Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

• Master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from a CACREP -accredited program PLUS licensed as a clinical mental health counselor/licensed professional counselor, and post-graduate clinical experience. A faculty with a master’s degree would be hired as Instructor.

• OR earned doctorate in counselor education (or ABD with expected completion of doctorate by August 2024), from an accredited institution and CACREP -accredited doctoral program with licensure/license eligibility as a clinical mental health counselor/licensed professional counselor. A faculty with an earned doctorate in counselor education would be hired as Clinical Assistant Professor of Practice.

Other:

• A record of clinical experience

• Clinical supervisory experience and training

• Evidence of, or potential for, expertise in master’s-level teaching in CACREP core curriculum

• Experience teaching practicum/internship

• Interest in field placement coordination

• Commitment to become licensed as LCMHC in North Carolina, if hired.

• Experience and commitment to working with diverse populations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• North Carolina Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor

• Supervision licensure or certification

• Experience facilitating counseling lab/clinics, including understanding compliance with FERPA and HIPAA regulations, billing, and emergency services

• Experience in grant development and management

• Experience with field placement technology management (e.g., Tevera, lab/clinic recording systems)

• Experience or interest in teaching developmental perspectives, helping skills, group counseling, among other CACREP core courses or self-developed electives

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Application materials must be submitted online. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until a candidate has been selected for hire.

Please include cover letter, curriculum vitae, unofficial transcripts from highest degree earned* and a list references.

*All applicants are required to submit an unofficial transcript of their highest attained degree, showing all completed coursework and the date the degree was conferred. The transcript must state “Degree Awarded,” “Degree Conferred,” or a similar phrase. For candidates who are ABD , please submit your most recent doctoral program transcript along with your master’s degree transcript, if you hold such a degree. The master’s degree transcript must have a notation such as “Degree Awarded,” “Degree Conferred,” or similar phrase, to verify it as your highest completed degree.

For questions or additional information please contact Russ Curtis at curtis@wcu.edu or Nancy Valverde at nvalverde@wcu.edu