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.