University of Virginia Hiring for Staff Psychotherapist – Embedded at the School of Architecture at Charlottesville, VA Full Time

The University of Virginia’s Department of Student Health and Wellness, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is seeking to hire a full-time mental health professional for the position of Staff Psychotherapist – Embedded in the School of Architecture (SARC).

The Staff Psychotherapist – Embedded in SARC is a staff member of CAPS and provides mental health services to SARC students. The Embedded Psychotherapist also collaborates with SARC faculty, staff, and administrators to provide outreach and consultation regarding student mental health. While providing services and outreach at SARC, this Embedded Psychotherapist will also participate in staff meetings, training activities, and clinical treatment teams with colleagues working at the main CAPS office.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment that celebrates, welcomes, and supports diversity while decreasing barriers to help-seeking. We are looking for applicants with a demonstrated record of experience serving historically marginalized populations. Competitive candidates will also have experience working with young adults, and/or adolescents in an academic setting.

Job responsibilities for the Embedded Psychotherapist include providing triage, intake assessments, and brief individual psychotherapy. In addition, the position requires coordinating care with psychiatric and other medical providers as well as facilitating referrals for students wishing to connect with psychological and psychiatric services in the community. This position may at times engage in supervision or didactic seminars with trainees in CAPS’ APA-accredited doctoral internship in Health Service Psychology.

We seek individuals who are collaborative in nature, have strong communication skills, practice good self-care, maintain healthy boundaries, and possess the ability to manage a challenging workload while promoting a positive relational and organizational atmosphere.

Anticipated starting salary: $80,000.00-$90,000.00, candidates new to the University are eligible for a $5,000.00 recruitment bonus. This is a benefits-eligible position, employee’s benefits package highlights include:

• 22 days of paid time off, increasing with service; 13+ paid holidays each year, in addition to paid time off
• Parental and Community Service Leave
• Health plan with options to meet healthcare and financial needs available immediately
• Competitive Retirement benefits
• Tuition and professional development benefits after six months
• Employee wellness program featuring activities to earn up to $500/year.

The successful candidate will pass a background check and a drug and health screen.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Licensed as a mental health professional in the Commonwealth of Virginia (or license-eligible; must be licensed within six months of hire and provide proof of credentials as part of the pre-hire process.)
• Master’s Degree in Counseling or Social Work or PhD/PsyD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology
• At least three years of experience providing psychotherapy to adults or adolescents including a minimum of one year of experience with risk assessment and crisis intervention
• Knowledge and competency in culturally informed therapeutic approaches
• Experience with brief models of psychotherapy
• Crisis management skills, including experience with risk assessment, safety planning and facilitating transfers to a higher level of care
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Four years of experience, including working on a college or university campus
• Providing outreach, including experience developing presentations and speaking to diverse audiences
• Supervising therapists-in-training.

TO APPLY

Please visit the UVA job board, and complete an application online. Internal applicants please search “Find Jobs” in Workday. Include the following documents:

• A CV/resume
• A cover letter

The position is open until filled and review of applications will begin in mid-December. Applications that do not contain all of the required documents will not receive full consideration. References will be completed via UVA’s standardized process using SkillSurvey. A total of five references will be requested via SkillSurvey during the final phase of the interview process. A minimum of three is required. For questions about the application process, please contact Michele Jarman, Academic Recruiter.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

About Charlottesville and UVA:

Consider working on the beautiful Grounds of the historic University of Virginia. Located in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, UVA is a world class institution with nationally ranked schools and programs, diverse and distinguished faculty, a major academic medical center and proud history as a renowned research university. Learn more about all C’Ville has to offer.

The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician’s Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person’s perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.