College Psychologist-Community Specialist - 140585

The mission of the Student Health & Well-Being (SHW) cluster is to promote a culture of health and well-being for the student community, deliver equitable high quality innovative services, incorporate inclusive approaches, and celebrate diversity, with the goal of adoption and maintenance of healthy behaviors contributing to the academic success and personal development of all students.

The UC San Diego SHW cluster, which reports through UC San Diego Health System, plays a leadership role in creating a strong and active wellness culture that enables all students to flourish in body, mind and spirit. This includes promotion and the transformation of existing departments, under the oversight of the Executive Director, into a cohesive, trans-disciplinary source of integrated wellness services. The SHW cluster includes the departments of Student Health Services (SHS); Health Promotion Services (HPS); Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS); Assessment and Analytics (SHAA), Strategic Planning, Innovation and Research (SPIR); and SHW Administration (ADM).

CAPS delivers campus-based mental health services to registered UC San Diego undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students. CAPS' multicultural, multidisciplinary, and student-centered staff strives to deliver trauma informed, culturally proficient counseling and psychiatric services, psycho-educational preventive outreach and early intervention programming, consultation, research, and training opportunities. CAPS is accredited by the International Accreditation of Counseling Services (IACS) and the Post-doctoral Resident Training Program is affiliated with the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Center (APPIC). CAPS is fully committed to self-examination, peer review, and quality improvement through the utilization of metrics, data, clinical outcomes, client experience measurements and feedback.

UCSD CAPS is seeking an experienced mental health professional with a background in reducing barriers to student mental health care in a multicultural university environment, to provide counseling and clinical services for a diverse student population. Primary responsibilities for this position will be addressing the mental health needs of first generation, under-represented and undocumented college students to foster their retention, academic success, and wellbeing at UCSD. This position requires proven knowledge, training, expertise, and demonstrated sustained engagement in working with specialized programs for these target student populations through culturally proficient individual, group and community interventions.

This licensed professional performs psychological assessments towards diagnosis and the formulation of a treatment plan, the provision of focused psychotherapy and referral of students to appropriate level of care. Also participates in after-hours, on-call, and urgent care coverage. The incumbent provides consultation to faculty, staff and administration, engages in mental health promotion and education to a diverse college population through preventive outreach including psycho-educational programming, evaluation and Psychological First Aid Postvention as needed. Incumbent also provides supervision and training of CAPS Post-doctoral Residents and maintains quality assurance and improvement in compliance standards.

• Doctorate degree from an accredited program in Clinical or Counseling psychology.

• Unrestricted California license to practice psychology. Out of state licensed within 180 days.

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification by the start date.

• Thorough knowledge associated with providing evaluation, diagnosis and psychotherapy services. Thorough knowledge of diagnostic / psychological testing methodologies. Ability to conduct complex analysis and develop and present recommendations and course of treatment. (JS)

• Demonstrated knowledge, training, expertise, and sustained engagement in working with specialized programs for under-served, first generation, and undocumented students through culturally proficient individual, group and community interventions.

• Demonstrated experience working with under-served college students and young adults, including proven success addressing their social/ecological and psychological experiences and dynamics on campus to foster their matriculation and academic achievements.

• Demonstrated skill in effectively managing mental health emergencies.

• Demonstrated ability to conduct culturally proficient and focused individual and group counseling and psychotherapy.

• Ability to relate warmly, humanely, sensitively and empathetically to others. Demonstrated ability to actively foster a positive, welcoming climate, and value, include and support all in the UC San Diego community.

• Proven ability to develop and implement effective culturally responsive outreach programs and provide consultation, mental health promotion, and preventative psycho-educational outreach services. Ability to assess outcomes and effectiveness of programs to adapt accordingly.

• Thorough skills associated with conducting complex diagnosis, problem-solving and critical-thinking. (JS) // Demonstrated skills to perform psychological and interest, vocational and aptitudes testing to plan and implement a variety of case dispositions.

• Ability to work in a highly collaborative manner with diverse client group, members of the medical staff and faculty. (JS) // Demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion to foster the best possible working and learning environment.

• Knowledge of clinical supervision, organizational consulting techniques, systems and community psychology models and approaches with demonstrated skills in consultation work with professional and non-professional colleagues.

• Highly effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills. (JS)

• Thorough knowledge of applicable laws and standards of professional conduct.(JS)

• Knowledge of electronic / medical records systems. Must be computer literate. (JS)

• At all times, demonstrate the characteristics of professionalism in attire, attitude, conversation, behavior and attentiveness to others. All staff members are required to uphold the UCSD Principles of Community and to promote a positive and collaborative team environment. Ability to adhere to and practice the mandatory University Core Values & Safety Standards of performance. Ability to at all times adhere to UCSD Health Medical Center (C.A.R.I.N.G.) Standards of Performance as applicable to position.

• Must complete all required training assigned by UCOP, UCSD and SHW/CAPS on a timely basis.

• Ability to use discretion and maintain confidentiality of client, students, faculty, and staff disclosures, and comply with all requirements in use of computer systems and access to any and all patient, student, employee and University data, in electronic and hard copy formats, in compliance with University, state and federal guidelines, including, but not limited to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act(FERPA).

• Bilingual fluency to provide therapy in English and Spanish strongly preferred.

• Employment is subject to a criminal background check and pre-employment physical.

• Must work some evenings, weekends, holidays for emergency coverage rotation, outreach and postvention. Various work locations, if needed and deemed necessary by the department.

• Completion of the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA) form will be required, because this position is listed as a mandated reporter under (CANRA).