Updated: 12 days ago
Location: Warrensburg, MISSOURI
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Position Information
Position Information
| Requisition Number | 2024-33GA |
|---|---|
| Position Title | Graduate Assistant - Administrative |
| Working Title | Counselor in Training with THRIVE-Fall 2024/Spring 2025 |
| Department | 240095-AIRE Projects |
| Pay Rate | 1.0 : $4,500.00 (Spring/Fall) |
| FTE | 1.0 |
| Position Number | G97914 |
| Starting Date: | 08/12/2024 |
| End Date: | 12/13/2024 |
| Special Instructions to Applicants: | Only complete applications will be considered for graduate assistant positions. Once an application has been submitted, you are not permitted to make changes or upload additional documents to the application. You must upload all transcripts and official reference letters at the time of submission. Applications will be denied if reference letters and transcripts are not included. |
| Working hours: | Mon-Fri 8:00-6:00 maximum of 20 hours per week. |
| Posting Date: | 03/05/2024 |
| Open Until Filled | No |
| Position Purpose | Responsibilities include: 1. Provide individual counseling, group counseling & career and educational counseling & play therapy (as needed) for THRIVE students. 2. Coordinate with other Counselor Education students providing services in the Counselor Education Program Training Center. 3. Represent the Counselor Education Program as a member of the THRIVE team. 4. Attend THRIVE staff meetings and THRIVE program events. 5. Consult with THRIVE staff about student issues. 6. Complete individual planning for each THRIVE student including choosing classes & internships in consultation with THRIVE staff. 7. Maintain contact with Counselor Education Program Faculty and seek consultation/supervision as needed. 8. Be available as a resource for Counselor Education students. |
| Education & Formal Training | Bachelor's degree (Specify field(s) of study below) |
| Other Education & Formal Training | Enrolled in or successful completion of COUN 5900 Practicum in Professional Counseling. Available 9:00 am-5:00 pm Mon-Fri for a maximum of 20 hours per week. Preferences include: Enrolled in EdS Human Services: Professional Counseling with a completed master’s degree in counseling and experience working with cognitively diverse populations. |
| Computer Skills | Word-Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation |
| Experience | Achieved a grade of “B” or better in Coun 5520 Introduction to Play Therapy and a grade of “B” or better in Coun 5410 Career Development and Counseling. |
| Other Experience | |
| Special Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge: | Attention to detail, Communication skills, including oral, written, and/or nonverbal, Human Relations/Interpersonal skills, Leadership skills: organization/meeting facilitation/project leadership, Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and meet deadlines, Maintain confidentiality |
| Other Special Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge | Basic counseling skills. Demonstrates professional dispositions at the emerging or higher level. |
| Special Working Conditions: | |
| Other Special Working Conditions | Scholarship: Students filling a Graduate Assistantship (GA) position are eligible to receive a graduate tuition waiver, a graduate non-resident tuition waiver (if applicable), and a graduate mandatory fees waiver. The scholarships are in the form of a waiver and the funds are not deposited into the student’s personal account. Instead, the student’s bill is reduced by the amount of the scholarship awarded. If the maximum amount of the scholarship is not used, the remainder is not paid to the student in any form and unused scholarship money cannot be carried over to another semester. The scholarship is applied to graduate level courses only; courses taken for undergraduate credit are not eligible to be covered by the GA scholarship. The non-resident fee scholarship only applies to classes taken on the UCM Warrensburg campus. The maximum scholarship amounts are based on the size of assistantship held. For a full (20 hour per week) assistantship, the scholarship covers tuition costs up to $4,860.00 (+$4,106.75 for non-residents) and mandatory fees up to $684.75 of graduate coursework per semester. Graduate assistantship positions less than full will be prorated accordingly. |
| Other Special Qualifications |