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Position Number: 5498401
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Position Type: Counseling

Counselor

University of California Los Angeles

Budgeted Pay Scale: Anticipated Hiring Range $78800 & $105000+ per year based on candidate's experience & qualifications
Full Salary Range: USD $78,800.00/Yr. - USD $175,000.00/Yr.

Special Instructions to Applicants
Under the direction of the UCLA Staff and Faculty Counseling Center (SFCC) Director, the Counselor provides a wide range of services, including confidential counseling for employees and their family members, management consultation, coaching, training, retreat facilitation, work-life programs, support groups, and community resource referrals. The SFCC Counselor fosters a productive and supportive work environment for all employees and helps employees achieve increased engagement, satisfaction, fulfillment, and growth in their personal and work lives, and to function optimally as a productive member of the workforce. Services are free, voluntary, and confidential. The SFCC Counselor assists clients with enhancing problem-solving skills to explore all feasible and constructive options; building personal resilience to better handle stress and improve emotional well-being; developing new perspectives that can enhance positive outcomes and offering practical tools that can assist in taking constructive action to improve interpersonal relationships. Additional responsibilities include: program promotion; administrative functions; education and training for faculty/staff on common behavioral and work-related issues; and support of special projects. This position requires functioning with a high degree of initiative and independence and all work must comply with professional, ethical, and legal regulations. Teamwork is a critical skill; SFCC prides itself on creating a culture of trust, inclusion, and values diversity.

Department Summary
The Staff and Faculty Counseling Center (SFCC), UCLA's Employee Assistance Program, provides counseling, management consultation, departmental training, and crisis management. The SFCC helps employees achieve increased engagement, satisfaction, fulfillment, and growth in their personal and work lives, and function optimally as productive members of the workforce. The SFCC's highly skilled and bilingual team of licensed behavioral health professionals will make your experience at the SFCC personalized and confidential while moving you toward an effective action plan. The SFCC counselors have decades of experience and are knowledgeable about the UCLA environment and culture.

Position Summary
UCLA, Campus Human Resources is seeking a Counselor to provide a wide range of counseling services in its Staff and Faculty Counseling Center (SFCC). As a Counselor of the SFCC, you will foster a productive and supportive work environment for all employees and help employees achieve increased engagement, satisfaction, fulfillment, and growth in their personal and work lives. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to one of the world's leading public research universities and make a meaningful impact in higher education.

Salary & Compensation
*UCLA provides a full pay range. Actual salary offers consider factors, including budget, prior experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business considerations. Salary offers at the top of the range are not common. Visit UC Benefit package to discover benefits that start on day one, and UC Total Compensation Estimator to calculate the total compensation value with benefits.

Qualifications

3-5 years experience in work related to employee assistance. (Preferred)
3-5 years experience working within a hospital EAP setting is preferred. (Preferred)
Demonstrated understanding and sensitivity to the diverse needs of various multicultural, ethnic, socio-economic, educational, and age-specific populations within the University community. (Required)
Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws regarding disability, workers' compensation, mental health, employee relations-labor relations, and alcohol and drugs. (Required)
Ability to counsel and intervene in a broad range of clinical problems such as family, interpersonal, parent-child, intrapsychic, behavioral, substance abuse, and suicide risk. (Required)
Sound knowledge of employee assistance and work issues, and familiarity with the latest developments and trends in employee assistance programs. (Required)
Strong interviewing and interpersonal skills including the ability to establish rapport and on-going relationships with clients. Strong, clear communication skills in writing, in-person, and group presentations. (Required)
Understanding of the social, emotional, behavioral, and psychological implications of an employee's problems for themselves and their work environment. (Required)
Ability to provide counseling and intervention to groups, departments or units as well as individuals. Knowledge of individual, group, and organizational change theory and practice. Knowledge and skills in a range of intervention techniques including individual, group, systems, and organizations. (Required)
Understanding of management and supervision theory and practice, including maintenance of performance standards. (Required)
Can identify individual problems and solve them, as appropriate, within a short-term counseling model. Knowledge of normal and abnormal behavior and its manifestations in humans. (Required)
Ability to function with independence in clinical work and other duties and responsibilities. Ability to manage own schedule of appointments within program guidelines which requires flexibility. Ability to function under the general administrative and clinical supervision of the SFCC Director. (Required)
Ability to seek consultation as professionally appropriate. Ability to intervene and evaluate severely disturbed employees. Ability to consult with professional and nonprofessional colleagues. Ability to communicate and resolve conflict effectively with members of the team. (Required)
Knowledge of UC policy and procedures regarding disability, workers' compensation, mental health, employee relations-labor relations, and alcohol and drugs. (Preferred)

Education, Licenses, Certifications & Personal Affiliations

Master's Degree in behavioral health field or equivalent combination of education and experience. (Required) Or
PhD PhD in behavioral health field or equivalent combination of education and experience (Required)
Current California mental health license (Required)

Special Conditions for Employment

Background Check: Continued employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.
Live Scan Background Check: A Live Scan background check must be completed prior to the start of employment.
CANRA: The position is designated as a mandatory reporter under CANRA. The employee must sign the "Statement Acknowledging Requirement to Report Child Abuse".

Schedule
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Union/Policy Covered
HX-Residual Patient Care Professionals

To apply, please visit: https://jobs.ucla.edu/careers-home/jobs/3879

Application Deadline: 8:50 p.m. on