experience in developing group and/or outreach programs

    • Experience in working cross-culturally with a diverse population of young adults

    • Experience working in higher education

    Other

    • This is a full time, 10-month position.

    • An interest and experience in women’s issues and familiarity with the work of the Stone Center and the Relational Cultural Theory.

    ABOUT WELLESLEY COLLEGE

    Wellesley is known for the excellence of its education, the beauty of its setting, its gifted faculty, and the uniqueness of its campus culture. But most of all, Wellesley is known for the thousands of accomplished, thoughtful women it has sent out into the world for over 100 years women who are committed to making a difference. Every year, some 2,400 of the world's top undergraduate women are challenged to exceed their own highest personal and intellectual expectations. The mastery Wellesley graduates demonstrate across the professional and vocational spectrum, and the influence they wield, whether in their own communities or on the world stage is testament to a singularly empowering undergraduate experience. Wellesley's lively academic community places a high value on rigorous, probing inquiry, and creative, cross-discipline thinking. Its collaborative approach to scholarship encourages students to question, debate, and refine their points of view, not only with each other, but with our world-class faculty, often by working directly with them on groundbreaking projects. A Wellesley education fosters the highest standard of readiness for the real world in its graduates, in terms of ability to think, act, and contribute meaningfully and effectively in their chosen areas of interest.

    Wellesley College is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to increasing the diversity of the college community and the curriculum. Wellesley College and all its subcontractors shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60–1.4(a), 60–300.5(a) and 60–741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that Wellesley College and all of its subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Candidates who believe they can contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply.

     
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