Description

Minimum Qualifications:

• PhD or PsyD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology.
  Licensed as a Psychologist in Georgia; maintain all licenses and certifications needed to supervise graduate student therapists.
  Three years of higher education teaching experience.
  Demonstrated skills in management of clinical/counseling centers.
  Experience in clinical supervision of students/clinic staff.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

This position could be hired as a .75FTE position as Doctoral Internship Coordinator/Clinic Director of Ivester House or could be a 1.0FTE position as both DIC/Clinic Director of Ivester House and Norcross Clinic Director or Assistant Clinic Director of the Brenau Center for Counseling and Psychology Services in Norcross.

1. Doctoral Internship Coordinator

• Plan, organize, and direct a doctoral psychology internship collaborative run out of the Ivester House location of the Brenau Center for Counseling and Psychological Services.
• Lead recruitment and selection process for interns
• Maintain awareness of internship requirements and communicate the requirements to all agencies in the collaborative; ensure compliance with training and APA/APPIC accreditation standards.
• Maintain communication and contracts/MOUs with other collaborative and partner agencies, including scheduling regular meetings to evaluate ongoing operation of the collaborative as well as to evaluate intern progress.
• Plan and manage intern rotations across sites and verify qualifications of site supervisors; ensure that interns receive a high-quality and comprehensive training experience.
• Provide clinical supervision to interns for their clinical work at the Ivester House and partner sites.
• Plan and manage required didactic training, including scheduling didactic trainers from collaborative and partner sites.
• Maintain doctoral internship collaborative program records
• Manage program evaluation of internship collaborative

2. Director of BCCPS Norcross and Ivester House Clinics

• Provides clinical teaching through individual supervision of graduate students placed at the BCCPS Norcross who are seeing therapy and assessment clients.
• Assists in the grading process for students in Practicum and Internship placements by providing written evaluation of each student’s clinical performance.
• These evaluations are completed at the conclusion of each semester.
• Collaborate with department chair and/or graduate coordinator to recruit, hire, and supervise clinic staff including Assistant Clinic Director, Clinical supervisors, and Clinic coordinators
• Coordinate staff development activities for staff assigned to the clinic.
• Orient and train graduate student counselors and clinic coordinators.
• Supervise intake assessment services and case assignment.
• Develop and monitor systems and resources required to support therapy services including scheduling of clients and maintaining library of assessments and therapy materials
• Perform staff evaluations for direct report staff.
• Develop and maintain routine policies and procedures.
• Serve as on-call clinical supervisor.
• Liaison with Student Counseling Director to coordinate psychology services to Brenau students
• Identify community needs for psychology services.
   

3. Fiscal Oversight

With Department Chair, manage fiscal aspects of clinic:

• Recommend clinic budget to Department Chair and monitor budget.
• Monitor and approve clinic expenditures.
• Develop a fee schedule.
• Supervise billing and reimbursement activities; work with appropriate Brenau offices to deposit clinic income in designated accounts.
• Monitor and approve payment of clinic coordinators.

4. Marketing of clinic services

• Develop and maintain a referral list for clients who need services outside the scope of the clinic.
• With Assistant Clinic Director, develop and implement marketing plans to support clinic identity.
• Build referral relationships
• In collaboration with Public Relations, develop and maintain marketing materials. 
   

5. Extramural funding

• In collaboration with Department Chair and Institutional Advancement, develop grant and alternative funding opportunities.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
Supervise, manage, and motivate an individual/team to achieve departmental goals.

Work Hours:
If full-time, 37.5 hours per week. Generally, Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Hours may be extended to meet the needs of the department. Nights/weekends as needed.

If ¾ time, 30 hours per week. Generally, Monday - Friday. Hours may be extended to meet the needs of the department. Nights/weekends as needed.

Appointment Length:

12 months, continuous 

Environmental and Working Conditions/ Physical Demands and Aptitudes:
Mostly Sedentary work. Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment related to teaching. Prolonged periods sitting and standing. worker is required to have close visual acuity to grade papers, viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. Must have the ability to travel short distances, and/or drive a vehicle to deliver and pick up materials. Exerting up to 15 pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Some repetitive motion.

Title IX Implications:

Confidential Employee (Counselors, Chaplain, Health Services, Brenau Psychological Services)

An employee of Brenau University whose communications are privileged or confidential under Federal or State law. The employee’s confidential status, for purposes of this part, is only with respect to information received while the employee is functioning within the scope of their duties to which privilege or confidentiality applies; an employee of Brenau University who Brenau University has designated as confidential under this part for the purpose of providing services to persons related to sex discrimination. If the employee also has a duty not associated with providing those services, the employee’s confidential status is only with respect to information received about sex discrimination in connection with providing those services. Confidential employees are obligated to provide the contact information of the Title IX Coordinator and information about how to make a Complaint of sex discrimination to any person who provides the employee with information about conduct that reasonably may constitute sex discrimination under Title IX or this part. Similarly, when an employee or a student (or a person who has a legal right to act on behalf of a student) informs any employee (including Confidential employees) of the employee’s or student’s pregnancy or related conditions, that Confidential employee must promptly provide that person with the Title IX Coordinator’s contact information and inform that person that the Title IX Coordinator can coordinate specific actions to prevent sex discrimination and ensure the employee’s or student’s equal access to the Recipient’s education program or activity.

Payroll Status: 
Salary- Exempt (paid bi-weekly)

Campus Designation:
This is an on-site position based at the North Atlanta Campus located in Norcross, Georgia.

Remote Work Available: 
 No

Travel Requirements:   
Potential Frequent local travel and operation of a university vehicle and/or one’s own vehicle required between Gainesville Historic and Norcross campuses. Must be at least 21 years of age, possess a valid Georgia driver’s license, and good driving record.

Benefits:
Dependent upon employment status, years of service and worker category. Explore all that Brenau offers for Your Health, Your Mind, Your Finances, & Our Community here: https://intranet.brenau.edu/human-resources/job-opportunities/. 

Special Requirements:
Brenau University conducts various screenings to ensure a safe and secure environment. These checks are a condition of employment and may be performed at different times throughout employment. (1) Background Checks: All new hires must undergo a criminal background check. To maintain employment, individuals must have and maintain a favorable criminal history. The university may also conduct random background checks. Additional checks may be performed for certain roles. (2) Credit Checks: required for positions that handle university funds or credit cards or as otherwise required. (3) Motor Vehicle and Driving Checks: employees who operate a university vehicle or drive on university business must have a Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) run as part of the new hire process or as the requirement to drive is added to job responsibilities. To be approved for university travel, employees must meet the following criteria: be at least 21 years old, have and maintain a valid Georgia driver's license, and have and maintain a good driving record. As a condition of employment, employees must report any arrest (within five days of its occurrence) to the Office of Human Resources, including traffic violations for those listed on our auto insurance policy. Disclosure of subsequent legal action (conviction, dismissal of charges, etc.) must also be reported to the Office of Human Resources. It will be evaluated considering continued employment with the immediate supervisor. (4) Drug Screening: pre-employment/post-offer drug screens and random drug screens are performed for certain sensitive positions. Random drug screens are also performed on those who travel regularly, or those who operate a university vehicle. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug screening.

Additional Requirements:
 N/A

Licensure Requirements:
 Proof of any professional degree, license, or certification (collectively, “Credentials”) required to competently perform the work for which the employee is hired must have been submitted at the time of application for the position. Discovery during the course of employee’s employment that applicable Credentials have lapsed, been terminated, were misrepresented, or were falsified may result in immediate termination of employee’s employment.

All positions will be filled pending budgetary review.