Director of Counseling Services/ ADA Compliance

Assists with the planning, development, and delivery of a range of psycho-educational outreach and in-service training programs/workshops to student peer leaders ( resident assistants, sophomore advisors, , Greek leaders); academic advisors; and the campus community through the Wellness Speaker Series; Develops, organizes, and promotes outreach programming for the campus community; Works in collaboration with individuals and groups from around the campus community to develop programming to best meet their needs; Engages in outreach activities with multicultural groups intended to promote increased access to services; Responsible for strengthening outreach connections and coordinating student support with diversity partners; Coordinates and organizes the evaluation of all Tougaloo outreach programming; Assists with training and day-to-day operation of the Student Counseling Center; Provides the following services to students in a professional and clinical atmosphere: individual, couples, and group counseling within the context of empirically based treatment interventions and an ethical framework; consultation regarding student mental health issues and crisis intervention; student referrals to off-campus facilities for counseling and testing as needed; conducts emergency assessments and facilitates hospital psychiatric admissions of high risk students; provides followup on all counseling referrals; and maintains timely and accurate confidential student records according to ethics codes, Mississippi law, and best practice models; Interest and experience in multiculturalism, social justice, and working with diverse student populations including culturally marginalized, oppressed and underrepresented groups; Works collaboratively with individual students, faculty and staff and provides community intervention for departments and student organizations within the Institute while developing a strong network system; Engages in professional activities at local, regional and national levels; remains current on issues within the mental health field; maintains ongoing relationships with community resources; Participates on campus committees or initiatives at the request of the Director of Counseling Services; Participates in other duties as assigned by or with the approval of the Director of Counseling Services.