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Employee Assistance Program Counselor | Emp Assistance Counselor

Employer
Michigan State University
Location
East Lansing

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Job Details

Job no: 721762
Work type: Support Staff
Pay Grade: 13
Major Administrative Unit / College: President
Department: University Physician 10090897
Sub Area: AP- Professionals
Salary: Salary Commensurate with Experience
Location: East Lansing
Categories: Advising/Counseling, Administrative Professionals- AP, Full Time (90-100%), Union
Position Summary

The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at Michigan State University provides a wide range of mental health and supportive services for MSU employees and their dependents. We invite applicants for a full-time Counselor to join our growing team. We are a staff who strive to use multicultural and collaborative approaches to provide quality care. We believe diversity enriches the workplace and enhances personal growth, and we strongly value cultural humility, social justice, and accessibility.

This position will provide short-term comprehensive psychotherapy services in-person and via telehealth for MSU employees (faculty, staff, graduate student employees, and retirees) and their benefits-eligible family members. The services provided by the counselor include but are not limited to: clinical assessment; short-term counseling (1 to 6 sessions) to individuals, couples, and/or families; case management; and referral services for clients that require services beyond those provided by the EAP. The counselor will plan and implement supportive group services, workshops, wellness classes, and/or other sessions to help targeted populations develop knowledge and skills to respond to or prevent emotional problems. The counselor will participate in staff meetings, multicultural seminars, peer review and clinical supervision, continuing education programs, and other organizational meetings. Moreover, the counselor will complete other duties as specified and assigned.

Unit Specific Education/Experience/Skills
  • Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or related field.
  • Three to five years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in a clinical mental health setting, employee assistance program, or crisis intervention program; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Desired Qualifications
  • Demonstrated competency/expertise and commitment in working with one or more of the following groups/populations: diverse, multicultural populations including international and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; LGBTQ+ populations; and persons with disabilities.
  • Demonstrated competency or expertise in working with a wide range of clinical issues, including mood/anxiety disorders, trauma (including PTSD and complex trauma), psychiatric crises, critical incidents, and substance abuse disorders.
  • Experience and comfort with brief psychotherapy and crisis intervention.
  • Experience and comfort with the delivery of telehealth services.
  • Experience and comfort with public speaking and development of outreach programming.
  • Experience with electronic record keeping.
  • Ability to make sound decisions in emergency situations.
  • Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively.
  • Computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office programs.

Full licensure or limited licensure in your field of practice in the state of Michigan.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Application Materials

Cover Letter

Resume

Special Instructions

The university is requiring all MSU students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 with limited exceptions.

Learn more at: https://msu.edu/together-we-will/

Work Hours

Flexible and consistent full-time hours

Bidding eligibility ends 8/3/2021, at 11:55 PM

Advertised: Jul 28, 2021 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Sep 14, 2021 Eastern Daylight Time

Organization

Working at Michigan State University 

Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.

Together, we tackle some of the world’s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better—from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.

We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.

We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.

The nation’s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.

Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world—on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we’re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.

In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.

Top Distinctions

U.S. News & World Report ranks MSU

  • 29th among the nation’s public universities
  • First in the nation for 19 years for graduate programs in elementary and secondary education
  • First in the nation for graduate programs in nuclear physics and industrial and organizational psychology
  • First in the nation for undergraduate program in supply chain

Recognized for 11 consecutive years as one of the top 100 universities in the world by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in its annual Academic Ranking of World Universities

Ranks 46th among public universities for in-state students in Kiplinger’s 2013 edition of Best Values in Public Colleges

Silver rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s STARS program, which measures and encourages sustainability in education and research; operations; and planning, administration, and engagement

Member of the prestigious 62-member Association of American Universities

Only university in the country with on-campus medical schools graduating allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) physicians, and veterinarians (DVMs)

Among the largest single-campus residence hall system in the country with 27 halls in five neighborhoods and two apartment villages.

 

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