Counselor

Category: Administrative, Professional & Staff Positions

Department: COUNSELING CENTER

Locations: Macomb, IL

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APPOINTMENT: This is a 10 month appointment, with an expected start date of January 1, 2025.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide personal counseling services via time-limited individual, crisis and group modalities that support emotional and academic development of all students, with particular focus on students holding one or more of these identities: Black/African American, Indigenous/First Generation.
• Provide educational/prevention programming during regular office hours and on occasion after hours.
• Document sessions accurately in Electronic Health Record system in accordance with legal and ethical standards and established University Counseling Center policy.
• Participate in committee work (departmental, and/or university wide) and special projects as needed.
• Maintain a current knowledge base and Illinois clinical license through continuing education.
• Provide consultation services for faculty, staff, parents, students, and others.

SALARY: Negotiable, commensurate with experience. Western Illinois University offers a competitive benefits package including domestic partner benefits. For full benefit information visit: http://www.wiu.edu/vpas/human_resources/benefits/.

Job Requirements:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Hold a master's or higher degree in Counseling, Psychology or Clinical Social Work prior employment start date. Applicants will acquire a LCP or LSW within three months of employment or will already be licensed through the state. Applicants who do not have LCSW or LCPC will be provided weekly clinical supervision with the expectation they are qualified, and sit for their National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Exam or National Licensed Clinical Social Work Exam within three years post-employment.
• Ability to demonstrate clinical and therapeutic skills and to foster positive therapeutic relationships with a diverse population of students.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical theories, diagnoses, interventions, and referral services both on campus and local community providers.
• Experience providing group counseling.
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Multicultural competence, including but not limited to, experience and expertise in working with students of color, students from lower income backgrounds, first generation students, and LGBTQ students.
• An understanding of the social, developmental, and psychological issues and challenges faced by diverse populations of students within a higher education setting.
• Experience with public speaking.
• Experience working in a University Counseling Center

For a degree to be considered, it must be conferred from a regionally accredited degree-granting institution of higher education (or equivalent from an international accrediting body).

Additional Information:
THE DEPARTMENT: The University Counseling Center is accredited by the International Association of Counseling Services, Inc. The staff currently employs five master level clinicians, all of whom are licensed and/or certified in their respective disciplines. For additional information, visit http://www.wiu.edu/ucc.

THE UNIVERSITY:

http://wiu.edu/about

Since 1899, Western Illinois University has provided outstanding educational opportunities to individuals in west central Illinois and well beyond our region and state. WIU's traditional residential campus in Macomb, Illinois, is the educational, cultural and athletic center of the region, while the WIU-Quad Cities non-residential branch campus in Moline, Illinois, is the only public university in the immediate Quad Cities region.

WIU-Macomb, IL: Western's traditional, residential main campus offers a comprehensive slate of undergraduate and graduate programs, including a doctorate in education, and post-baccalaureate certificates. A diverse community in west central Illinois, Macomb features a unique blend of agriculture, industry, service, retail, education, and culture. Macomb serves as the county seat, with connections across the state with Amtrak providing twice-daily service from Macomb to Chicago (and point in between). Macomb is located approximately 75 miles from the Quad Cities International Airport (Moline, IL) and 70 miles from the Greater Peoria Regional Airport (Peoria, IL).

WIU-Quad Cities: Located on the banks of the Mississippi River in Moline, Illinois, the WIU-Quad Cities campus is the only public four-year regional university that serves the Quad Cities region. Designed as a metropolitan commuter campus, WIU-Quad Cities offers select undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs. Moline is located just 80 miles north of the Macomb campus and is centered within a diverse, bi-state community of 383,000 that offers a broad range of cultural, social, and entertainment amenities and experiences, as well as varied businesses and industries.

http://wiu.edu/dei

Western Illinois University fosters respect, equity, and inclusion for all students, faculty, and staff. WIU is committed to anti-racism, anti-oppression, equity, social justice, and diversity. We value inclusion as a core value and as an essential element of Western's public service mission. WIU embraces individual uniqueness and a culture of inclusion that supports broad and specific diversity initiatives. Western believes in the educational and institutional benefits of diversity in society as integral to the success of all individuals.

At WIU, we will:

• Maintain a safe and secure environment for all members of our University communities. Educate and empower students, staff, and faculty to be social justice advocates.
• Provide curricula, programs, training, resources, and environments that reflect and strengthen the diversity of our communities, and to elevate cultural awareness and understanding.
• Ensure fair, equitable, and inclusive access to University facilities, programs, resources, and services.
• Create inclusive and equitable policies and practices.
• Diversify the University's workforce by assessing hiring practices to attract, retain, and develop talented staff and faculty from diverse backgrounds.
• Address intergroup disparities through areas as representation, retention, learning outcomes, and graduation rates.
• Create a Universitywide diversity plan to ensure a continued commitment to anti-racism, anti-oppression, equity, social justice, and diversity.

http://wiu.edu/academics

More than 61 undergraduate degree programs, 41 graduate programs, two doctoral programs and 16 post-baccaulaureate certificate programs prepare students for a successful career after graduation.

Student Resources

More than 200 student organizations at Western provide social, academic, recreation, athletics, service, academic, and many other opportunities for students to grow and learn, develop leadership skills, and much more.

Numerous concerts, lectures, films, dance performances, cultural events and more are presented and performed each year, along with numerous major theatrical and dance productions and studio shows, and a variety of service-oriented projects and activities, all in a diverse and inclusive campus environment.

The Multicultural Center is home to four cultural and resource centers: The Gwendolyn Brooks, Casa Latina, the Women's Center, and the LGBT*QA Resource Center. These cultural and resource centers promote WIU's goal of enhancing justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion through educational programming and advocacy.

http://wiu.edu/athletics

The University's athletics program, based on the Macomb campus, sponsors 17 NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's and women's varsity sports. All varsity sports compete at the Division I level through The Ohio Valley Conference.

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