Director/Asst. AD of Mental Health & Sports Performance

We are looking for a mental health professional focused on the holistic approach and development of our WSU student-athletes.

This position will oversee the Athletics Mental Health Services department while leading and creating program development within the overall student-athlete wellness model. You will provide student-athletes with psychological counseling, development of mental strategies to overcome setbacks, and facilitate performance-related programming in both the individual and team setting. Provision of general mental health counseling, including assessment of the unique mental health needs of student-athletes and development of appropriate interventions, group therapy, as well as crisis evaluation and mediations are components of this position. Your ability to create relationships, collaborate with all available resources and staff, provide education and training and previous experience within an athletics setting makes you appealing in our eyes.

The selected candidate will serve as a liaison between our campus Counseling and Prevention Services and have an opportunity to provide clinical supervision to trainees. Please consider joining a team of dedicated individuals developing leaders of character, competence and consequence for athletics and life!

Summary of Responsibilities

Provides leadership and strategic direction in the administration, planning, implementation and evaluation of counseling services, which includes individual and group counseling, outreach programming, training, and consultation, including crisis intervention and assessment.

Essential Functions

• Provides administrative supervision to staff and clinical supervision to senior staff, interns and/or students.
• Provides leadership in the development of programs and activities. Oversees the coordination of services with departments and units and in the community. Oversees budget and financial aspects of the clinic.
• Provides psychological services, including but not limited to, individual, couples, and group therapy; crisis intervention services; and psychological assessments and evaluations. Documents clinical services provided.
• Provides consultation and liaison services for departments and/or organizations. Provides outreach programming and trainings.
• May serve on University risk assessment team.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree in counseling or clinical psychology by hire date
• Six (6) years of experience in college counseling or related field, with two (2) years of experience in a leadership role
• Knowledge of sports psychology
• Familiar with treatment of high level and/or performance anxiety
• Ability to support the holistic development of WSU student-athletes
• Licensed in the mental health field in the state of Kansas or eligible and actively pursuing licensure within 30 days of hire date

https://jobs.wichita.edu/postings/30172