Behavioral Health Specialist 4
Under administrative direction, provides professional counseling services to students including clinical assessment, care coordination, crisis management, group therapy, and after hours on call support. Additionally, this role develops training opportunities for bachelors or masters level students, and provides supervision for training in effort of expanded care for students. This professional role also serves as a consultant to university constituents or family who reach out to the counseling center with concerns for a student. Counselors engage in work that aligns with their expertise to benefit the mental health of the student body.
RATE OF PAY: $65,000 to $67,000 per year; DOE
Arizona State University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes valuable employee benefits to enhance the total compensation of its staff. This package includes:
- Tuition Reduction Program for staff members, their spouses, and dependents, available on day one.
- Low-cost health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits.
- Retirement program designed to promote long-term savings and provide income upon retirement.
- Paid time for volunteer and professional development.
- 10 Paid Holidays and competitive Vacation and Sick accruals each Pay Period.
- Wellness program for preventative health education and screenings.
- Disability and leave program for income protection.
- Employee assistance for free and confidential behavioral health services.
- ASU Discounts to sports/events along with discounts with ASU partnerships.
Currently hiring for the following shift: Monday – Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
Essential Duties:
- Provides training and supervision to clinical trainees in the area of social work, counseling and psychology training.
- Provides clinical assessment using Center chosen clinical surveys and clinical interview, to align next step safety and treatment pathways in coordination with client interests and resources for care.
- Provides brief support including consultation, case management, and crisis intervention.
- Delivers psychoeducational, interpersonal, and process group therapy to students.
- Provide crisis assessment, safety planning, coordination of care, consultation, and postvention when needs are present within counseling day, and in planned coverage windows for evening/weekend on call as assigned.
- Coordinates with University Health Services and Victim Survivor Services for medical coordination of care within health service providers.
- Completes professional documentation in Electronic Health Record following center best practices in a timely manner.
- Provides consultation services, training and education to faculty, staff, and families.
- Participates in agency program evaluation and research.
- Engages in professional development activities to maintain licensure/certification.
- Provides emergency and/or after-hours and on-call services as assigned, including potential of travel onsite if emergent community crisis presents the need.
- Participates/volunteers in student service and mental health designed activities including Student Move In, Welcome weeks, Family Weekend, Homecoming, Change the World, and Graduation events. Mental health events include prevention months and Out of the Darkness Walk.
- Adjusts to support coverage across all four locations when needed.
Desired Qualifications:
- Evidence of an LPC, LCSW, LMFT, PsyD or PhD independent licensure in Arizona.
- Evidence of AZBBHE board approved supervisor.
- Demonstrated knowledge of methods, techniques, and procedures of mental health counseling and related services.
- Experience in crisis assessment, intervention, and coordination of emergent care.
- Experience in delivering group therapy services to young adults.
- Experience in consultation and outreach.
Working Environment:
- Work occurs onsite, with office space in one of ASU's Counseling Services or Health Services locations unless specified permission granted.
- When performing after hours on call, work occurs offsite with technology resources, with agreement to travel onsite for emergent community crisis events.
- Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting, subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse.
- Required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work.
- Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds.
- Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts.
- Regular use of standard office equipment including, but not limited to: computer workstation/laptop (keyboard, monitor, mouse), printer, fax, calculator, copier, telephone and associated computer/technology peripherals;
Location: Campus: Tempe
Driving Requirement: Driving is not required for this position.