What You'll Do:

• Provides high quality counseling, psychological and crisis management services for DePaul students enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. (65%)* (Recommended standards from International Association of
  Counseling Services, IACS)
  -Provides time-limited in-person and/or telemental health triage, intakes, individaul, couples & group counseling focused on student success.
  -Provides in-the-moment phone crisis support, guidance & brief case management to DePaul students who are currently enrolled and residing in or out of Illinois State, other countries, and study abroad programs.
  -Maintains clinical records and necessary statistics of psychotherapeutic and other client contacts in compliance with legal and ethical standards and best practices.
  -Consults with psychiatrists in conjunction with prescribing and monitoring psychotropic medication for psychotherapy patients.
  -Consults with parents, physicians, faculty, academic deans, residence education staff, off-campus counseling services, other campus offices and students, when appropriate, in order to provide quality care to students.
  -Provides drop-in crisis and risk assessment, urgent and emergent counseling services.
  -Develops safety plans and facilitates psychiatric hospitalizations as necessary.
  -Supervises graduate-level trainees with clinical crises and urgent care situations.
  -Provides on-call after-hours, weekend and holiday coverage 24/7 on a rotating basis with other UCAPS staff members.
• Supervises unlicensed professional staff members and graduate level practicum students, externs, and interns. -Provides case management oversight and consultation to trainees, as assigned.
  -Leads in-service training seminars for practicum students, interns and externs.
• Participates in regular UCAPS staff meetings, case conferences, and in-service/professional development training.
  -Serves on Student Affairs and university committees as appointed by the Director.
  -Participates in various Student Affairs activities.
• Administrative Duties.
  -Notes writing.
• Provides outreach and consultation to students, faculty, staff and parents. -Conducts outreach and other student learning programs, as requested, orientation sessions for new students and emergency and postvention support to the campus community, as needed.
  -Conducts organized mental health awareness campaigns such as Mental Health Fair, Beating Winter Blues, etc.
  -Provides consultation to faulty and staff around student mental health concerns.
• Supervises unlicensed professional staff members and graduate-level practicum students, externs and interns as assigned.