Job Summary

This position reports to the Director of Counseling & Psychological Services and supports the mission of Campus Health & Wellbeing (CH&W) and Residential Student Experience (RSE) to provide safe, supportive, and therapeutic care for Cal Poly students and assists with coordination of care within the Mustang Mental Health Response program. This program is designed to provide students with a full range of options to help solve their crisis in the best setting possible.

Specifically, this position offers primarily evening hours including services for crisis intervention, safety planning, stabilization support, and consultation embedded in on campus housing. Follow up services may include therapy within this program, referrals to clinicians within CAPS, referrals to higher levels of care and/or community services. This position includes work with serious presenting concerns, requiring the ability to conceptualize cases and provide responsive care within sociocultural context.

This position is full-time, working four 10-hour days per week. Primary work hours will be 4 pm - 2 am Sunday through Wednesday (Schedule A) or Wednesday through Saturday (Schedule B). This is an Academic Year position.

Key Qualifications

• Demonstrated competence with diversity and intersectionality, and experience addressing the mental health needs of college students including those with historically marginalized identities.
• Demonstrated knowledge of FERPA, HIPAA, and the California Medical Information Act as it relates to the provision of psychotherapy in a university counseling center and confidentiality.
• Demonstrated experience providing crisis assessment and intervention with late adolescent and young adult populations, including safety planning, ongoing stabilization work, and risk assessment.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage clinical crisis situations, including hospitalizations.

Education and Experience

• Possession of a Master's degree in appropriate field and current licensure or eligible for licensure to practice in the State of California as LPCC, LCSW or LMFT with minimum of 2 years of clinical experience post degree (in any state or province).
• OR
• Possession of doctoral degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology and current licensure or eligible for licensure in the State of California as a psychologist.
• (Note that hiring level will be commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate.)

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, DEGREES, CREDENTIALS:

• All counselors must be licensed in California within two years of initial appointment.
• Preferred : Current California psychologist, LPCC, LCSW, or LMFT license that is free of active disciplinary action.

Salary and Benefits

Anticipated Hiring Range:

Classification Range: $85,524-$153,252

Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Anticipated Hiring Range referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Classification Range may be broader than what the University anticipates paying for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).

Cal Poly offers a best-in-class benefits program, including health, dental and vision insurance, retirement participation in the Public Employees' Retirement System, and educational benefits for eligible employees. See our benefits website for additional information.

How to Apply

To apply, please attach (1) a cover letter illustrating how you meet the requirements of the position, particularly regarding crisis and diagnostic experience and expertise in providing services to underserved student populations, (2) curriculum vitae (CV), (3) unofficial transcripts to your online application, (4) a copy of license (as applicable), and (5) responses to the supplemental application questions listed below.

Please be prepared to provide three professional references with names and email addresses when completing the online faculty application. Cal Poly will directly solicit letters from the people listed by applicants; please include your current/most recent supervisor as one of these three. Sealed official transcripts showing highest degree earned will be required of finalists.

Supplemental Questions are included within the application.

How do you tailor your approach to clinical work to meet the unique needs of diverse client populations?

How have your specific training, experience, and educational endeavors prepared you for this position at Cal Poly?

For questions, please contact: Andrea Lawson - 805-756-2511 or [email protected]

Advertised: Jun 24 2026 Pacific Daylight Time
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