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The Director of Campus Mental Health Services leads the Counseling Center's clinical services and staff, providing mental health support to a diverse student body. This role includes policy development, crisis management, direct clinical services, and collaboration with campus departments to promote student well-being.

Key Responsibilities:

+ Lead and supervise Counseling Center staff, providing guidance on mental health issues such as crisis management, anxiety, depression, substance use, and more.

+ Recruit, train, and evaluate staff and student interns ensuring staffing levels meet student needs.

+ Oversee mental health caseloads, respond to crises, and collaborate with campus departments for effective crisis communication and planning.

+ Maintain a caseload of students, offering individual and group counseling, psychotherapy, and clinical consultation.

+ Provide referrals to off-campus resources and coordinate with hospitals for psychiatric care.

+ Continually assess the effectiveness of the counseling services by reviewing data on efficiency, demographics, service usage, clinical effectiveness and epidemiological trends.

+ Manage the department's budget.

+ Ensure adherence to accreditation standards and participate in the re-accreditation process as needed.

+ Develop and execute community outreach initiatives to promote mental health awareness.

+ Participate in Threat Assessment teams and respond to life-threatening emotional crises as needed.

+ Manage the on-call system for after-hours support and provide backup when necessary.

+ Collaborate with other College departments and external partners as needed and develop and sustain effective professional relationships with students, faculty, staff, health care providers and others.

+ Serve on College committees as needed.

+ Maintain professional development through participation in conferences and professional organizations to remain current in the field to support an evolving student population.

+ Deliver quality customer services to both internal and external constituents in a professional, helpful and courteous manner.

+ Promote and maintain sensitivity, understanding and respect for a diverse academic environment inclusive of students, faculty and staff of varying social, economic, cultural, ideological and ethnic backgrounds.

+ Perform assigned duties in a manner consistent with the mission, goals, and core values of the College.

+ Perform other duties as assigned.

Ability and willingness to accommodate a flexible schedule, including some evening and weekend hours required.

This title is in Appendix A of the SUNY Policies of the Board of Trustees and, as a consequence, incumbents serving in this title are not eligible for permanent appointment (tenure), but instead receive renewable term appointments.

The college particularly welcomes candidates with knowledge, skills and abilities that include:

+ Commitment to diversity and university initiatives supportive of diversity and inclusion.

+ Interest in participating in student-centered service activities.

+ Desire to apply expertise in promoting civic engagement with the College's many community partners.

Job Requirements:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

+ Doctoral degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology, with five (5) years of experience in mental health services.

+ New York State license in psychology.

+ Strong commitment to diversity and inclusion in mental health care.

+ Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Word and Excel.

+ Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills to effectively interact with individuals from diverse backgrounds.

+ Exceptional organization and planning skills.

+ Excellent group facilitation and presentation skills in working with diverse constituencies.

+ Ability to collaborate with others.

+ Ability and willingness to accommodate a flexible schedule, including some evening and weekend hours.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

+ Seven (7) years of experience in mental health services.

+ Experience providing advocacy and counseling to a diverse population.

+ Experience working with college-age populations or in college health settings.

+ Experience providing clinical supervision to trainees.

Additional Information:

This is a full-time, Appendix A UUP position.

+ For the first 10 working days, beginning Monday, June 9, 2025, and ending Friday, June 20, 2025, applications will be limited to UUP Farmingdale.

+ CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: July 8, 2025

+ SALARY: $115,000 + $4,000 in downstate location pay = $119,000 Total Compensation. Salary may increase commensurate with experience.

+ ANTICIPATED START DATE: August 2025

The State University of New York offers excellent fringe benefits including health insurance options and retirement plans.

Click here for New York State Benefits Summary (https://www.suny.edu/media/suny/content-assets/documents/benefits/benefit-summaries/UUP-FT-Benefits-at-a-Glance.pdf)

Visit our Why Work at FSC (https://www.farmingdale.edu/human-resources/why-work-at-farmingdale.shtml) page to learn more about FSC and the total rewards we offer.

VISA SPONSORSHIP IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION

The Consumer Information web page can be viewed at the following link

http://www.farmingdale.edu/consumer-information/index.shtml

This page describes various services, information and statistics on many different aspects of the College's operations.

Farmingdale State College's commitment to inclusive excellence is an important part of our mission of public education and our culture. At Farmingdale State College, we continue to work on building a community that supports freedom, mutual respect, and civility. We seek others who support these values of diversity and inclusiveness and candidates of all diverse backgrounds who wish to participate in our cultural aspirations are welcome and encouraged to apply.

The College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status or any other legally protected status.