Director of Counseling Services
- Employer
- Spelman College
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Director of Counseling Services
Job Summary:The Director of Counseling is responsible for providing strategic and innovative planning, development, and implementation for Counseling Services programs and policies. The Director of Counseling will identify strategies for strengthening programs and services in Counseling Services. In addition to ensuring high-quality counseling this position is also responsible for staff development and supervision, quality assurance, managing daily operation as well as providing consultation/supervision for 24-hour on-call coverage.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:- Plans manage and implement programs, policies, and services for the Department
- Works closely with staff, consulting psychiatrist, psychologist, the Dean of Students, Residential Life, the Academic Deans, and others on campus with whom the Department interfaces
- Provides clinical supervision and consultation for professional counseling staff and supervision for non-counseling staff members
- Provides direct clinical service to students primarily in the form of individual and group psychotherapy
- Provides 24-hour on-call coverage which includes coordination of emergency, hospitalization, and medication
- Monitors client records
- Provides educational workshops and information regarding mental health issues for students, faculty, and staff
- Develops, implements, and monitors in-house and out-reach campus-wide mental health programs for students and the campus community
- Serves as advisor of the PEPers (Peer Education Program) providing training, program coordination, and quality assurance
- Serves on committees and participates in policy decisions and other activities within the Division of Student Affairs as requested
- Develops and conducts staff training
- Consults and collaborates with faculty and staff regarding student needs
- Ensures all services meet legal and ethical guidelines as mandated by the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists Laws
A Master’s degree and eight years of experience in the areas of clinical social work, clinical psychology, or a related mental health field are required. Doctorate preferred. Also, some supervisory and/or managerial experience is required. A degree in the areas above and experience in a college or university setting is preferred.Strong clinical assessment skills, crisis intervention, group experience, and knowledge of systems approaches, women’s issues, race and ethnicity issues, particularly African American are essential. This position requires a strong customer service focus, good written, verbal, and time management skills. Professional demeanor with the ability to interface with internal and external clients with diplomacy and tact is essential. Work requires fact-finding and compilation skills plus the ability to perform a variety of tasks simultaneously, at times with little supervisionStrong oral communication skills are required when presenting information and responding to questions from students, parents, and staff in one-on-one or group situations. Incumbent must be able to write business correspondence and procedure manuals plus compose memos, letters, and e-mails. Also, must be able to read, analyze, and interpret documents such as professional journals, medical reports, and procedural manuals. To perform this job successfully, an individual must have the ability to perform intermediate skills using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). In addition to producing correspondence, memos, and e-mails duties may involve assignments that require creating spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, the use of Lotus Notes, and Internet navigation.
Preferred Qualifications:Doctorate preferred. A degree in the areas above and experience in a college or university setting is preferred.
Certifications, Licenses, Restrictions :Eligibility for licensure in the state of Georgia is required
Physical Demands:While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: talk, hear, sit, use hands to handle office supplies, operate computers and other office equipment. The employee is frequently required to: stand, walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to: stoop or kneel or climb, and lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to adjust focus.
Shift:Days
% Travel Required:1% - 25%
Full Time/Part Time:Full-time
FLSA:Exempt
Number of Vacancies:1
Posting Number:SC0384P
Posting Open Date:02/11/2022
Open Until Filled:Yes
EEO Statement:Spelman College is an EEO/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Title IX Employer and we participate in E-Verify. We are a smoke-free campus.
Organization
Working at Spelman College
Spelman College is a prestigious, highly selective historically Black college that prepares women to change the world. Spelman’s holistic liberal arts education empowers women to excel intellectually, think creatively, serve wholeheartedly, act globally, and lead boldly. Located in Atlanta, Spelman College’s multifaceted, person-centered learning community creates lasting bonds of sisterhood and support. Providing an educational experience unlike any other, Spelman embraces a long-standing and life-changing commitment to academic rigor, career development, community involvement, and positive social impact.
