The Counseling & Psychological Center is a unit within UNCG’s Student Health Services. The UNCG Counseling & Psychological Center provides a wide range of counseling and psychological services to currently enrolled UNCG students virtually and in person, designed to support and challenge students’ personal growth, academic success, and emotional health, as well as services and programs to promote positive mental health throughout the University community. The services may include: short-term individual counseling, group therapy, workshops, psychiatric services, and a variety of outreach programs designed to promote self-help and personal growth. Our staff is committed to meeting the needs of people of diverse racial, ethnic, and national backgrounds, gender, sexual/affectional orientations, mental and physical abilities, religious/spiritual beliefs, and socioeconomic backgrounds as well as other types of diversity.

This position will provide group counseling and/or workshops to address students’ mental and emotional health needs. Short-term individual counseling and/or psychotherapy in the areas of personal and educational difficulties, social conflicts, significant adjustment problems, and mental and emotional disorders, including initial assessments and crisis intervention. Diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders. Appropriate clinical collaboration, consultation, and documentation. Clinical Consultation and Outreach Programs that address the developmental issues of students, as well as the mental and emotional needs of students. Training of practicum/intern graduate students.

Minimum Qualifications

• Completion of appropriate coursework and supervised training as required by a graduate counseling or clinical social work curriculum.
• An earned Master of Social Work or Master of Counseling degree.
• A license as required to allow the practice of Counseling (Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor) or Social Work (Licensed Clinical Social Worker).
• Demonstrated proficiency in multicultural competence and experience working with individuals from culturally diverse populations, as well as populations who have been/are underrepresented and/or under-served in mental health treatment.
• Demonstrated understanding and clinical application of the intersectionality of identity and mental health.
• Demonstrated proficiency with the DSM-5.
• Ability to work effectively with young adults.
• Experience working with a broad range of clinical presentations and diagnoses.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency in delivering mental health interventions via individual and group/workshop modalities.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively with colleagues and team members.

Additional Required 

• An earned Master of Social Work or Master of Counseling degree. A North Carolina license is required to allow the practice of Counseling (LCMHC/LCMHCA) or Social Work (LCSWA/LCSW).

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to engage therapeutically in Spanish and English.
• Independent licensure to allow the practice of Counseling or Social Work in the state of North Carolina.
• Experience working in a college counseling center.

About The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

UNC Greensboro, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is a higher-research activity university as classified by the Carnegie Foundation. Founded in 1891 and one of the original three UNC system institutions, UNCG is one of the most diverse universities in the state with nearly 20,000 students and over 2,700 faculty and staff members representing more than 90 nationalities. With 17 Division I athletic teams, 85 undergraduate degrees in over 100 areas of study, as well as 74 master’s and 32 doctoral programs, UNCG is consistently recognized nationally among the top universities for academic excellence and value, with noted strengths in health and wellness, visual and performing arts, nursing, education, and more. For additional information, please visit uncg.edu and follow UNCG on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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