Counselor

BEH HEALTH COUNSELOR 4 HX (004460)

UCPath Position ID: 40276276

Position Description History/Status

For Reference ONLY - PeopleAdmin JA Number:

1117264

Approved Date:

6/17/2025 6:20:11 PM

Date Last Edited:

6/17/2025 6:20:09 PM

Last Action Effective Date:

8/1/2019

Organization Details

Business Unit (Location):

LACMP

Organization Code:

5000O

Organization:

ADMINISTRATIVE VICE CHANCELLOR

Division Code:

5901D

Division:

ADMINISTRATION

Department:

361000 - CAMPUS HUMAN RESOURCES

Position Details

UCPath Position Number:

40276276

Position Description ID

170999

UC Payroll Title:

BEH HEALTH COUNSELOR 4 HX (004460)

Business Title:

Counselor

Personnel Program

Professional and Support Staff (PSS)

Salary Grade:

STEPS

Job Code FLSA:

Exempt

Union Code (Collective Bargaining Unit):

HX: Residual Healthcare Professionals

Employee Relations Code:

F: All Others - Confidential

Employee Class (Appt Type):

1 - Staff: Contract

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)

1

SUPERVISION

UCPath Reports to Position Number:

40043006

Reports to Payroll Title:

BEH HEALTH CNSLNG SUPV 2

UCPath Department Head Position Number:

40046386

Department Head Payroll Title:

HR MGR 4

GENERAL SUPERVISION - Indicates that the incumbent develops procedures for performance of variety of duties; or performs complex duties within established policy guidelines.

0

0

POSITION SUMMARY

Under the direction of the UCLA Staff and Faculty Counseling Center (SFCC) Assistant Director and Director, the Counselor provides a wide range of services, including confidential counseling for employees and their family members, coaching, training, work-life programs, support groups, and community resource referrals. The SFCC Counselor fosters a productive and supportive work environment for all employees and helps employees achieve increased engagement, satisfaction, fulfillment, and growth in their personal and work lives, and to function optimally as a productive member of the workforce. Services are free, voluntary, and confidential. The SFCC Counselor assists clients with enhancing problem-solving skills to explore all feasible and constructive options; building personal resilience to better handle stress and improve emotional well-being; developing new perspectives that can enhance positive outcomes and offering practical tools that can assist in taking constructive action to improve interpersonal relationships. Additional responsibilities include: program promotion; administrative functions; education and training for faculty/staff on common behavioral and work-related issues; and support of special projects. This position requires functioning with a high degree of initiative and independence, and all work must comply with professional, ethical, and legal regulations. Teamwork is a critical skill; SFCC prides itself on creating a culture of trust, inclusion, and values diversity.

The Staff and Faculty Counseling Center (SFCC), UCLA’s Employee Assistance Program, provides counseling, management consultation, departmental training, and crisis management. The SFCC helps employees achieve increased engagement, satisfaction, fulfillment, and growth in their personal and work lives and function optimally as productive members of the workforce. The SFCC's highly skilled and bilingual team of licensed behavioral health professionals will make your experience at the SFCC personalized and confidential while moving you toward an effective action plan. The SFCC counselors have decades of experience and are knowledgeable about the UCLA environment and culture.

Clinical Services

1) Provide intake, assessment, referral, and follow-up services to faculty, staff, and their families. (E) Such services include: a. Short-term intervention with a broad range of personal and work-related problems. b. Clinical psychosocial intervention in crisis situations. c. Case management and referral to campus and/or community resources for continuing support. d. Clinical and case management documentation in accordance with professional and privacy standards, and legal and ethical guidelines. 2) Facilitate a variety of different types of support groups.(E) 3) Maintain strict confidentiality in all relevant aspects of his/her clinical work and clinically related activities. (E) 4) Provide services that assist others with building and enhancing skills proactively to help prevent or ameliorate problems. (E) 5) Provide coaching to develop communication, emotional intelligence, parenting, and stress management.(E)

80%

Administrative Functions

1) Maintain client statistical information. (E) 2) Develop, update, coordinate, and evaluate information and referral resources (including private practitioners), that support program services found on campus as well as in the community. (E) 3) Assist in developing and implementing new program components and execute special projects as assigned. (E) 4) Develop written materials for the SFCC, including the Supervisor's Tool Kit. 5) Provide back-up phone coverage for the front desk. (E) 6) Other duties as assigned by the Director and Assistant Director(E)

15%

Education and Training

1) Develop and present campus educational programs on various topics, including those related to psychological and emotional well-being; stress management, the workplace; relationships; family issues; substance abuse; managing change; and communication skills. (E) 2) Actively participate in efforts to increase awareness of SFCC's programs. (E) 3) Other in-person promotional programming and training as it occurs. (E)

5%

•

Performs other duties as assigned.

