Mental Health Counselor

The Mental Health Counselor works as a member of the Counseling Services department performing a wide range of tasks related to mental health services including mental health support, crisis intervention, resource coordination, de-escalation and crisis prevention training for faculty/staff and psychoeducational outreach to students. They connect students to internal and community resources when needed, manage care for students with high-risk needs, collaborate with departments like Disability Services or Dean of Students, and provide administrative services as needed. This summary is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive description of duties and responsibilities. The Mental Health Counselor is a full time, unclassified, exempt 12 month position. **Required Qualifications:** - Master’s degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology. - Licensure or eligibility for licensure in the state of Louisiana. (e.g., LCSW, LMHC, LPC). - Experience in crisis intervention, assessment, coordination of care and mental health support **Preferred Qualifications:** - Experience in a college counseling center operating with a developmental-preventive model and solution-focused model. - Experience providing counseling services to students from varied backgrounds - Skills, experience, and/or training in leading counseling groups. - Knowledge and experience in suicide prevention and awareness. - Ability to coordinate a variety of projects/programs. - Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. - Ability to work flexible office hours. **Core Competencies:** - Communication: Ability to adjust communication style to suit the audience/customer/situation. - Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in group settings. - Service to Customer and LSU: Ability to focuses on providing positive experiences for stakeholders. - Delivering Results: Ability to focus on achieving outcomes. - Problem-Solving: Ability to overcome barriers to success. - Leading Others: Ability to inspire, guide, and support individuals and teams towards achieving common goals. **Physical and Environmental Demands** Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls. **Position Duties:** - Performs individual short-term personal and educational counseling to eligible students - Provides daytime crisis care and risk assessment and after-hours when needed - Develops, implements, and monitors individualized support plans and referrals for students with mental health and/or behavioral issues beyond counseling center scope of practice: - Connects students with community health providers, mental health professionals, and on-campus resources (e.g., Student Advocacy, Disability Services). - Consults with faculty, staff, family members, and students to navigate university policies and support services. - Collaborates with Executive Director for Health and Wellness and other partners to promote mental health prevention campaigns - Collaborates with CARE team; monitors and responds to referrals - Provides de-escalation training and crisis prevention education to faculty/staff - Maintains confidential case records, tracks student progress, and ensures compliance with treatment recommendations. - Provides training and direct supervision of professional staff, graduate assistants and interns, and student workers as appropriate. - Supports and collaborates with other Student Development departments and participates in various activities within Stude…