Mental Health Counselor

**Mental Health Counselor** **Salary:** $60,000- $66,000 **Position Summary** The Mental Health Counselor and Social Work Instructor provides professional mental health counseling, crisis intervention, consultation, outreach, and referral services to students while also teaching assigned courses in the Social Work Department. This hybrid position supports student wellness, persistence, safety, and success through direct clinical service, prevention programming, campus collaboration, and high-quality classroom instruction. The position is designed for a community college environment and requires strong clinical judgment, ethical boundary management, cultural responsiveness, and the ability to work effectively with students who may be first-generation, low-income, rural, Appalachian, adult, parenting, veteran, justice-impacted, or otherwise navigating complex barriers to academic success. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities** A. Mental Health Counseling and Student Support Provide short-term, confidential, student-centered counseling services consistent with professional ethics, Ohio licensure scope, and College policy. Duties include: Conduct intake assessments, biopsychosocial assessments, risk screenings, and treatment planning for enrolled students seeking mental health support. Provide individual counseling, brief therapy, group counseling, crisis intervention, and stabilization services within the College’s defined scope of practice. Assess and respond to student mental health crises, including suicidal ideation, self-harm, risk of harm to others, trauma response, substance use concerns, acute distress, and psychiatric emergencies. Develop safety plans, referral plans, and follow-up plans for students requiring ongoing or higher-level care. Refer students to community mental health providers, psychiatric services, substance use treatment, hospitals, emergency services, social service agencies, and other supports when student needs exceed the College’s scope of service. Maintain accurate, timely, confidential clinical documentation in accordance with Ohio professional standards, institutional policy, and applicable law. Provide consultation to faculty, staff, administrators, and campus safety personnel regarding students of concern while maintaining appropriate confidentiality and role boundaries. Participate, as assigned, in CARE Team, behavioral intervention, threat assessment, retention, or student support meetings in a manner consistent with privacy, ethical, and legal requirements. Provide outreach and prevention programming on topics such as stress management, coping skills, suicide prevention, resilience, trauma, healthy relationships, substance use, grief, emotional regulation, and help-seeking. Maintain an updated referral network for local and regional providers, including emergency mental health resources and after-hours crisis supports. Support institutional protocols for student mental health emergencies, including coordination with emergency responders and community partners when appropriate. Maintain current professional license, continuing education, and knowledge of best practices in college counseling, crisis intervention, trauma-informed care, and culturally responsive practice. B. Instruction in the Social Work Department Teach assigned courses in the Social Work Department according to College standards, approved curriculum, and program learning outcomes. Duties include: Teach assigned courses such as Introduction to Social Work, Human Services, Interviewing Skills, Case Management, Crisis Intervention, Ethics, Mental Health and Substance Use, Social Welfare Policy, Practicum Seminar, or other courses aligned with the candidate’s qualifications and departmental need. Deliver instruction, using active, applied, trauma-informed, and student-centered teaching strategies. Teach assigned courses that support student preparation for Ohio chemical dependency counseling credentials, including LCDC-related…