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Multicultural Specialist

Employer
Case Western Reserve University
Location
Case Main Campus

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Student Affairs, Counseling
Employment Type
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Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

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Job Title: Multicultural Specialist
Location: Case Main Campus
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 9652
Job Description
POSITION OBJECTIVE

The Multicultural Specialist will be responsible for providing age specific, developmentally appropriate clinical counseling and mental health services to students and other members of the university community within an integrated healthcare and wellness model. The Multicultural Specialist provides direct service to students and participates in wellness, health promotion and outreach programming for the university with a specific focus on supporting diverse, historically marginalized, and underrepresented populations. This role supports the UH&CS mission of enhancing the health and well-being of the student community and providing high quality, multidisciplinary mental health-related services.

Building a welcoming and inclusive community is the foundation of the work we do as professionals working with students. Fully including people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives helps us all thrive by working together, focusing on our collective well-being, and helping students gain insight from their academic endeavors and real-world experiences.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

    Provide direct counseling and mental health services to students presenting with a range of mental health and wellness needs within the established counseling model. Services include initial contact sessions, crisis management sessions, skill-based workshops, and ongoing individual and group counseling sessions. (50%)Provide and coordinate outreach, training and consultation to university students, faculty, staff on mental health and wellness issues, with particular focus on serving the needs of diverse, historically marginalized, and underrepresented student populations, including, but not limited to Black/African-American, Asian-American, Latinx/Hispanic, International, and LGBTQ+ students. (25%)Provide training and consultation to UH&CS staff to further develop and promote cultural competency in clinical service delivery. Provide regularly scheduled clinical supervision and training of pre-professional graduate trainees and unlicensed staff, including the development and maintenance of cultural competency in clinical service delivery, as assigned. (10%) Participate in UH&CS, Division of Student Affairs, and university committees relevant to the department’s improvement efforts in serving diverse, historically marginalized, and underrepresented students. (10%)

NONESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Perform other duties as assigned. (5%)

CONTACTS

Department: Continuous contact with professional and support staff of the UH&CS for scheduling, clinical consultation, and collaborative work in an integrated model.

University: Frequent contact with departments serving underrepresented minority students, including the Office of Multicultural Affairs, The LGBT Center, The Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, and The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women.

External: Moderate contact with care providers outside the university to assist in the coordination of care for students being treated in the community.

Students: Continuous contact with students to provide direct counseling and mental health services to students presenting with a range of mental health and wellness needs. Interact with student leaders and groups for outreach and multicultural wellness programming.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

This position has no direct administrative supervisory responsibility. This position includes clinical supervision of selected, pre-professional graduate trainees as assigned by the Training Director, Director of Counseling or designee.

QUALIFICATIONS

Doctorate (PhD or PsyD) in Clinical or Counseling Psychology with independent license (or license-eligible) in the state of Ohio as a Psychologist. Minimum of 2 years professional experience in counseling and mental health care is required, with 1 year of that experience being post-licensure. Experience with adolescent and young adult populations, and/or experience within a university setting is preferred.

OR

Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work with independent license LISW or LISW-S or Master’s degree in Counseling with independent license in the State of Ohio as an LPCC or LPCC-S (or independently licensed in another state and license-eligible in Ohio within 6 months of employment) required. Minimum of 4 years professional experience (post-licensure) in counseling and mental health care is required. Experience with adolescent and young adult populations, and/or experience within a university setting is preferred.

REQUIRED SKILLS

    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including respect for all aspects of an individual’s identity, ability to resolve conflict, clear personal and professional boundaries, and ability to work collegially and collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team process.Demonstrated commitment to cultural competence and multicultural counseling and consultation.Must be able to work in a culturally diverse environment. Ability to maintain a work environment that is marked by inclusiveness and respect for others.
  1. Commitment to working with diverse groups of individuals, including age, race, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic and educational background and ability.
  2. Ability to demonstrate concern for understanding and satisfying needs of customers, co-workers and others with economy, efficiency, flexibility, courtesy, good judgement and continuous measurable improvements.
  3. Experience using an electronic health record to document all clinical encounters. Maintain accurate and complete records, document client condition, problems, treatments, and outcomes promptly.Knowledge of and adherence to relevant laws and professional standards regarding professional ethics and privacy. Ability to meet consistent attendance and demonstrate dependable work habits.Ability to interact with colleagues, supervisors, and customers face to face.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Standard Health and Counseling offices in a university campus setting.

