Description

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at Oregon State University enthusiastically invites applications for a full-time, 12-month Coordinator of Black/African-American Student Mental Health and Wellness.

The Coordinator of Black/African-American Student Mental Health & Wellness reports to a member of the CAPS senior leadership team (which includes the Executive Director, Senior Director of Clinical Services, Director of Training, and Director of Mental Health Promotion). This position supports the success of Black/African-American students (including Black students that identify within the African diaspora) at OSU through the provision of clinical services, consultation, outreach, programming, and advocacy. This work must be informed by a thorough and nuanced understanding of the unique lived experiences of Black/African-American students, particularly in white-dominated institutional spaces. Understanding the impact of racial stress, racial trauma, anti-Blackness, Black identity development, white supremacy culture, monoracism/multiraciality, and systemic racism will be critical to success in this position.

As a member of the CAPS team the Coordinator of Black/African-American Student Mental Health and Wellness also provides clinical services to the OSU student population at large, and may also provide training to CAPS’ doctoral interns and practicum trainees.

CAPS is committed to providing a range of culturally responsive services to help students succeed. These services are designed to help students understand themselves better, create and maintain satisfying relationships, improve their academic performance, foster resilience, and make healthy and satisfying career and life choices. We do this by providing consultation, single session interventions, psychoeducation, web-based support, crisis support during business hours, group counseling, and brief individual and relationship counseling when indicated. Additionally, if long-term care is needed we will make referrals to health care providers in the community.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Masters of Social Work, Masters of Counseling, Masters of Marriage and Family Therapy, Doctorate in Psychology, or similar degree from an accredited program.
• Eligible for licensure in the state of Oregon in respective discipline within 2 years of employment.
• Expertise in the effective delivery of mental health services to Black & African-American clients, including two years of experience providing mental health services to Black & African-American clients.
• Ability to clearly communicate & apply to practice knowledge of the mental health impacts of systemic racism and Anti-Blackness.
• Demonstrated ability to enact principles of social justice; dismantling anti-Blackness; and navigate layers of identity experienced by Black/African-American students, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, ability, religion, class, and nationality.
• Experience providing outreach programming focused on the holistic mental health needs of Black/African-American people.
• Experience providing brief therapeutic interventions.
• Experience providing crisis assessment and support services for high-risk clients.
• Experience balancing multiple simultaneous demands in a fast-paced clinical setting.
• Demonstrated ability to consult with multiple stakeholders and clients’ families regarding students’ mental health needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Substantial experience consulting/liaising with campus and/or community partners serving these populations.
• Experience providing mental health services in a higher education setting/in a college counseling center.
• Currently licensed.
• Two years of post-graduate professional counseling experience.
• Experience providing group therapy.
• Experience contributing to a multidisciplinary clinical team.
• Demonstrated skill in culturally responsive advising, consulting, and mentoring with youth and community organizations, informed by an understanding of systemic factors affecting Black/African-American communities.
• Experience providing crisis assessment and support services for high-risk clients.