•

Complies with all policies and standards.

•

Complies with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Principles of Community.

•

This position description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of the organization.

QUALIFICATIONS

Master's Degree

in behavioral health field or equivalent combination of

education and experience.

Required

Or

PhD

in behavioral health field or equivalent combination

of education and experience

Required

3-5 years

experience in the counseling field.

Required

3-5 years

experience in work related to employee assistance.

Preferred

3-5 years

experience working within a hospital EAP setting is

preferred.

Preferred

Current California mental health license

Required

Demonstrated understanding and sensitivity to the diverse needs of various multicultural, ethnic,

socio-economic, educational, and age-specific populations within the University community.

Required

Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws regarding disability, workers' compensation, mental

health, employee relations-labor relations, and alcohol and drugs.

Required

Ability to counsel and intervene in a broad range of clinical problems such as family, interpersonal,

parent-child, intrapsychic, behavioral, substance abuse, and suicide risk.

Required

Sound knowledge of employee assistance and work issues, and familiarity with the latest

developments and trends in employee assistance programs.

Required

Strong interviewing and interpersonal skills including the ability to establish rapport and on-going

relationships with clients. Strong, clear communication skills in writing, in-person, and group

presentations.

Required

 Understanding of management and supervision theory and practice, including maintenance of

performance standards. Understanding of the social, emotional, behavioral, and psychological implications of an employee's

problems for themselves and their work environment.

Required

Ability to provide counseling and intervention to groups, departments or units as well as individuals.

Knowledge of individual, group, and organizational change theory and practice. Knowledge and

skills in a range of intervention techniques including individual, group, systems, and organizations.

Required

Can identify individual problems and solve them, as appropriate, within a short-term counseling

model. Knowledge of normal and abnormal behavior and its manifestations in humans.

Required

Ability to function with independence in clinical work and other duties and responsibilities. Ability to

manage own schedule of appointments within program guidelines which requires flexibility. Ability

to function under the general administrative and clinical supervision of the SFCC Director.

Required

Ability to seek consultation as professionally appropriate. Ability to intervene and evaluate severely

disturbed employees. Ability to consult with professional and nonprofessional colleagues. Ability to

communicate and resolve conflict effectively with members of the team.

Required

Knowledge of UC policy and procedures regarding disability, workers' compensation, mental health,

employee relations-labor relations, and alcohol and drugs.

Preferred

Spanish speaking.

Preferred

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS AND/OR CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Background Check: Continued employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.

Live Scan Background Check: A Live Scan background check must be completed prior to the start of employment.

CANRA: The position is designated as a mandatory reporter under CANRA. The employee must sign the "Statement Acknowledging Requirement to Report Child Abuse".

LOCATION AND PHYSICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, MENTAL (PEM) REQUIREMENTS

Environment and Work Location Information

Environment Type:

Non-Clinical Setting

Location Setting:

Campus

Location:

Wilshire Center

Standing/Walking

X

Sitting

X

X

Bending/Stooping

X

Squatting/Kneeling

X

Climbing

X

Lifting/Carrying/Push/Pull 0-25 lbs

X

X

Lifting/Carrying/Push/Pull 26-50 lbs

X

Lifting/Carrying/Push/Pull over 50 lbs

X

Physical requirements other

X

Chemicals, dust, gases, or fumes

X

Loud noise levels

X

Marked changes in humidity or temperature

X

Microwave/Radiation

X

Operating motor vehicles and/or equipment

X

Exposures other

X

Sustained attention and concentration

X

X

Complex problem solving/reasoning

X

X

Ability to organize & prioritize

X

X

Communication skills

X

X

Numerical skills

X

X

Mental demands other

X

X

Classification 3:  Position in which exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues is not part of the position description. The normal routine task involves no exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues and the employee can decline to perform tasks which involve a perceived risk without retribution.