Counselor Assistant Jobs in Vermont (NOW HIRING)

The Center for Health and Wellness is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Counselor to join our inclusive, collaborative, and integrated team. Working at Middlebury offers a unique opportunity to build long-term relationships with a vibrant student community while maintaining a healthier work-life balance. Our Counselor will enjoy the benefits of predictable hours, opportunities to connect with students outside of the office, collaborative care with a dedicated multi-disciplinary campus care team, and the chance to promote wellness in a supportive, educational environment.

This position plays a vital role in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of our student community through short-term counseling, crisis intervention, and proactive outreach initiatives. The ideal candidate will bring a commitment to holistic, student-centered care and a desire to build meaningful connections that foster resilience, reduce stigma, and promote help-seeking across campus.

This is a full time, benefits eligible, salaried position with a hiring range of $67,120 - $78,522 per year. This role is based onsite in Middlebury, VT.

Core Responsibilities:

• Provides psychological counseling and crisis intervention for students
• Implements appropriate assessments and clinical interventions
• Facilitates group workshops, therapy, and series as assigned to contribute to meet outreach goals
• Builds relationships with campus community to reduce stigma and increase help/service seeking
• Completes timely documentation in the EHR according to best practices and Counseling policies
• Facilitates skills and process trainings for students and employees as assigned
• Consults with Director, Counseling staff, and other Center for Health and Wellness colleagues around risk management, referrals, confidentiality, and crisis management support
• Participates in Counselor on-call rotation

Requirements

• Clinical experience in assessment, treatment planning, shared decision-making, and crisis response
• Commitment to multicultural approaches to clinical care
• Commitment to addressing intersections of multiple identities and their related health outcomes
• Commitment to collaboration with clinical and administrative staff to support student success
• Knowledge of the social, psychological, and physical developmental stages of students 2 years of experience (graduate placements/internships may count toward this prerequisite)
• Master’s degree required in counseling, psychology, social work, or related clinical field with current, or eligible to obtain within 6 months, Vermont licensure.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

Regularly operates a computer and other office productivity tools. Regularly moves about inside the office and requires regular cross-campus and cross-town travel. Schedule flexibility is required including occasional early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays to attend events and facilitate programming according to the academic calendar.

Other:

An offer for this position is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check and references.

Benefits

As an employee of Middlebury College in Vermont, you will enjoy being part of a vibrant supportive community.

Middlebury offers its employees excellent compensation and competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits, and a generous time-away program - up to 34 days per year, increasing as the term of service lengthens. Employees are eligible for robust educational assistance programs. The result is a very high quality-of-life in a gorgeous setting. Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and other perks of employment including:

• MiddCard Privileges: access to athletic facilities, discounts at the college store, library privileges, and cultural and sporting events. Spouses or domestic partners are eligible to receive a card with the same privileges.
• Discounts on season passes at Middlebury College's Snow Bowl, the Ralph Myhre Golf Course and the Rikert Outdoor Center.
• Access to our Partner Inclusion Program that provides comprehensive support services to the spouses and partners of Middlebury employees.
• A full listing of our benefit offerings can be found on our website or click to see some of the other fun perks of working at Middlebury, whether in Middlebury, VT or Monterey, CA!

Middlebury College is an equal-opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. To this end, the College recruits talented and diverse faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Middlebury College encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities. The College also invites applications from individuals who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.