Job Description:

The Office of Counseling & Advocacy Services is seeking a compassionate, culturally competent Licensed Clinician for a full-time, temporary-to-permanent position. Reporting to the Director, this role offers a direct path to transition into a regular, fully benefitted position based on performance and institutional needs. In this role, you will provide vital mental health services to a vibrant, diverse student body of creators and performing artists, utilizing a short-term treatment model to help them navigate psychological challenges and achieve balance. At Berklee, your work directly supports the next generation of creative leaders.

Key Responsibilities

Direct Clinical Services:

• Caseload Management: Maintain an ongoing clinical caseload using a short-term therapy model, with direct clinical services capped at 65% of total time per AUCCCD guidelines.
• Assessment & Psychotherapy: Conduct comprehensive psychological assessments, provide individual and group psychotherapy, and coordinate referrals to community providers for long-term care or psychiatric evaluation.
• Crisis Intervention: Deliver immediate crisis support as part of the daytime on-call clinician rotation and respond effectively to campus mental health emergencies.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential clinical documentation within the counseling electronic medical record system.

Collaboration & Community Outreach:

• Mental Health Initiatives: Develop and implement community-faced mental health initiatives tailored to the unique needs of various student populations.
• Psycho-Educational Programming: Partner with the broader Health and Wellness staff to deliver preventative outreach and wellness programming across campus.
• Consultation: Provide professional consultation to faculty, staff, and student leaders to foster a supportive ecosystem for students.

What You'll Bring

• Education & Licensure: Master’s degree and current licensure in Massachusetts (LICSW, LMFT, LMHC, or Licensed Clinical Psychologist), or license eligibility within 6 months of hire. Must maintain professional liability insurance. A degree in Music Therapy is strongly preferred.
• Clinical Expertise: Strong psychological assessment and counseling skills. A certification in Music Therapy is highly preferred.
• Multicultural Competency: Proven track record of social justice and multicultural competencies, with an innate ability to engage with a highly diverse student population.
• Theoretical Knowledge: Solid understanding of student development and psychological principles within a higher education framework.

Schedule & Work Environment

• Hybrid Model: This position operates on a flexible hybrid schedule tied to the academic calendar. You will work primarily in person during high-demand periods (such as the start of semesters). When classes are in session, the role includes one remote day per week, expanding to two non-consecutive remote days during lower-demand periods like breaks and summer.
• Availability: Requires occasional evening, weekend, and holiday availability to accommodate on-call duties or marquee campus events (e.g., Orientation, Opening Day, Parent/Family Weekend).
• Special Consideration: While not prohibited, applicants should carefully consider these expectations before beginning or maintaining a private practice, or accepting/maintaining other part-time employment, before accepting an offer of employment at Berklee.

Why Berklee?

• Mission-Driven Impact: Guide and support the well-being of the world's most inspired young musicians, theater artists, and dancers.
• Cultural Access: Enjoy nightly access to world-class music, theater, and dance performances right on campus.
• Professional Growth: This temporary-to-permanent pipeline positions you for potential transition into a full-time career with comprehensive health, dental, and retirement matching options.

Hiring Range: $45.00 to $50.00 per hour; salary dependent on experience and education.

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This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Berklee:

We support an inclusive workplace where everyone excels based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance. Berklee affirms that inequality is detrimental to our faculty, staff, students, and the communities we serve. Our goal is to make lasting change through our actions. Berklee is committed to providing fair and equitable consideration of all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, age, national origin, place of birth, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, or status as a member of the armed forces or veteran of the armed forces, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

As part of this commitment, Berklee will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the Human Resources Team at [email protected] or call 617-747-2375.

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