Job Overview
Duke University:
Duke University was created in 1924 through an indenture of trust by James Buchanan Duke. Today, Duke is regarded as one of America’s leading research universities. Located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke is positioned in the heart of the Research Triangle, which is ranked annually as one of the best places in the country to work and live. Duke has more than 15,000 students who study and conduct research in its 10 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools. With about 40,000 employees, Duke is the third largest private employer in North Carolina, and it now has international programs in more than 150 countries.
Scope of Responsibilities
Under the direction of the Director and Director of Clinical Services, and the Coordinator of Access and Referral at CAPS, the licensed professional counselor will provide consistent high quality clinical services, engage with trainees, and engage with the campus community by providing equitable access to services at CAPS and in the community. The clinician will provide services with compassion and efficiency, and will demonstrate, in their work, cultural humility and understanding that marginalization and oppression of underrepresented persons creates barriers to service. The clinician in this position will provide crisis case management to students in acute distress and/or at elevated safety risk and will coordinate referrals for students needing services in the community and/or the Duke Health System.
Duties
Provides crisis case management services to students and responds to clinical and campus crises. (30%)
Coordinates referrals for students who need to be referred to services outside of CAPS. (25%)
Provides individual, couples, and interpersonal process and skills-based group services and workshops; Participates in the provision of mental health triage services; Administers and interprets limited assessment measures; Provides didactic seminars to trainees; Provides campus and community level interventions that address cultural and climate issues affecting oppressed and marginalized communities. Follows agency policies and procedures consistent with state mental health statutes, ethical guidelines, best practices, and HIPAA; Completes clinical documentation according to policies and procedures. (25%)
Attends staff, clinical team, and committee meetings; Participates in ongoing conversations about the ways marginalization, discrimination, and oppression impact individual mental health and systems and access to mental health care; Participates on committees as requested. (15%)
Attends department sponsored professional development activities; Other duties as assigned. (5%)
Strongly Preferred Qualifications
Experience providing services with emerging adults and utilizing culturally responsive interventions across a range of diverse populations
Experience in Crisis Intervention and Management
Experience in Case Management and/or Referral Coordination
Additional Desired J ob-Specific Skills and Competencies
Demonstrates experience and capability to work as part of a cohesive, interdisciplinary team in a university counseling center and with professionals in other campus units;
Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills that facilitate organizational health;
Demonstrates ability to juggle competing demands and set priorities;
Demonstrates ability to make continuous progress towards strategic goals;
Demonstrates commitment to self-awareness and desire for growth related to intersectionality and the ways marginalization, discrimination, and oppression impact individuals and systems; and
Experience in the provision of crisis intervention and consultation is essential.
Minimum Qualifications
Education
Master’s degree in counseling or related field from an institution of higher education; Licensed as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor or Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of North Carolina; and experience in a student mental health agency or relevant healthcare or social service setting.
Experience
None required beyond education/training requirement OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
