Assistant Athletic Director for Mental Health and Performance

The Assistant Athletic Director for Mental Health and Performance will lead the development, implementation, and oversight of a comprehensive mental health and sport psychology program for student-athletes within the 27 sport programs at Duke University. This person is responsible for providing professional sport psychology and mental healthcare, providing specialized crisis intervention and follow up services, and coordinating outreach and consultation services for mental health as needed.

Essential Functions:

• Provide leadership and oversight of department day-to-day and future operations.
• Lead and supervise department staff, which is currently three full time providers.
• Develop a strategic plan, department policies, procedures and best practices for the advancement of mental health and performance psychology services for student-athletes.
• Provide clinical services to student-athletes including evaluation, treatment planning, progress monitoring, re-evaluation and possible referral.
• Serve as primary contact and facilitate high level of care services for emergency mental health presentations.
• Serve as primary contact for off campus referrals related to mental health and performance.
• Identify educational outreach needs and relevant programming.
• Provide consultation and outreach services to coaches, athletic trainers, strength and conditioning, nutrition and other administrative personnel regarding the psychological well- being of individual student-athletes and team members.

Education and Experience:

• Master's degree in counseling or related field from an institution of higher education.
• Licensed or licensed eligible as a Professional Counselor in the state of North Carolina.
• Experience in a student mental health agency or relevant healthcare or social service setting.