Employee Assistance Counselor – Hybrid

Job Posting Title:

Employee Assistance Counselor – Hybrid

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Hiring Department:

Office of the Vice President of People and Talent

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

To Be Determined at Offer

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Earliest Start Date:

Ongoing

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

Texas

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Job Details:

General Notes

This job opportunity is 20 hours a week and features a flexible work schedule.

At the HealthPoint Employee Assistance Program, we strive to transform lives and improve personal and organizational effectiveness for the benefit of the entire UT community. We provide behavioral health expertise, promote wellness, and develop solutions to life’s challenges.. For more information on the EAP Department, please visit: https://eap.utexas.edu/

Your skills will make a difference.

You’ll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for our academic programs and research. Your work will contribute to operational excellence and enhance the student experience. If you’re the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you’ll like working in our department and for UT Austin. UT Austin provides an outstanding benefits package including but not limited to:

• Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
• Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
• Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with employer matching funds
• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities.
• Tuition assistance
• Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets
• Free access to UT Austin’s libraries and museums with staff ID card
• Free rides on all UT shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card
• For more details, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards.

Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employee without sponsorship.
Security sensitive; Criminal background check conducted on selected applicant. Hiring decision is contingent on applicant clearing check. This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code §51.215.

Purpose

To transform lives and improve personal and organizational effectiveness for the benefit of the UT community through counseling, consultation, training and other projects related to health and wellbeing. Contribute to a professional team demonstrating cultural humility, innovation, mutual respect and empathy.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct bilingual client services which include mental health assessment, treatment planning, individual and group counseling. Establish and maintain professional relationships with clients with focus on problem-solving. Utilize professional knowledge and skills to mutually involve client in definition of the problem, goal formulation, and problem resolution. Mutually assess with client most appropriate treatment setting and refer to community providers, UT resource.
• Consultation with, training of, and assistance to campus leaders seeking to manage distressed or disruptive employees, enhance the work environment, and improve employee job performance incorporating an understanding of the organization, savvy about politics and applicable HR policies. Areas of consultation include but are not limited to: workforce reduction planning, change management, work-life balance initiatives, threat assessment and fitness for duty.
• Provide bilingual presentations to enhance mental health, wellness and workplace productivity such as stress management, responding to crisis situations, dealing with difficult customers, and suicide prevention. Assess the needs of the community to identify and develop new training when appropriate. Promote EAP services to the campus-community through outreach.
• Provide crisis management services through assessment of individuals in crisis and collaborate with other threat assessment professionals to determine appropriate interventions. Provide guidance to managers in response to impaired and unsafe employees through the fitness for Duty process. Provide outreach and services to workgroups impacted by crisis or trauma.
• Participate in professional, administrative activities such as medical record keeping, policy and legal adherence, participation in staff meetings, and representation of EAP in relevant campus meetings.
• Participate in organizational planning. Incorporate client and organizational feedback and alignment with leadership and the mission of HR
• Other related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Master’s or doctoral degree in social work, clinical or counseling psychology, or other counseling-related field. Licensure or certification as professional counselor, psychologist or social worker. Fully bilingual. Three years full time experience providing intake and mental health counseling with adults with varied presenting problems, ages, and identities. Demonstrated ability to communicate cultural competency mutual respect and empathy. Experience providing individual short-term problem-solving counseling, treating clients with depression, anxiety disorders, stress reactions and serious mental illness. Experience creating and providing group counseling and training. Interest in workplace mental health and wellness issues. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Demonstrated ability to work and collaborate effectively with a team. Demonstrated ability to use tactical and strategic problem solving. Understanding of and adherence to the highest professional and ethical standards. Competence with basic computer functions and record keeping.

Preferred Qualifications

Prior experience working in a multidisciplinary work environment such as a college/university, hospital or other medical setting, or residential/inpatient treatment facility. Experience with EAP or other work-related counseling. Experience working with couples. Experience providing clinical supervision. Organizational and political awareness and ability to navigate competing interests. Certifications or specialized training in employee assistance programming, substance abuse prevention, threat assessment, organization planning and development, human resources management, conflict resolution and mediation, or mental health counseling which may include but not be limited to : Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP), National Certified Counselor (NCC), Certified Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC), National Certified Addiction Counselor (NCAC) and so forth.

Salary Range

$31,500 – prorated annual basis, 20 hours per week.

Working Conditions

• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
• Use of manual dexterity

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

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Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

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Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer , complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.  You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.  Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.  Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF]
• E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031 .

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.