Coordinator of Indigenous Student Mental Health and Wellness

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.
• Two years of experience providing mental health services to Indigenous clients.
• Eligible for licensure in the state of Oregon in respective discipline within 2 years of employment.
• Ability to clearly communicate and apply to clinical practice the knowledge of the mental health impacts of systemic racism on Indigenous people.
• Strong commitment and demonstrated ability to enact principles of social justice; dismantling racism and navigate layers of identity experienced by Indigenous students, including but not limited to connection to ancestral land, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, ability, religion, class, and nationality.
• Experience providing outreach programming focused on the holistic mental health needs of Indigenous 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

• Experience consulting/liaising with campus and/or community partners serving Indigenous 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.
• Experience advising, consulting, and/or mentoring Indigenous youth or community organizations.