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Senior Staff Counselor

Employer
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Location
Middlebury, VT

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Administrative Jobs
Academic Affairs, International Programs, Student Affairs, Counseling
Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

Job Details

Posted with Limited Access:

No

Title:

Senior Staff Counselor

Posting Number:

S01751

Full-Time/Part-Time:

Full-time

Typical Hours Per Week:

38.75

Regular, Temporary or Term:

Regular

Benefits Eligible?:

Yes

Hourly/Salaried:

Salaried

Grade:

SP4

Hiring Minimum:

$57,714.75

Department:

Counseling and Human Relations

Location:

Middlebury, VT Campus

Hire contingent upon successful completion of the following post-offer screening:

Criminal Background Check

Position Summary:

The senior staff counselor provides short-term counseling, crisis intervention, and mental health outreach services to enhance the psychological and emotional welfare of students and the College community.

Essential Functions:

  • Provides psychological counseling and crisis intervention for students.
  • Provides clinical support to director and associate director related to crisis interventions.
  • Provides clinical consultation as needed to staff counselors.
  • Provides goal-oriented treatment in flexible modalities, including brief concise sessions (30 minutes) and traditional psychotherapy sessions.
  • Maintains case notes and other documentation according to best practices and counseling services policies.
  • Works collaboratively with others, including multidisciplinary mental health and College medical staff, deans and student life staff.
  • Demonstrates experience and expertise in cross-cultural and multicultural individual, group counseling and outreach services.
  • Receives clinical and administrative support from the Director of Counseling.
  • Collaborates with Counseling Services of Addison County as necessary for continuity of care.
  • Attends consultation meetings with other departments as needed.
  • Trains and supports residential life staff, faculty and others as needed.
  • Reviews and recommends appropriate assessment instruments and other clinical interventions and mental health programs for students.
  • Performs related responsibilities as necessary to properly assess and counsel students.
  • Must handle confidential information appropriately.
  • Maintains highest ethical standards according to Vermont statutes and standards in the mental health professions.
  • Maintains appropriate state licensing and/or certifications to practice in Vermont.
  • May supervise interns or other pre-licensed staff as needed.
  • Develop and maintain policies and procedures for Counseling in collaboration with office leadership as assigned.
  • Manage departmental functions.
  • Facilitate continuing education and learning opportunities for Counseling staff.

General Responsibilities:

Performs related responsibilities as necessary to properly assess and counsel students.
Must handle confidential information appropriately.
Maintains the highest ethical standards according to Vermont state statutes and standards in the mental health professions.
Maintains appropriate state licensing and/or certifications to practice in Vermont.
Trains staff, faculty and others as needed.
Participates in campus and community work groups and committees related to psychological well-being and mental health as directed.
Conducts intentional outreach to relevant community partners and campus constituents (e.g., the Language Schools, the Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College Study Abroad, Middlebury College Athletics, and local private practice clinicians).

Education:

M.A., M.S., M.S.W., Ed,D, or Ph.D.in clinical field.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Must maintain and update knowledge of current clinical assessment and counseling interventions and theories, and professional license and/or certificates. Must handle confidential information and abide to professional ethics, and Vermont and Federal laws.

Experience:

3 – 5 years of clinical experience preferred. Equivalent educational or professional experience will also be considered.

Open Until Filled:

No

Organization

Working at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, a graduate school of Middlebury College, provides international professional education in areas of critical importance to a rapidly changing global community, including international policy and management, translation and interpretation, language teaching, sustainable development, and non-proliferation. We prepare students from all over the world to make a meaningful impact in their chosen fields through degree programs characterized by immersive and collaborative learning, and opportunities to acquire and apply practical professional skills. Our students are emerging leaders capable of bridging cultural, organizational, and language divides to produce sustainable, equitable solutions to a variety of global challenges.

In 2010, the Institute became a graduate school of Middlebury College. Middlebury is known worldwide for its leadership in undergraduate language instruction and international studies, and features both summer language immersion programs and Schools Abroad in 16 countries and 37 cities around the globe. Middlebury is also home to the oldest environmental studies program in the nation.

Monterey and Middlebury share much more than a common interest in cross-cultural communication and the environment, though—we share a commitment to making a difference in the world, and are building a truly global network of programs for future leaders in areas from translation and interpretation to environmental policy, economic development to language education, conflict resolution to sustainable business.

Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey offers graduate programs that prepare innovative professionals to provide leadership in cross-cultural, multilingual environments. Practical skills, collaborative processes, and innovative approaches are defining features of a Monterey Institute education. The Institute’s unique "Monterey Way" learning model ensures that students are learning through firsthand experiences in more than one language. Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey learners are problem solvers and process masters, building sustainable, equitable solutions for a global community through our interdisciplinary blend of business, policy, and language.

 

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