Assistant Director of Counseling & Psychological Services - Embedded Services

Student and Campus Life (SCL) inspires transformation in all Cornell students on their journey of individual, academic and personal evolution. Our division is comprised of leading student affairs experts who support our campus on pressing student life matters including public service, health, wellness, social justice, residential living, food services, sports, recreation, career services, and student activities and organizations including sorority and fraternity life. We provide support and services to roughly 25,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on multiple campuses in the U.S. and abroad.

Cornell Health's more than 200 employeescollaborate to provide integrated and culturally-sensitive mental health, medical, health promotion, public health, student accommodations, and occupational medicine care and services. Dually focused on holistic health of Cornell students and well-being of the larger campus community, the unit supports readiness to learn, to participate fully in the Cornell experience, and to achieve academic, work, and life success.Cornell Health is nationally recognized for innovation and leadership, and is committed to an ongoing journey toward integrated, cost-effective, and community-based services and campus health initiatives.

Cornell Health's Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) offers confidential counseling services, designed to help students with mental health concerns that may be affecting their quality of life and ability to learn. Our providers include psychologists, social workers, and mental health counselors from diverse cultural and clinical backgrounds. CAPS providers value students in all of their individuality, and are committed to welcoming all people with respect and sensitivity. Our providers regularly collaborate with Cornell Health's diverse array of healthcare providers as an integrated service that support both the mind and the body.

The Assistant Director of Counseling & Psychological Services - Embedded Services provides organizational leadership in university mental health initiatives in collaboration with the Director and other members of the CAPS leadership team. Specifically, this position oversees the development, implementation, and on-going maintenance of embedded clinical services and sites throughout campus, working to establish strong working partnerships with academic colleges and units. In addition, the Assistant Director guides the vision for on-going staff development, supervises a team of Counselor Therapist staff, and also provides direct clinical services.

Success factors:

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and listening skills and the ability to speak to a wide range of audiences and communicate with individuals from diverse backgrounds, identities, and life experiences.
• Strong commitment to collaborative work, and demonstrated success working with colleagues and other campus partners with varying work styles.
• Demonstrates sound clinical judgement.
• Enjoys working collaboratively with professionals throughout Cornell Health and the campus community, is a self-starter and enjoys thinking creatively toward innovative problem-solving and partnerships.

Please Note: There is no visa sponsorship for this position.

The review of applications will begin on January 12, 2025. Applications submitted after this date may still be considered until the position is filled.

While position responsibilities vary, all people leaders are expected to foster a culture of belonging and a psychologically healthy work environment by being trustworthy; respecting all individuals; being flexible; supporting work/life integration as well as healthy boundaries; inviting new ideas, alternatives, and perspectives; speaking up and taking action if others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and recognizing the contributions of others.

Required Qualifications:

• Masters in social work with "C" or "R" designation (LCSW or LCSW-R) or Doctorate in clinical or counseling psychology (PhD or PsyD) and a minimum of 5 years of work-related experience.
• Licensed or licensed eligible in New York State within one year of the initial hire date.
• Demonstrated ability to establish new clinical systems and partnerships.
• Experience supervising, managing, and leading a diverse clinical team.
• Exceptional experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and wellbeing.
• Proven experience connecting diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing practices to business goals.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to create working partnerships across a variety of academic systems within higher education.
• Experiencing setting and measuring program outcomes.
• Experience using electronic health record management systems.
• Proficiency in a language in addition to English desirable.

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