Spelman is part of the Atlanta University Center, the largest consortium of historically Black institutions of higher learning in the world. Its partner institutions include Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College and Morehouse School of Medicine. Spelman shares cross-registration with its undergraduate partners. The AUC institutions also share the newly renovated Robert W. Woodruff Library.
A historic campus of 32 acres, dating back to 1883, Spelman is five minutes west of downtown Atlanta. There are 25 buildings on the lush, well-manicured campus, including a new, silver LEED- certified green residence hall, The Suites, and The Camille O. Hanks Cosby Academic Center, which houses the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art and the state-of-the-art College Archives.
As a result of its dedicated faculty and staff, Spelman College has gained an excellent national reputation and high rankings in the media’s annual college guides. The College ranks among the top 70 Best Liberal Arts Colleges, consistently ranks as a top producer of Fulbright Fellows and Teach For America candidates, and has the distinction of being the leading producer of Black females who go on to earn doctoral degrees in science and engineering.
Spelman College is also home to SpelBots, the first all-women, African-American robotics team to take part in the international RoboCup competition in 2005, long considered the Olympics of Robotics and artificial intelligence. In addition, the Women’s Research and Resource Center, the WISDOM Center and Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, as well as the College’s departments of art and drama and dance, are among the many esteemed programs that showcase the College’s strengths in the humanities, arts and service leadership.
Dedicated, talented, and well-qualified faculty members are a hallmark of Spelman College. Home to 183 full-time faculty members, Spelman boasts an 11:1 student/faculty ratio, providing students with greater opportunities to engage with professors across disciplines. The William and Camille Cosby Endowed Professorship Program, for example, supports professorships in the fine arts, humanities and the social sciences. It is a multidisciplinary initiative designed to enhance the intellectual, cultural and creative life of Spelman College and its surrounding community. Previous Cosby Chairs include former Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin; award-winning author and poet Pearl Cleage, C’71; the Rev. Renita Weems; distinguished scholar and economist William Darity, Ph.D.; and Bernice Johnson Reagon, C'70, an internationally known producer, composer and recording artist, and founder of the Grammy Award-nominated a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey and the Rock.
Spelman faculty have a significant impact on the College’s mission to educate students to lead and serve their communities and the world. To this end, Spelman’s iconic representative is the Millenial professor. The College is strengthening its Faculty Development Program to be comprehensive – recruiting and retaining talented individuals who pursue creative, rigorous scholarship and course development within their disciplines and in multidisciplinary ventures. These professors will also lead the way in internationalizing the curriculum.
As part of the College’s strategic plan for 2015, Spelman’s agenda is to strengthen the academic core of the institution. Constituents such as students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumnae, trustees and community partners participate by taking specific actions called GOALS. Spelman’s faculty goals are: global engagement; ongoing professional development; advising students to prepare not only for careers but for lives of success, leadership, and service; leadership through participation in shared governance; and service learning integrated across the curriculum.
The Spelman MILE – My Integrated Learning Experience – forms the foundation of Spelman College’s strategic plan. Symbolizing a transformational journey of learning, the Spelman MILE will ensure key competencies – such as critical thinking, effective communication, quantitative reasoning, and digital literacy – that Millenial students need for personal success. Student GOALS include: global engagement, including at least one meaningful international travel experience; opportunities for undergraduate research and career-related internships; alumnae connections to strengthen our sisterly bonds early on; leadership development focused on individual potential and best practices; and service learning that pairs hands-on community engagement with coursework shared governance.
Each year, the College hosts Research Day in April, as well as Faculty Research Day in October. Both events are designed to showcase excellence in student and faculty research across academic disciplines.
For more information about Spelman, visit http://www.spelman.edu/.
- Website
- http://www.spelman.edu/
- Telephone
- 4042705100
- Location
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350 Spelman Lane SW
Atlanta
GA
30314
United States
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