Senior Psychiatric Social Worker

Duke University:

Duke University was created in 1924 through an indenture of trust by James Buchanan Duke. Today, Duke is regarded as one of America’s leading research universities. Located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke is positioned in the heart of the Research Triangle, which is ranked annually as one of the best places in the country to work and live. Duke has more than 15,000 students who study and conduct research in its 10 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools. With about 40,000 employees, Duke is the third largest private employer in North Carolina, and it now has international programs in more than 150 countries.

Positional Summary

CAPS provides excellent quality of care to undergraduate and graduate students. We are committed to demonstrating empathy and trust with students, one another, campus/community partners, and other stakeholders. As social justice motivates our work, all students will experience acceptance and compassion, and affirmation for their lived identities and life experiences.

Under the direction of the Director of Clinical Services, the Counselor, Clinical Mental Health will provide assessment, brief counseling, and crisis intervention in an individual and/or group setting. This individual will participate in CAPS outreach and community engagement activities for Duke students. The individual must be a strong generalist who provides services through a social justice framework and can provide multimodal interventions and clinical services to emerging adults in the college setting.  The clinician should be culturally competent and have demonstrated experience working with diverse student populations. The clinician may support training and education which may include providing culturally-responsive supervision and seminars to licensed professional counseling interns. 

Key Position Duties

Clinical/student services - (60%)

Provides assessment/brief counseling/crisis intervention in individual and group settings to college students. Provide clinical services using appropriate theoretical approaches

Provides interpersonal process and skills-based, and other group services and workshops as needed within CAPS and across the campus community.

Assist students in developing coping skills and tools that will allow them to maintain emotional, physical, social, and environmental, relational wellness.

Provides crisis case management services to students and responds to clinical and campus crises as a support to the TRAC to as needed.

Has demonstrated knowledge about Solution Focused Brief Therapy, and ways to integrate this modality in a university counseling center.  Also demonstrated knowledge and ability to integrate other theoretical approaches within the clinical counseling process.

Administers and interprets limited assessment measures;

Participate in community engagement services through liaison relationships with faculty, staff and students;

Delivers campus and community level interventions that address cultural climate issues for oppressed and marginalized groups.

Follows agency policies and procedures consistent with state mental health statutes, ethical guidelines, best practices, and HIPAA;

Admin and other (40%)

Completes clinical documentation according to policies and procedures;

Coordinates referrals for students, with TRAC, for students who may exhibit chronic mental health conditions that are not treatable in a university counseling setting;

Provides professional development and orientation support to trainees and/or new employees;

Attends staff, clinical team, and committee meetings; participates in ongoing staff conversations about the ways marginalization, discrimination, and oppression impact individuals and systems; participates on committees as requested;

Attends department sponsored professional development activities;

Other duties as assigned.  

General Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work or related field from an accredited institution of higher education
• Licensed and/or licensed eligible as a licensed social worker in the state of North Carolina
• Experience in student mental health and emerging adult populations or relevant healthcare or social service setting
• Two years of post-master’s experience in a clinical setting and at least five years of experience.

Strongly Preferred Qualifications

• Experience providing services with emerging adults and culturally responsive interventions across a range of diverse populations;

• Experience in Crisis Intervention and Management; and
• Especially those from Asian, South Asian, and Middle Eastern/North African countries; Latinx populations; and transgender communities is desired, as well as those who have demonstrated experience and skills working with Jewish or Muslim students. Bi-lingual language skills are strongly preferred. 

Additional Job-Specific Skills and Competencies

• Demonstrates experience and capability to work as part of a cohesive, interdisciplinary team in a university counseling center and with professionals in other campus units;
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills that facilitate organizational health;
• Demonstrates commitment to self-awareness and desire for growth related to intersectionality and the ways marginalization, discrimination, and oppression impact individuals and systems; and
• Experience in the provision of crisis intervention and consultation is essential.

Anticipated Pay Range:

Duke University provides an annual base salary range for this position as USD $ 62,000.00 to USD $99,000.00. Duke University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position; candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills; internal peer equity; as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.

Your total compensation goes beyond the dollars on your pay check.  Duke provides comprehensive and competitive medical and dental care programs, generous retirement benefits, and a wide array of family-friendly and cultural programs to eligible team members. Learn more at:https://hr.duke.edu/benefits/

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/ or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Master's degree from an accredited school of social work required.  Current licensure as a licensed clinical social worker by the NC Social Work and Certification and Licensure Board.

Experience

Two years of post masters experience in a clinical setting and five years of experience in a student mental health agency or relevant healthcare or social service setting.

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.