California State University Fullerton is seeking applications for a career level tenure-track counselor (psychologist) faculty position in Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). Under the general supervision of the Director, the selected candidate will provide a full range of clinical services and clinical supervision of graduate trainees (65%) and participate in campus outreach and other projects, maintain professional and scholarly activities and service to the department, student affairs division and university community (35%). While this appointment has faculty status for collective bargaining purposes, it is a full-time, 12 months clinical position with limited teaching or research responsibilities. Successful candidates will have a doctoral degree in psychology, be currently licensed or license-eligible, and have expertise in addressing a wide range of developmental and psychological needs of a diverse college student population.

Position
Direct Counseling Services: provide intake clinical interviews and psycho-diagnostic assessments, short-term individual and couples counseling, group counseling and psycho-educational groups, clinical triage and crisis intervention, case management and collaboration with a consulting psychiatrist, and referrals to and consultation with academic and disability counselors and health center professionals on-campus as well as off-campus mental health professionals and agencies.

Outreach Services: develop and provide outreach programs (e.g., classroom presentations; workshops), including occasional evening or weekend programs, for a metropolitan, largely commuter campus with a highly diverse student population; participate in the development and implementation of assigned special outreach projects (e.g., mental health screening days; prevention projects).

Consultation: provide expertise to the university community regarding issues that affect the educational, developmental and psychological well-being of students; provide consultation services and occasional in-service training to faculty, administrators, and student leaders on mental health and developmental issues.

Supervision and Training: provide clinical supervision to counseling trainees (practicum students, pre-doctoral interns, psychology post-doctoral fellows); co-facilitate outreach programs and groups with all levels of supervisees; provide periodic training and educational seminars for all levels of supervisees.

Required Qualifications
Education/License:

• Doctorate in Counseling or Clinical Psychology from an accredited program.
• California license to practice psychology or license eligibility (completion of post-doctoral supervised clinical hours required for licensure).

Experience and Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to conduct intake clinical interviews, including psycho-diagnostic assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment plan formulation, for students with a broad spectrum of psychological problems, ranging from adjustment issues to major psychiatric disorders.
• Demonstrated ability to provide short-term individual, couples and group counseling, and crisis intervention for psychological emergencies.
• Demonstrated knowledge, sensitivity and ability to work with students from diverse ethnic, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, ranging in age.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement outreach programs and provide consultation and preventive education.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a member of a treatment team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Computer skills for electronic record keeping.
• Must successful pass a background check and pre-employment fingerprinting.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience and interest in providing outreach services and counseling to traditionally underserved student populations (e.g., male students; students from ethnic minorities such as Asian, South Asian, African-American, Latino, etc.).
• Bilingual/multilingual capacity in languages relevant to the cultural heritage of Fullerton students (e.g., Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin).
• Experience in a university counseling center working with issues pertinent to a diverse student population (e.g., cross cultural aspects of trauma and domestic violence, substance abuse and eating disorders; identity issues).
• Clinical skills in working with high risk clients.
• Supervisory experience.

Rank & Salary
In the CSU system, this position is classified as a Student Service Professional - Academically Related Level I - tenure track. This is a full time 12 month position. Counselors in the CSU system serve as members of the academic faculty unit and are represented by the faculty union. Counselor faculty earn full tenure generally through a six year tenure process. Salary is competitive and is commensurate with experience and qualifications. The University offers excellent, comprehensive benefits including health/dental/vision plans for employees and dependents, spouse/domestic partner or dependent fee waiver, access to campus child care as well as affordable housing programs; and a defined-benefit retirement through the state system, along with optional tax-sheltering opportunities. For a detailed description of benefits, go to http://hr.fullerton.edu/Benefits/CompareBenefits.aspx

Fullerton is the largest campus of the 23-campus California State University system, with a student population of 37,130. Cal State Fullerton is located in technologically and culturally vibrant Orange County, one hour from Los Angeles.

Job Control Number
30703G-08-082

Appointment Date
The anticipated starting date is July 1, 2008.

Application Deadline
Applications will be reviewed immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Application Procedure
Submit 1) current curriculum vitae; 2) 3 letters of reference from professionals familiar with your clinical work; and 3) a letter of interest which includes a brief statement explaining your experience and/or theoretical orientation in providing services to a diverse university student population. Send applications to:

Counselor Search - Control # 30703G-08-082
Counseling and Psychological Services
SHCC - East Building
California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA 92834-6830