Overview:

Essential Duties:

1. Assess students emotional, psychological, developmental, and behavioral concerns that impact current level of functioning. Conduct extensive psychological interviews, formulate appropriate treatment plans, when necessary coordinate off campus hospitalization(s), psychiatric, or medical evaluations. Make referrals to appropriate resources to improve students functioning. Clinical care if provided based on ethical theories, principals, and methods. Develop a treatment plan of action aimed toward the prevention, treatment, and resolution of mental, social, emotional, and psychological dysfunction and distress. Refer to both on and off campus resources.
2. Conduct diagnostic assessment and intervention in acute crisis such as risk of suicide, trauma, and/or major campus catastrophe. Provide crisis intervention for students who are experiencing acute emotional distress as a result of varying emergencies such as trauma (i.e. sexual assault), death, substance use, or who are a danger to themselves or others. Participate in monthly after hours on-call crisis rotation for the office. Provide psychological/clinical judgement when requested to the administration, including the Director of Personal Counseling and the Vice President of Student Affairs as indicated.
3. Provide administrative and clinical supervision to the Triage Clinician, Administrative Coordinator, and part-time temporary staff, and non-administrative clinical staff as assigned by the Director. Conduct weekly-biweekly clinical supervision meetings to assigned non-administrative staff per assignment by the Director, including new positions being developed. Review leave requests and reports and conduct yearly performance reviews.
4. Maintain electronic case records of clinical care and all correspondences for student on own clinical case load. Develop and management forms for clinician's progress notes, client demographic forms, and all forms for student use in the web component portal. Work with the Director to better utilize the report functioning capabilities for data/statistical reporting.
5. Assist the Director with leading case distribution meetings and review counselor caseloads to ensure equitable distribution of cases with attention to the PCC's scope of services. Conduct utilization reviews with staff regarding treatment planning and session rates at a minimum of twice a semester. Review trends in data around student usage, including gathering statistics pertinent to diagnostic categories and service needs.
6. Conduct and facilitate training on mental health to faculty, staff, and students, including meeting specific departmental requests along with specialty training.

Marginal Duties:

1. Perform all other duties as may be required.

Education and Experience Required:

• Minimum of Ph.D, Psy.D, or Ed.D in clinical counseling psychology from an accredited institution required, and two years' post-internship/fellowship.
• MSW/LICSW, or closely related discipline, with clinical internship component, plus 5 years' of experience.
• Ability to perform psychological assessment, intervention, and treatment planning.
• Supervision of clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Individual and group clinical counseling expertise.
• Experience in brief and long-term therapy models.
• Experience with young adult population.
• Experience with diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Demonstrated clinical experience with mental health issues and psychological disorders.
• Experience with emergency mental health interventions.
• Experience providing supervision and management of clinical employees.
• Must have knowledge and experience of specific college age related issues and concerns such as: eating disorders, substance use, sexual assault, mood and anxiety disorders, developmental states and issues, self-injury/suicide.
• License to practice psychology in the State of Rhode Island required.

Employee Status: Full Time

Union Status: Non-Union

EEO Statement:

About Providence College

Notice of Non-Discrimination Providence College admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, or veteran status, and without regard to genetic information, to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the College. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, veteran status, genetic information, or any other applicable legally protected basis, in the administration of its education policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic and other College-administered programs, and employment policies. In accordance with Title IX, it does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs or activities. Nothing in this Notice shall require Providence College to act in a manner contrary to its Dominican mission and the teaching and tenets of the Catholic Church, and the College reserves the right to take actions designed to ensure and promote its Catholic and Dominican mission. The College’...s Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Officer, and ADA/Section 504 Coordinator is the Associate Vice President for Human Resources (Kathy Alvino, Harkins 302, 401.865.2430, kalvino@providence.edu). The Title IX Coordinator is the Assistant Vice President for Student Development and Compliance (Dr. James Campbell, Slavin 203, 401.865.2676, james.campbell@providence.edu). The Title IX Coordinator is assisted by deputy coordinators, including members of the faculty and the administration (http://www.providence.edu/sexualharassment). Inquiries regarding ADA/Section 504 issues for students may be directed to the Office of Academic Services (Jonathan Gomes, Library 229, 401.865.2470, jgomes3@providence.edu) and the Office of the Assistant Vice President for Student Development and Compliance (Dr. James F. Campbell, Slavin 203, 401.865.2676, james.campbell@providence.edu.

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