+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| Job Title | Assistant Director, Counseling |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| FLSA Status | Exempt |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| Posted Salary Range | Commensurate with experience. |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| Employment Status | Full Time |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| Department | Counseling |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| Job Summary | || | || | The incumbent assists with || | directing the Institution's || | counseling program, providing || | assistance and support to || | students and employees through || | counseling, mental health, || | outreach, and prevention venues. || | || | |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| Knowledge Skills and Abilities | - Knowledge regarding crucial || | nature of assurances of || | confidentiality and adherence || | to appropriate governmental || | regulations applicable to || | university counseling centers || | - Knowledge regarding planning, || | implementation, assessment, || | evaluation and formal || | reporting of activities, || | services and outcome data || | related to Counseling || | Services || | - Knowledge of effective || | supervisory modalities for || | clinical and administrative || | staff || | - Knowledge of relevant and || | empirically based "best || | practices" in the delivery of || | mental health/counseling || | services in institutions of || | higher learning || | - Knowledge of factors || | correlated with perceptions || | of accessibility of services || | provided and the impact these || | perceptions have on service || | utilization || | - Excellent communication || | skills, verbal, written and || | interpersonal || | - Excellent customer service || | skills || | - Excellent administrative and || | management skills || | - Ability to plan, implement, || | assess, evaluate and evaluate || | activities, service and || | outcome data |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| Essential Job Functions | - Provides administrative || | oversight for assessment and || | referral of students || | exhibiting stress, mental || | health issues and behavioral || | issues || | - Seeks effective outcomes for || | students facing stressors of || | academic, financial, trauma, || | illness, bereavement, || | discrimination and other || | social stressors that hamper || | their ability to perform || | optimally through effective || | counseling, supervision and || | delivery of these functions || | - Educates students, faculty || | and staff to recognize || | students in need of referral || | - Participates in || | multi-disciplinary teams of || | student affairs and academic || | affairs professionals that || | address current student's || | behavioral challenges || | - Creates intervention || | strategies, protocols and || | procedures surrounding || | student behavioral and mental || | health issues || | - Recruits and trains || | volunteers || | - Supervises the withdrawal || | process || | - Makes appropriate internal || | and external referrals |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+| Qualifications | || | || | Master's degree in Guidance and || | Counseling or related field. || | Three (3) years' experience in || | counseling.