Licensed Human Services Practitioner

The Student Success division at the University of South Florida, is comprised of 60 departments, providing students with academic support, engagement opportunities, health & wellness services and enhancement of the educational experience. 

The Counseling Center is a critical component of Student Success at the University of South Florida, located in beautiful Tampa Bay on Florida's spectacular west coast. 

The Counseling Center strives to support the mental health and well-being of the 44,000 enrolled graduate and undergraduate students at the USF Tampa campus. Through the provision of high quality clinical services and evidenced-based practice, innovative outreach, consultation, and education, the Counseling Center is recognized and valued for its contribution to the success of an exceptionally diverse student body. The Counseling Center, with a dedicated, energetic, and motivated team of 30 multidisciplinary professionals including licensed psychologists, licensed mental health counselors, licensed clinical social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, and administrative support personnel is accredited by IACS, has an APA-accredited doctoral internship, and places embedded counselors in colleges and departments across the Tampa campus. 

The Counseling Center is committed to a team approach to client care across all staff. With a thriving group therapy program, interdisciplinary training programs, and ongoing consultation opportunities, the Counseling Center is seeking staff clinicians with a commitment to excellence, a strong multicultural orientation, and who would enhance the diversity and resources of our staff.

Licensed Human Services Practitioners (Clinicians) directly serve the USF community through the ethical practice of culturally responsive, theoretically grounded and evidenced-based individual and group therapies, crisis intervention, and mental health consultation and prevention activities. Additionally, this position has the opportunity to be involved in providing training and supervision for the Center's training programs. This clinician will serve in an embedded role for USF's College of Education (COEDU), provide clinical services on-site in this specific program area, and establish designated liaisons within COEDU, consistent with their training and expertise. Clinicians participate in the development of Center policy and programs and represent the Center to the USF community and at local, state, and national professional forums. Considered essential staff, this position is responsive to the mental health needs of students during and following critical events such as severe weather incidents or campus emergencies.

Special Skills or Training: 

Clinicians are expected to be knowledgeable of multicultural approaches to mental health treatment, and skilled in treating common presenting concerns of college-age students including anxiety, depression, substance misuse, eating disorders, and interpersonal trauma, with evidenced-based interventions. Clinicians are expected to have experience working independently and have ability to practice independently when offering on-site hours in specific program area.

• 50%: Provides psychotherapy for individuals, groups, and intimate partners, presenting with a range of psychological concerns. In embedded role, provides clinical services on-site for the College of Education for 24 hours per week, 9 months per year, in addition to providing clinical services at the main campus counseling location.
• 15%: Assesses presenting concerns through the Center's intake and assessment process. Provides crisis intervention at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, including involuntary hospitalization, USF community consultation, and post-incident debriefing
• 10%: Attends Counseling Center meetings, serves on Counseling Center, divisional or University committees and in regional, state, and national organizations, as assigned. Responsibilities may include special assignments as determined by the Director or Associate/Assistant Directors, including committee tasks, clinical supervision, or coordination of specialized clinical service programs.
• 10%: Supervises the clinical and academic experiences of practicum students enrolled in mental health academic training programs (e.g., social work, mental health counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology).
• 10%: Participates in Counseling Center sponsored outreach and consultation programming for the university community that includes. Develops and participates in psycho-educational presentations, as assigned, for all USF students. Serves as the primary consultant to the College of Education, and arranges for/attends regular meetings for consultation as needed.
• 5%: Performs other duties as assigned.