Mental Health Coordinator

Position Summary

The Mental Health Coordinator provides direct mental health counseling services to individual students, couples, and groups regarding a wide range of personal concerns. These services require intake assessment, case management, and crisis intervention, and may require on-call and after-hours consultation, as needed.

Essential Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities

• Provide mental health counseling services to students as individuals or groups.
• Provide crisis intervention management for students experiencing mental health crisis.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate effective educational programs and outreach activities that promote student health and wellness and the prevention, recognition, and treatment of psychological and behavior problems.
• Participate in Partners in Prevention activities and other grant funded opportunities.
• Coordinate care with mental health providers external to Lincoln University for student benefit.
• Engage in professional development activities and various Lincoln University events.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge and abilities to function as a skilled licensed professional mental health counselor is require.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent writing, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Attentive to details and listens well.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive data.
• Ability to analyze data and solve problems.
• Self-starting and able to work consistently without direct supervision.

Education and Experience

• Master's degree in counseling, counseling psychology, or psychology is required.
• At least one year of work experience, full-time and/or approved internship, conducting clinical interviews, making diagnostic assessments, and formulating treatment or referral plans for individuals with a broad spectrum of psychological problems is required.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure as a mental health provider in the state of Missouri is required.
• Willingness and ability to participate in on-call and after-hours work schedules.

Physical Requirements

• Light sedentary office work.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.

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