Job Description:

The Counseling and Psychological Services ( CPS ), a department within the Division of Student Affairs at Ohio University, seeks to recruit a full time Senior Psychologist/Counselor.

CPS is a comprehensive university counseling center located in Athens, OH, in Southeastern Ohio. CPS is an interdisciplinary and multiculturally proficient center actively engaged and committed in providing compassionate mental health services, outreach, and training. CPS fosters the mental health of students of OU and actively collaborates with staff and faculty as it strives to nurture student success, and contribute to a safe, welcoming, and multiculturally aware campus community. CPS is a dynamic part of the Division of Student Affairs and is highly utilized by students and other campus constituents seeking a variety of mental health services. Staff are cohesive, collegial, engaged, and passionate about working within a campus environment. CPS runs a large training program comprised of psychology, counselor education and social work graduate trainees and a doctoral psychology internship. CPS is an IACS accredited counseling center. CPS is committed to providing high quality and best standards of practice; the clinical service, training, outreach, and professional development are informed by research, local data, and benchmarking with national trends and peer institutions. CPS identifies closely with the OHIO’s values and the mission and strategic plan of the Division of Student Affairs.

The Senior Psychologist/Counselor is an is an is an independent licensed practitioner, a strong generalist in orientation, specialized and demonstrates competencies in clinical work and has demonstrated specialty care in more than one area such as alcohol and other drug treatments, Veterans’ care, Animal Assisted Therapy, Eating disorder Treatments, Trauma informed care. Senior Psychologist/Counselor reports to the Director and provides supervision of staff clinicians as designated by the director. Senior Psychologist/Counselor is a trained clinician well experienced in providing all facets of mental health services to student clients at Counseling and Psychological Services, including after-hours emergency, supervising Master’s and doctoral level graduate interns in Clinical Psychology, Counselor Education and Social Work, and engaging in outreach programming.

Duties Include:

• Provide individual, couple and group counseling, conduct initial intake and triage assessments and psycho-diagnostic assessments, crisis interventions, and after-hours’ response. Timely completion of clinical documentation. Be inclusive, equity-oriented, and diversity-aware. We seek a professional committed to working with people holding similar and different worldviews while advocating for inclusion of all persons.

• Supervise and oversee the work of staff designated by the director. Provide supervision of clinical work of doctoral and/or masters interns and trainees designated by the Training Director. Provide clinical consultation to clinical staff and trainees as needed. Advance cultural competency of trainees and supervisees.

• Enhance clinical services in two or more specialty areas such as animal assisted therapy, AOD treatments, trauma informed care and veterans care by providing direct services to clients and facilitating training of CPS staff. Coordinate care with external agencies to augment client care. Participate in the Center and Division Diversity and Social Justice initiatives

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least a Master’s degree in counseling/counselor education or higher

• Must be currently licensed as a Psychologist, or licensed as a Professional Clinical Counselor ( PCC ) for at least 3 years. Must be currently licensed in Ohio or other jurisdiction. Must be license eligible in the state of Ohio and obtain that license within 6 months from start date.

• 6 years of relevant counseling/mental health treatment experience

• 1 year of management experience

• Professional Supervision designation by respective licensing boards is needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in Psychology/Counselor Education

Planning Unit: Vice President for Student Affairs

Department: Counseling and Psych Services

Applicants may contact this person if they have questions about this position: Paul Castelino, Castelino

Employment Type: full-time regular

Advertised Salary:

The target salary range is $68,299 to $92,205, commensurate with the selected candidate’s education and experience while considering internal equity.

Ohio University is proud to offer a robust healthcare plan that includes maternity care, transgender care, counseling and mental healthcare, prescription coverage, vision, dental, orthodontia care, and more. Our robust benefits package also includes paid holidays, sick time, personal time, a tuition waiver up to 100% for self and dependents, an excellent retirement plan with up to a 14% employer contribution, a 12-week parental leave program, adoption reimbursement, flextime and flexplace policies, an employee assistance program, access to professional development programs, and additional employee resources. Additional information is available at https://www.ohio.edu/hr/benefits.