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Director of Counseling (SL6)

This title is in the unclassified service and in the SUNY Professional Services Negotiating Unit. This title is in Appendix A of the SUNY Policies of the Board of Trustees and, as a consequence, incumbents serving in this title are not eligible for permanent appointment (tenure), but, instead receive five year renewable term appointments.

As a family, the psychological counseling series provides students with a comprehensive campus counseling service including psychotherapy, personal counseling, educational and vocational counseling, and testing services.

• Plans, develops and maintains a comprehensive campus counseling service to include psychotherapy, personal counseling, educational, vocational, and testing services;
• coordinates the efforts of the Counseling Center with other Student Affairs offices and staff of the campus.
• Supervises professional and clerical staff of the Counseling Center.
• Provides psychotherapy and counseling to students, individually and in groups, to help them understand themselves and their environment to overcome academic, vocational, and personal problems.
• Provides a testing program for students to assist them in self-understanding and identification of strengths and interests.
• Develops and provides opportunities for group counseling and workshops in areas such as substance abuse, study skills, weight control, women's concerns, human sexuality, time management, etc.
• Provides crisis counseling and counseling services for patients with acute psychological problems and works closely with Health Center personnel in the provision of these services.
• Provides for 24-hour counseling coverage to meet the emergency needs of students.
• Refers students for specialized and/or long-term treatment.
• Reviews and oversees the processing of non-academic aspects of student withdrawals and leaves of absence.
• Responds to parent concerns on student's educational and career problems.
• Participates in the training of residential life and other staff and encourages faculty and administrative participation in the campus counseling program.
• Plans and conducts research and prepares operational reports and analyses, identifying trends and student problems and recommending appropriate programs and solutions.
• Establishes long and short-range departmental goals and objectives and devises methods to improve the overall effectiveness of counseling programs.
• Develops and submits budget recommendations, monitors, verifies, and reconciles expenditure of budgeted funds.
• Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Preferred Qualifications:

Ph.D. in counseling/clinical psychology, counseling, or equivalent. In addition, individual should have five to seven years of experience in a clinical/counseling position. Supervisory and management experience is required.

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