University Counselor / Campus Advocate (Two positions)

Position Title: University Counselor / Campus Advocate (Two positions)

Department: Counseling

Advertised Pay: Lower $60,000's

Campus Location: Washburn University

Application Review: Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled. 

Position Summary: This position will provide outpatient mental health, crisis intervention, and consultation services. In addition, the incumbent will provide victim advocacy services, such as providing emotional support and assistance in navigating medical, legal, and other systems as desired by the client. The incumbent will also provide traditional case management services such as coordination of care, obtaining referrals, facilitating access to campus and community resources, etc. The employee may be assigned clients and tasks associated with advocacy, mental health therapy, and/or case management. Assignments will be made by the supervisor.

Hiring for two positions, with the assigned location to be determined during the interview and hiring process, between Washburn University and Washburn University Institute of Technology.

About Washburn University: Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of just over 7,000 students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
• Assess client needs and provide short-term mental health counseling, crisis intervention and safety planning, consultation, and victim advocacy for students, faculty, and staff of Washburn.
• Ensure the timely completion of client records and charting.
• Provide ethical, trauma-informed, evidence-based care and comply with applicable policies, procedures, and regulations applying to the position and fields of practice (e.g., university, professional, state/federal, etc.).
• Create, present, and facilitate workshops and other programs for various groups, classes, and organizations based on student needs or as requested by faculty, staff, students, and community organizations.
• Organize and facilitate well-being and public education initiatives including but not limited to tabling events, managing social media, organizing awareness events, creating marketing materials, etc.
• Contribute to office and campus assessment and data keeping by compiling and contributing individual and departmental data.
• Engage in a collaborative review of departmental processes, procedures, and programs.
• Participate in campus committees, programs, and initiatives as assigned. Liaison to University units and community partners. Campus partners include, but are not limited to, WU Police, Student Advising, Student Life, Student Accessibility Services, Student Health, Student Conduct, and Title IX. Community partners include, but are not limited to, the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, YWCA Center for Safety and Empowerment, Shawnee County Sheriff's Department, and New Dawn Wellness and Recovery.
• Provide training, daily direction, and oversight of interns or volunteers.
• Perform additional job-related duties as assigned or as appropriate.

Non-Essential Functions:
• Participate in professional organizations.

Required Qualifications:
• Master's degree in social work, psychology, professional counseling, or marriage and family counseling.
• Degrees in progress must be completed by the time of hire.
• One year of full-time equivalent experience providing mental health therapy, advocacy, and case management.
• Proven effective clinical, interpersonal, leadership, organizational, and advocacy skills.
• Experience providing trauma-informed mental health care.
• Experience working with survivors of sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual harassment, or stalking.
• Familiarity with applicable regulations and confidentiality limitations.
• Kansas Clinical Licensure completed and active by start date.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Permanent licensure held for two years.
• Experience with developing and delivering psychoeducational presentations.

Exempt, Full time
Background Check Required

Advertised: 06 Oct 2026 Central Daylight Time
Applications close:

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