POSITION DESCRIPTION

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• Full Time

Bard College Counseling Services is hiring a full-time Mental Health Counselor who has experience working with college students. The counselor will work collaboratively with Counseling Services staff and campus partners to promote student well being, academic success, and personal development.

This permanent position works four days per week for 10 months per year. The position’s hours are 9:00am-5:00 pm. 

About Bard Counseling Services:

Our multidisciplinary staff consists of psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, graduate interns, and a psychiatrist. Our mission is to provide high quality mental health services, referrals, and educational programming to Bard students. We are committed to inclusive excellence and the promotion of social justice. We appreciate and honor the rich diversity of the institution and work with all students with compassion, respect, and dignity.

About Bard:

Bard College’s main campus is in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., with 1,900 undergraduate students; the College also includes multiple graduate programs. The 1,000-acre campus sits along the Hudson River and offers the Fisher Performing Arts Center, and Hessel Museum of Art, and is the home of the Bard Prison Initiative, the largest college-degree-granting prison education program in the U.S. The Bard Network also includes several Bard High School Early Colleges across the country as well as international campuses and partnerships. Bard College is a private institution working in the public interest. Bard faculty and staff lead their students by example, building upon the existing network of boundary-breaking programs focused on rethinking who can and should be included in a liberal arts education. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Provide individual, group, and couples counseling to students presenting with a variety of personal, social, academic, and mental health concerns

• Provide crisis assessment and intervention during work hours and on call rotation for evenings and weekends

• Consult and collaborate with campus partners, including participation in campus-wide committees

• Develop and deliver creative and innovative programming, including groups, workshops, and events designed specifically to college students

• Serve as the primary coordinator of the Counseling Center’s group counseling program, overseeing the development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of ongoing and specialized student groups

• Provide direct group therapy and facilitate groups addressing a range of student concerns

• Other duties as assigned

ABOUT BARD COLLEGE

Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River, in Annandale-on Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs; graduate degrees in 11 programs; nine early colleges; and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally.