Counselor

Job Summary:

The Counseling Department at Delaware Valley University invites qualified applicants to apply for a full-time, 10-month Counselor position beginning in the Fall 2025 semester. The Counselor role provides individual and group counseling to a full-time caseload of clients with a variety of presenting concerns. This position includes maintaining proper documentation, performing crisis assessments, performing intakes, monitoring high-risk clients, providing referrals as necessary, professional consultation to faculty, staff, and students, and educational programming. 

Job Duties:

In addition to maintaining a full caseload of clients, the Counselor:

• Provides direct counseling to individuals and groups and accurate documentation of all sessions. 
• Assists in managing, reviewing, and maintaining client records for trainees. 
• Assists with the development and management of counseling center projects, policies and procedures, data collection, and assessment.
• Participates in educational training, as well as consultation, to Faculty, Staff, and Administration.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives, preparation of annual reports assessments, and documents.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

• Assists as needed with weekly group and individual supervision to unlicensed professionals
• Available for consultation for practicum or internship students, as well as other staff

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• The full-time counselor is expected to be knowledgeable about current counseling practices and up to date on continuing education requirements.  
• Must have working knowledge of EMR (Medicat preferred) and maintain timely documentation.
• Must work well within a team environment and be able to form rapport with clients and maintain confidentiality. 
• Proficiency in educational presentations and desire to work with departments across campus on projects and committees. 

Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree in counseling, Social Work, Clinical Psychology or closely related field
• 5 years of experience providing clinical mental health counseling, preferably in a college or university setting. 
• Licensure in Pennsylvania required (LPC, LCSW, etc.). Experience working with diverse populations.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: 

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Occasionally lifting 25 lbs. or less
• Typically standing or walking

About the University:

Delaware Valley University (DelVal) is a private, comprehensive, nonprofit university educating students with a curriculum that emphasizes and requires experiential learning. Located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles north of Philadelphia, the University offers 28 undergraduate majors in business, arts and sciences, and agricultural and environmental sciences; 12 master's degrees; and a doctorate in education. Founded in 1896, DelVal has been cited by the National Society for Experiential Education as having the country's top experiential learning program, by Princeton Review as one of the best colleges in the Northeast, and by College Factual as having one of the top 20 animal science programs in the country.

Delaware Valley University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce.