Special Instructions to ApplicantsUnder the direction of the UCLA Staff and Faculty Counseling Center (SFCC) Assistant Director and Director, the Counselor provides a wide range of services, including confidential counseling for employees and their family members, coaching, training, 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 SummaryThe 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 SummaryUCLA, 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.
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Qualifications3-5 years experience in the counseling field. (Required)
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 management and supervision theory and practice, including maintenance of
performance standards. 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)
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)
Spanish speaking. (Preferred)
Education, Licenses, Certifications & Personal AffiliationsMaster's Degree in behavioral health field or equivalent combination of
education and experience. (Required) Or
PhD in behavioral health field or equivalent combination
of education and experience (Required)
Current California mental health license (Required)
Special Conditions for EmploymentBackground 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".
Schedule8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Union/Policy CoveredHX-Residual Patient Care Professionals
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