Postgraduate Fellow Counseling Center
Job Description
Postgraduate Fellow
Counseling Center, Rose Hill
Fordham University
Fordham University has an excellent reputation as a dynamic institution located in New York City. Founded in 1841, Fordham enrolls more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students in its 9 Colleges and Schools.
- Fordham University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to its employees, which includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
- We offer tuition remission for employees and their dependents
- A generous employer match towards a 403(b) retirement plan.
- As a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), Fordham is considered a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, a federal program designed to forgive student loan debt for employees of certain public and certain nonprofit employers.
- As part of its work-life balance program, the University provides generous PTO including 15 vacation days, 12 sick days, 2 personal days, 6 summer Fridays, and holidays that include paid time off between Christmas and New year.
- University employees have access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). EAP provides no-cost, professional, and confidential services, to help employees and family members address a variety of personal, family, life, and work-related issues.
Hybrid Policy:
Please review the Hybrid Policy here.
Position Summary
Fordham University Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) will offer two
postgraduate fellowship positions for the 2024-2025 academic year at the Rose
Hill Campus (Bronx, NY) with concentrations in Training, Groups, or Social
Justice & Outreach, and one postgraduate fellow position at the Lincoln Center
Campus (New York, NY) with a concentration in International Mental Health
(Mandarin speaker required).
The 12-month fellowship will commence on August 12, 2024.
The fellowship carries a stipend, full University benefits (described in detail
below) and fully meets the licensure requirement of supervised postdoctoral
psychology, mental health counseling, and social work hours in New York and
many other states. We emphasize generalist practice from a relational
psychodynamic perspective, while allowing fellows to develop additional
expertise in an administrative area relevant to University counseling (e.g., training
and supervision, group therapy, outreach/prevention).
We have a social justice-centered equity-based treatment model. Fordham CPS
is committed to diversifying our staff and to increasing diversity in the field
through quality training. We welcome and encourage applications from
individuals from all religious backgrounds, racial/ethnic minority individuals,
immigrants and international students, LGBTQ and gender-expansive individuals,
second-career/non-traditional-age applicants, individuals with disabilities, and
others who are historically underrepresented in the mental health fields.
Essential Functions
∙Provides direct clinical services, including phone triage, brief
psychotherapy, group therapy, crisis intervention, and case management,
to a diverse undergraduate and graduate student population.
∙Provides consultation to faculty, administrators, families and community
providers about students of concern and campus-wide mental health
issues.
∙Participates in CPS’s outreach, prevention and referral services.
∙Provides clinical supervision to an extern (second semester).
∙Participates in training, multidisciplinary and administrative team meetings.
∙Performs administrative duties as assigned.
Training Activities:
∙Supervision: Post-graduate fellows receive 2 hours of individual
supervision per week from licensed psychologists. Supplemental
supervision is provided for additional activities such as co-leading groups
or conducting outreach.
∙Seminars: Fellows meet weekly with Training Director and other staff
members for case conferences, psychodynamic didactics, multicultural
seminar (fall semester), and supervision of supervision seminar (spring
semester).
∙Concentration: At Rose Hill, each fellow completes a year-long
concentration as an “assistant coordinator” in one area
(training/supervision, group therapy, outreach/prevention, or
diversity/social justice initiatives), shadowing/learning from and supporting
the activities of the staff member responsible for that area of CPS’
operations. At Lincoln Center, the only concentration available is
international student mental health, and we welcome Mandarin-speaking
applicants for this position.
Essential Functions Note
This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list.
The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.
Required Qualifications: Education and Experience
∙Completed doctorate in clinical, counseling or school psychology or related
field (ABD candidates may be considered), OR completed Master’s degree
in mental health counseling, OR completed Master’s degree in social work.
∙Experience with providing short term and group psychotherapy in a
community or university mental health setting.
∙Commitment to providing multicultural counseling and conceptualizing
from a psychodynamic framework.
∙Dedication to learning about, understanding and supporting the care of
students and the vocation of student affairs in the context of Fordham
University’s Jesuit tradition.
Required Qualifications: Knowledge and Skills
∙Lincoln Center Only: Mandarin-speaker required.
∙Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse university community of
students, faculty, administrators and families.
∙Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to
the goals of Jesuit Education.
Minimum Starting Salary: $43,000
Maximum Starting Salary: $43,000
Note: Salary is commensurate with qualifications, experience, and skills.
START DATE: ASAP
APPLY HERE: https://careers.fordham.edu/postings/7333
ABOUT FORDHAM
Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an
exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000
students in its 9 colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx
and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center
Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United
Kingdom.
Fordham University is committed to excellence through diversity and
welcomes candidates of all backgrounds.
Fordham is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Veterans/Disabled and other
protected categories
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