Full-time professionals are exempt from overtime and are expected to work a minimum of 40 hours per week around the university’s core hours of operation. University Health and Counseling Services clinical work, outreach and campus crisis/emergency response efforts may require UH&CS staff to work evenings and weekends.

Staff may be required to adjust their clinical and administrative assignments, as needed, depending on departmental, divisional and University needs. This may involve flexing to cover other clinical roles (e.g., covering acute counseling care responsibilities, covering ongoing counseling responsibilities, alternating between roles, etc.) due to staff absence, changes in the model of care, or other reasons determined by the Executive Director of UH&CS or their designee.

All members of the UH&CS staff are considered essential and are expected to work on-campus in accordance with University guidance. Staff are expected to provide services on-site and in-person, with the understanding that there may be aspects of their role and responsibilities that could shift to virtual and/or via hybrid modalities, depending on University requirement, departmental need, public health guidance and/or at the discretion of the Executive Director of UH&CS or their designee.


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In employment, as in education, Case Western Reserve University is committed to Equal Opportunity and Diversity. Women, veterans, members of underrepresented minority groups, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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Case Western Reserve University provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Equity at 216-368-3066 to request a reasonable accommodation. Determinations as to granting reasonable accommodations for any applicant will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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Organization

Working at Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is among the nation's leading research institutions. Founded in 1826 and shaped by the unique merger of the Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University, Case Western Reserve is distinguished by its strengths in educationresearch, service and experiential learning. Located in Cleveland's University Circle, we offer nationally recognized programs in the arts and sciencesdental medicineengineeringlawmanagementmedicinenursing and social sciences.

Student enrollment exceeds 9,800 students, forty percent of whom are undergraduatesFacultyand students hail from more than 90 countries, with academic interests that reach every region of the world. Case Western Reserve, with the support of individuals, corporations and foundations, aids nearly 100 designated research centers.

As a service-oriented institution dedicated to civic leadership, Case Western Reserve seeks individually and collectively to prepare our students to improve the human condition and to direct the benefits of discovery toward a better society. This effort is not limited to the university's classrooms, laboratories, librariesresidence halls and athletic fields, but includes partnerships with many other institutions. We build these partnerships believing that our ability to improve the human condition should begin in our own community.

Case Western Reserve University remains Ohio's top-ranked school among the nation's premier national universities, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report and is the only Ohio institution ranked in the top 50 nationally. We promote a culture of inquiry marked by rigor, creativity, curiosity, innovation, respect, sensitivity and open communication of ideas.

The university supports interdisciplinary partnerships in education and research with numerous faculty holding joint appointments in more than one Case Western Reserve school or department, as well as at neighboring institutions. These relationships launched many of the unique pairings of science, business and liberal arts into the centers and programs that enhance the undergraduate and graduate experience at the university. Our dual degree programs enrich the educational experience for those students who choose to balance the technical requirements of engineering or the sciences with a strong interest in the humanities.

With more than $375 million in research funding annually, the university attracts outstanding undergraduate and graduate students along with renowned faculty whose research has made significant contributions to the way we live and work. Case Western Reserve counts 15 Nobel laureates among our alumni and current and former faculty, including the first American scientist to ever receive the prize.

Our students' experiences in cultural institutions, clinics, social service agencies and industry are not viewed as “extra-curricular,” but create the learning experience that defines a Case Western Reserve education. The university's service programs in the Cleveland Municipal School District have impacted more than 145,000 students with more than 43 signature programs. The university has launched more than 580 community partnerships on the local, national and international levels. Annually the university sponsors Case for Community Day, an event where hundreds of Case Western Reserve employees and students lend their time and talent to targeted community development projects in the Greater Cleveland area.

Our alumni number more than 110,000 and constitute a “who's who” of every profession. Alumni represent one of the university's strongest resources, playing a vital role in campus life through their work as advisors, mentors, friends and advocates.

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