Position Summary
Belmont Abbey College is seeking an experienced Director of Counseling Services.
Job Responsibilities
The Director, who reports to the Vice Provost and Dean of Students, will provide vision and leadership to counseling and mental health efforts on campus and clinical counseling to students of Belmont Abbey College. This position serves students in multiple ways: through supervision of Counseling Center that provides individual to students, through crisis management leadership, and through continual programmatic endeavors designed to improve the health and well-being of students at Belmont Abbey College. This is an 11-month position.
The Director of Counseling works with other departments on campus to assist students, individually or in groups, with developing academic and personal/social skills, goals, and plans. The Director along with Counseling Center staff coordinates with individuals from Health Services, Athletics, Academics/Student Success, Residence Life, Campus Ministry, and Career Services to address the student in mind, body, and spirit.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have a Master’s Degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, or a related field and a minimum of 2 years of experience in mental health counseling, preferably in a higher education setting. The position requires a North Carolina State license as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Knowledge of student development is required. Experience, certificate and/or experience working with substance abuse. The work environment is an office setting which requires on call and flexible work hours.
In addition, candidates must wholeheartedly embrace the mission of the College to educate students in the liberal arts and sciences so that in all things God may be glorified. The incumbent will consistently demonstrate skills, attitudes, and stable disposition of character to support our Catholic and Benedictine identity while fostering the development of mind, body, and spirit in our students, our staff and the greater community. Finally, candidates must have a sincere appreciation and acceptance of our Catholic approach to education and an understanding of Pope Saint John Paul II’s Ex Corde Ecclesiae.
Application Process
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Located ten minutes west of Charlotte, North Carolina, Belmont Abbey College is a Catholic, Benedictine school that educates a diverse student body in the liberal arts and sciences. The College, which is more than 130 years old, is known for its dedicated faculty, their excellent teaching, the personal attention that students receive, and a friendly atmosphere both inside and outside of the classroom. There is a Benedictine monastery on campus, as well as a minor basilica. In keeping with the monks’ age-old tradition of hospitality, the College community welcomes newcomers and works together for the benefit of our students–aiming to exemplify the aspiration that our College motto encapsulates: That in all things God may be glorified.
