Counselor Therapist, LGBTQ+ Community Liaison, Cornell Health

Student and Campus Life (SCL) inspires transformation in all Cornell students on their journey of individual, academic and personal evolution. Our division is comprised of leading student affairs experts who support our campus on pressing student life matters including public service, health, wellbeing, connection and belonging, residential living, food services, sports, recreation, career services, and student activities and organizations including sorority and fraternity life. We provide support and services to roughly 25,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on multiple campuses in the U.S. and abroad. Cornell Health's more than 200 employees collaborate to provide integrated and culturally-sensitive mental health, medical, health promotion, public health, student accommodations, and occupational medicine care and services. Dually focused on holistic health of Cornell students and well-being of the larger campus community, the unit supports readiness to learn, to participate fully in the Cornell experience, and to achieve academic, work, and life success. Cornell Health is nationally recognized for innovation and leadership, and is committed to an ongoing journey toward integrated, cost-effective, and community-based services and campus health initiatives. Cornell Health's Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) offers confidential counseling and psychiatric services, designed to help students with mental health concerns that may be affecting their quality of life and ability to learn. Our providers include psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, and nurse practitioners from diverse cultural and clinical backgrounds. CAPS providers value students in all of their individuality, and are committed to welcoming all people with respect and sensitivity. Our providers regularly collaborate with Cornell Health's diverse array of healthcare providers as an integrated service that support both the mind and the body.The LGBTQ+ Community Liaison at Cornell Health's Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) serves as a member of a multidisciplinary service team with primary responsibility for the mental health Cornell University's undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. All Community Liaison positions are fully in-person and designed to create a bridge between mental health services in CAPS and communities of students who traditionally have faced barriers in connecting to mental health support. The responsibilities of these positions include providing Let's Talk services, leading identity-focused support/treatment groups, providing outreach to student groups and campus offices/mentors closely connected to these students, as well as engaging in short-term individual counseling and crisis management with students from all backgrounds. While these will not be the only clinicians serving students of these identities, these counselors will serve as a conduit to CAPS to help keep other clinicians informed about the needs of the community and assisting CAPS leadership in how to respond to the unique needs of these students. They may also serve as a resource for mental health education and prevention strategies across campus, and may consult with faculty, staff, and parents regarding student mental health issues. Success Factors: * Shares Cornell Health's commitment to providing timely mental health access to students in academic settings. * Excellent communication, interpersonal, and listening skills, including the ability to speak to a wide range of audiences and communicate with individuals from diverse backgrounds, identities, and life experiences. * Strong commitment to collaborative work and demonstrated success working with colleagues and other campus partners with varying work styles. * Demonstrates sound clinical judgment. * Maintains curiosity and willingness to learn the evolving values, culture, training, and educational approaches to wor