Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

Primary Purpose

The Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) provides culturally responsive mental health services to students in a higher education setting. Responsibilities include clinical assessment, diagnosis, individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, consultation, outreach programming, case management, and collaboration with campus partners. The LPCC promotes student well-being, persistence, and academic success through evidence-based clinical care and prevention-focused initiatives.

Pacific offers full-time employees a unique opportunity to live on our beautiful campus at below-market rental rates—helping you save time and money on your commute.

Essential Functions

• Provide brief individual, couples, and group counseling to diverse college and graduate student populations.
• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments, biopsychosocial evaluations, risk assessments, and diagnostic evaluations.
• Develop and implement treatment plans utilizing evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
• Maintain timely and accurate clinical documentation in accordance with professional, legal, ethical, and institutional standards.
• Provide referrals to community providers, psychiatric services, higher levels of care, and campus resources as appropriate.
• Deliver services through in-person and telehealth modalities.
• Provides preventative outreach/programming and trainings, and represents CAPS at campus events such as orientation, trainings, critical incident debriefing, and workshops on an as needed basis.
• Consults with faculty and staff within the University regarding student concerns and needs.
• Participates in university-wide committees.
• Participates in staff, multidisciplinary team, and Student Life Divisional meetings.
• Attends professional development opportunities and maintains licensure status with the appropriate California board.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

University of the Pacific recognizes that diversity, equity, and inclusion is foundational to the success of our valued students and employees. We prioritize policy and decision-making that demonstrates awareness of, and responsiveness to, the ways socio-cultural forces related to race, gender, ability, sexuality, socio-economic status, etc. impede or propel students, faculty, and staff.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Licensed Professional Clinical Counseling, Counseling, or closely related field from an accredited institution.
• Current California Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) license in good standing.
• Minimum of two (2) years prior experience with adolescents or adults.
• Experience providing crisis intervention.
• Knowledge of college student development and mental health concerns affecting young adults.
• Demonstrated commitment to multicultural counseling and inclusive practices.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and identities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a college counseling center of university setting.
• Three (3) or more years of post-licensure clinical experience
• Experience with outreach programs
• Experience with Point N Click electronic medical records.
• Ability to teach in an informal workshop setting.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills as demonstrated through the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other departments within the university.
• Bilingual/Multilingual.
• Experience and sensitivity in working with people of diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Demonstrated experience in advancing social justice, equity, and inclusion in a university setting.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative but not definitive of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is an in-person role, and the successful candidate must be willing to relocate within California, preferably within 25 miles of the Stockton Pacific campus.

Frequent sitting and verbal communication with occasional walking and standing. Infrequent bending, stooping, kneeling, or reaching above shoulders. May be expected to lift up to 25 lbs. Use of computers, phones, and other technology.

Hiring Range

$80,000 - $90,000 per year. We consider factors such as, but not limited to, scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's qualifications, internal equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.

Background Check Statement

All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment are required to execute a release and authorization for a background screening.

AB 810 Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: University of the Pacific complies with California Assembly Bill 810, requiring candidates accepting conditional job offers to disclose any final administrative or judicial findings, ongoing proceedings, allegations, resignations under investigation, or appeals related to sexual harassment or misconduct within the past seven years.

Anti-Discrimination/EEO Policy Statement

University of the Pacific is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to workforce diversity across backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints. Pacific does not unlawfully discriminate in its hiring of faculty and staff, or in the provision of its employment benefits to its faculty and staff on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sex/gender, marital status, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, medical condition, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, or mental or physical disability, or other legally protected characteristics or combination of such characteristics. While we strive to attract a broad and representative pool of candidates, all hiring decisions are made based on merit, selecting the most qualified individual for each position.