Reporting to the Director of Counseling, Staff Counselors provide short-term counseling, crisis intervention, and mental health outreach services in an inclusive, collaborative, and integrated Center for Health and Wellness.
Licensure requirements: VT License eligible candidates, who do not currently hold a Vermont License but anticipate being licensed in the next 6 months must include information about their anticipated timeline and status of licensure application with VT Office of Professional Regulations when they apply.
Core Responsibilities:
- Provides psychological counseling and crisis intervention for students and implements appropriate assessments and clinical interventions.
- Facilitates group workshops, therapy, and series as assigned to contribute to meet outreach goals.
- Builds relationships with campus community to reduce stigma and increase help/service seeking
- Completes timely documentation in the EHR according to best practices and Counseling policies
- Facilitates skills and process trainings for students and employees as assigned
- Consults with Director, Counseling staff, and other Center for Health and Wellness colleagues around risk management, referrals, confidentiality, and crisis management support.
- Participates in Counselor on-call rotation.
This is considered a full time benefits eligible, salaried position. The salary range for the position is $63,009- $78,787 per year.
Requirements
- Clinical experience in assessment, treatment planning, shared decision-making, and crisis response
- Commitment to multicultural approaches to clinical care
- Commitment to addressing intersections of multiple identities and their related health outcomes
- Commitment to collaboration with clinical and administrative staff to support student success
- Knowledge of the social, psychological, and physical developmental stages of students
- 2 years of experience (graduate placements/internships may count toward this prerequisite)
- Master’s degree required in counseling, psychology, social work, or related clinical field with current, or eligible to obtain, Vermont licensure.
Physical Demands & Working Conditions:
Regularly operates a computer and other office productivity tools. Regularly moves about inside the office and requires regular cross-campus and cross-town travel. Schedule flexibility is required including occasional early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays to attend events and facilitate programming according to the academic calendar.
Other:
Offer is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check.
Benefits
As an employee of Middlebury College, you will enjoy being part of a vibrant supportive community. Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits. Middlebury employees are eligible for robust educational assistance programs as well as free or reduced rates for cultural events and use of sporting facilities (including the College's golf course and Nordic and alpine ski areas). The result is a very high quality-of-life in a gorgeous setting. Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and other perks of employment including:
- MiddCard Privileges: access to athletic facilities, discounts at the College store, library privileges, and discounts at cultural and sporting events. In addition, the card allows door access to certain campus buildings. Spouses or domestic partners of benefits-eligible employees are eligible to receive a Spouse/Partner card with the same privileges as the employee card (except door access).
- Discounts on season passes at Middlebury College Snow Bowl, the Ralph Myhre Golf Course and the Rikert Outdoor Center.
- Access to our Partner Inclusion Program that provides comprehensive support services to the spouses and partners of Middlebury employees.
- A full listing of our benefit offerings can be found on our website by following this web link: https://go.middlebury.edu/benefits
- Or click see some of the other fun perks of working at Middlebury, whether in Vermont or Monterey!
