Staff Counselor

Position Function:

Mississippi State University’s Student Counseling Services is inviting applications for a staff counselor to join our team of clinicians. This position is responsible for providing mental health services including individual, couple, and group counseling and for providing psychoeducational programming and workshops to the campus community. Additionally, the Staff Counselor is responsible for providing crisis intervention and consultation services to students. The selected candidate for this position will be able to demonstrate the ability to work within a high-paced, inclusive, collegiate community.

Salary Grade:  14

Please see Staff Compensation Structure or Skilled Crafts and Service Maintenance Compensation Schedule for salary ranges.  For salary grade UC, these positions are "Unclassified" and salary ranges are determined by the hiring department.

Department Profile:

Mississippi State University’s Student Counseling Services is inviting applications for a staff counselor to join our team of clinicians. This position is responsible for providing mental health services including individual, couple, and group counseling and for providing psychoeducational programming and workshops to the campus community. Additionally, the Staff Counselor is responsible for providing crisis intervention and consultation services to students. The selected candidate for this position will be able to demonstrate the ability to work within a high-paced, inclusive, collegiate community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. To provide individual, group, and couples counseling to MSU students
2. To provide a minimum of 20 direct clinical hours to students weekly
3. To provide a rotating Counselor-on Duty response for urgent care between 8am and 5pm.
4. To provide crisis intervention to students with appropriate referrals to campus and community resources as needed
5. To share rotating evening and weekend emergency on-call response with other clinicians
6. Maintain clinical case files in accordance with the highest legal, ethical, and professional standards
7. To serve as liaison with other departments
8. To demonstrate multicultural competency
9. To assist in scheduling maintenance
10. To provide outreach programming to the campus community.
11. Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position reports to the Director of Student Counseling Services in relation to mental health counseling services provided to clients.

The above essential duties are representative of major duties required of this position. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned to the above consistent with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the job. Not all of the duties may be assigned to a position.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Master's Degree in clinical mental health counseling, social work, or other licensed eligible mental health related field
2. Experience - At least 1-2 years of experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree from an accredited institution of higher education in clinical mental health, social work, or a related field or Ph.D in clinical or counseling psychology, clinical mental health or a related field from an accredited institution of higher education with 1 or more years of experience within a college counseling center.

Licensure as Licensed Professional Counselor or Licensed Psychologist or eligible to be licensed within 2 years in the State of Mississippi.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

1. Experience, knowledge and training in provision of individual, group and couple counseling.
2. Experience in provision of psycho-educational/outreach programming and workshops.
3. Experience with working with eating disorders, trauma, and/or Dialectical Behavior training.
4. Experience in provision of clinical services within a university counseling center preferred.
5. Ability to interact effectively and professionally with students
6. Knowledge of and adherence to ethical standards endorsed by licensing professional organization.
7. Possess strong student orientation.
8. Motivated to function effectively with the organizational and administrative structure of a univ