MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty. 

The Counseling Center embraces diversity as a core value and has a commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for individuals of many social, economic, cultural, ideological, racial, and ethnic backgrounds. We encourage one another to engage in difficult conversations about privilege, equity, and unconscious bias. We honor global, multicultural perspectives and uphold social justice values. We seek staff who have demonstrated commitment to supporting and empowering individuals from underrepresented and marginalized communities in order to promote student retention and success.  We welcome creativity and a pro-active approach in designing interventions that will facilitate the wellbeing of our diverse student body, especially those belonging to groups traditionally underserved by the mental health care system.  Clinicians who identify with communities who have been historically marginalized within systems of higher education are particularly encouraged to apply.

The UW Counseling Center has an outstanding opportunity for a Mental Health Therapist. This position provides counseling services and outreach to enrolled UW students to enhance their personal and academic success and ameliorate barriers to that success. This position also provides professional consultation to UW faculty, staff, and students regarding student behavior, mental health, and academic challenges in order to enhance an inclusive campus climate for student success. This position will include focus on providing counseling and outreach services for veteran students.

The work involves daily intense contact with UW students in psychological or academic distress.  Assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and appropriate referrals - on and off campus - will be required. The ability to effectively work with underserved students is necessary. This position serves as counselor-on-duty for some portion of the week, requiring excellent crisis intervention skills. This person must exhibit an appreciation of, a sensitivity to, and respect for a diverse academic environment, inclusive of students, faculty and staff of many social, economic, cultural, ideological, racial and ethnic backgrounds. This position may provide clinical supervision for doctoral psychology interns in clinical or counseling psychology, requiring expertise in supervision models and a good understanding of risk management issues. 

This position will have a liaison relationship with the Student Veteran Life office and will provide consultation to a variety of departments and constituents on campus: Career Center, Disability Resources for Students, Q Center, Live Well, Hall Health, Academic Advisors, the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity, Residential Life and other campus units.  The person will be part of an interdisciplinary team designed to enhance the mental health of UW students and to create a healthier campus climate.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Psychotherapy - Provide short-term individual, couple and group therapy to currently-enrolled UW students, including initial intake assessment and referrals
• Outreach and Prevention Services - Provide psychoeducational outreach presentations to student groups, faculty and staff as requested
• Crisis Intervention - Assess and intervene when students present in crisis, with problems of a complex or threatening nature
• Consultation - Provide professional consultation to UW faculty, staff and students regarding student behavior, mental health and academic challenges in order to enhance an inclusive campus climate for student success
• Serve on departmental and campus committees - Provide mental health perspective when participating in committees
• Maintain confidential, comprehensive , accurate and up-to-date paperwork for counseling services provided
• Engage in professional development to keep current in the field, including maintaining license as mental health therapist (LMHC, LICSW, LMFT, or psychologist) in Washington

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Two years of experience providing mental health counseling to college-age clients, preferably in a university or college counseling center
• Evidence of outstanding skills in clinical assessment, psychotherapy and counseling, crisis management, and psychoeducational outreach
• Licensure in the state of Washington for the independent practice of mental health counseling

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice and ongoing development of intercultural competence
• Proven ability to interact with diverse individuals and groups
• Must be able to prioritize unplanned but required job duties with ongoing confirmed deadlines 

DESIRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience providing counseling to the armed services community
• Armed services experience
• Able to work independently and on a team
• Ability to problem-solve, handle sensitive information and difficult situations tactfully and confidentially

Application Process:

The application process for UW positions may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process.  These assessments may include Workforce Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others.  Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.