Job Summary

This position supports the mission of Counseling Service and Campus Health & Wellbeing through the provision of individual and couples/partner counseling, crisis intervention, and consultation as a member of the Counseling Services team within Campus Health & Wellbeing. It also includes work with serious presenting concerns, requiring the ability to conceptualize cases and provide diagnoses within sociocultural context.

This position is part time (up to 18 hours/week) and remote. Primary work hours will be during 4-9 pm weekdays and between 8 am and 9 pm on weekends. Specific hours will be assigned in coordination with operational needs and availability.

Department Summary

Campus Health & Wellbeing helps students achieve and maintain academic success and lifelong health and wellbeing by providing timely and appropriate primary and acute health care, disease and injury prevention education, professional mental health care, outreach, educational services and campus consultations.

Counseling Services is a department within Student Affairs that provides a variety of culturally responsive services to help enrolled students understand themselves, enjoy satisfying relationships, achieve academic success, and make effective life choices. Counseling Services promotes the development of holistic student emotional health and serves the campus through advocacy and the provision of confidential, accessible services. Additionally, Counseling services provides outreach, educational services, and campus consultations.

Key Qualifications

1. Provide brief individual and couple/partner psychotherapy to students on personal, psychological, educational, and/or developmental issues in accordance with EO1053;
2. Assist the client in identifying presenting problem(s), establishing treatment goals, and working toward emotional health and wellbeing;
3. Provide crisis response, screening and intervention;
4. Determine if referrals are needed and assist client in referral process;
5. Consult with appropriate personnel as needed; and
6. Maintain ethical and timely documentation of all clinical work in electronic record keeping system..

Education and Experience

Possession of a Master’s degree in appropriate field and current licensure or eligible for licensure to practice in the State of California as LPCC, LCSW or LMFT with a minimum of 2 years of clinical experience post degree (in any state or province).

OR

Possession of a doctoral degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology and current licensure or eligible for licensure (i.e., successfully completed all supervised professional experience) as a psychologist in the State of California.

(Note that hiring level will be commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate.)

Salary:

Anticipated Hiring Range: $93,528 annual 12 month salary prorated by hours contracted.

Note that the hiring level will be commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate.

Classification Salary Range for a SSPI 12 month: $6,788 - $12,163

Cal Poly

Known for its Learn by Doing pedagogy, Cal Poly is the flagship of the world-renowned California State University system. Annually recognized as one of the top public universities in the nation, Cal Poly continues to offer an academic curriculum based on learned experience gained through real-world practice. Located in San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly is nestled comfortably among the coastal foothills, minutes from the Pacific Ocean and equidistant to the Bay Area and Los Angeles.

Cal Poly offers a best-in-class benefits program, including health, dental and vision insurance, retirement participation in the Public Employees' Retirement System, and educational benefits for eligible employees. See our benefits website for additional information.  

Diversity Statement

At Cal Poly, we believe that cultivating an environment that embraces and promotes diversity is fundamental to the success of our students, our employees and our community. Bringing people together from different backgrounds, experiences and value systems fosters the innovative and creative thinking that exemplifies Cal Poly's values of free inquiry, cultural and intellectual diversity, mutual respect, civic engagement, and social and environmental responsibility.

Cal Poly's commitment to diversity informs our efforts in recruitment, hiring and retention. California Poly is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. 

How to Apply

To apply, please attach (1) a cover letter illustrating how you meet the requirements of the position, particularly regarding crisis and diagnostic experience and expertise in providing services to underserved student populations, (2) curriculum vitae (CV), (3) unofficial transcripts to your online application, and (4) a copy of license (as applicable). The application requires contact information including email addresses for a minimum of three professional references; please include your current/most recent supervisor as one of these three. Official transcripts of highest degree will be required of finalists.

Supplemental Questions are included within the application.

1.  Please share how you incorporate principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in your clinical work.   
2. How have your specific training, experience, and educational endeavors prepared you for this position to support the mental health of students at Cal Poly?