Temporary Clinical/Counseling Faculty Pool Counseling and Psychological Services
Location: San Diego, CA Open Date: Dec 06, 2023
Description The San Diego State University Counseling and Psychological Services maintains an open 'pool' of applications for temporary clinical/counseling faculty positions and reviews this pool on an as-needed basis to identify qualified applicants for available clinical/counseling work.
We welcome applications from prospective temporary faculty with expertise or experience in the following areas:
Clinical or Counseling Psychology
Marriage and Family Therapy
Clinical Social Work
Professional Clinical Counseling
Temporary appointments may be either full or part-time. Initial appointments are typically one semester or one academic year, to be renewed contingent on satisfactory evaluations and continuing availability of work. Applications will remain in our applicant pool during the academic year you apply, meaning we begin accepting documents to the pool starting July 1st and will purge the files the following June 1st.
Qualifications Criteria
Terminal graduate degree in clinical/counseling psychology, marriage and family therapy, clinical social work, or professional clinical counseling.
Licensed to practice as an LMFT, LCSW, or LPCC
License Eligible (all SPE hours completed and ready for licensure examinations) to practice with a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in clinical or counseling psychology
Clinical experience working with college students or young adults
Demonstrated currency in subject matter
We are seeking applicants with demonstrated experience in and/or commitment to working effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and members of underrepresented groups. Candidates must satisfy two or more of the eight SDSU Building on Inclusive Excellence (BIE) criteria. Candidates that meet BIE criteria: (a) are committed to engaging in service with underrepresented populations within the discipline, (b) have demonstrated knowledge of barriers for underrepresented students and faculty within the discipline, (c) have experience or have demonstrated commitment to teaching and mentoring underrepresented students, (d) have experience or have demonstrated commitment to integrating understanding of underrepresented populations and communities into research, (e) have experience in or have demonstrated commitment to extending knowledge of opportunities and challenges in achieving artistic/scholarly success to members of an underrepresented group, (f) have experience in or have demonstrated commitment to research that engages underrepresented communities, (g) have expertise or demonstrated commitment to developing expertise in cross-cultural communication and collaboration, and/or (h) have research interests that contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education. Please indicate in your cover letter how you meet at least two or more of these criteria.
Prospective temporary faculty who would like their applications on file are invited to send the following items via Interfolio (http://apply.interfolio.com/137688):
A letter of application [including an articulation of how you meet at least two Building on Inclusive Excellence criteria]
Curriculum Vitae
Names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three professional references
The person holding this position is considered a 'mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.
A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.
The salary schedule information for the Student Services Professional - Academic Related I (Academic Year) Classification is available based on the following range:
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