Staff Therapist II

Position Summary The Staff Therapist II position involves direct service to UIC students (brief counseling/psychotherapy, group therapy, and outreach programming), consultation and liaison to faculty/staff/students, and the participation in supervision and training of Counseling Center postdocs, interns, and externs. This position will have important liaison responsibilities in service of our Black, African-American, Latine, Asian, international, and other underrepresented UIC students and campus communities. This involves continuing and expanding the work of: 1) fostering connections for students to mental health services and supports, 2) creating new spaces and programs that support mental health and well-being, and 3) assisting with training and education on mental health topics. This position also offers the opportunity to provide oversight of administrative areas as needed within the Counseling Center, which may include but are not limited to, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). Duties Responsibilities Conduct psychological and career counseling, including assessment, crisis intervention, and case management services for students’ personal, social, vocational and/or educational concerns consistent with Center policies and procedures. Perform consultation and refer students and their family members, staff, and faculty, as appropriate for mental health, medically-based, or adjunctive services within the university or the community. Utilize and contribute to research/data collection for the improvement of student functioning, Center’s training programs and services. Provide educational/developmental outreach programming for students and university community to improve coping and problem-solving strategies and to contribute to a supportive and enhancing learning environment. Supervise and train unlicensed clinical staff as appropriate to discipline (this may also include pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, and/or social work trainees) with regard to assessment, evaluations, outreach, and group and individual treatment of Counseling Center clients to ensure that service and training objectives are met. Maintain ethical, legal, organizational standards, and multicultural competency in all training, service, and research activities. Position requires occasional evening hours and weekend duties; NO after-hours on-call responsibilities. Oversight of administrative areas as needed within the Counseling Center, which may include but are not limited to, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB), Group Therapies, Mind/Body Services, Peer Support Programs, and Psychoeducation/Outreach. Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.