Assistant Director of Sport Psychology and Mental Wellness

Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in counseling or clinical psychology, or a master’s degree in counseling/social work
• Currently licensed or eligible for licensure as a mental health care professional in the state of North Carolina. Please note: current doctoral interns are encouraged to apply and can start in the summer of 2025 if they are qualified and would be eligible for licensure within 1 year of the start date.
• Experience providing clinical services and outreach programming to student-athletes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Regular scheduled live practice, training, and competition observation for impromptu consultation, rapid assessment, brief interventions, and team talks.
• Development and delivery of designated team’s seasonal mental well-being and mental skill training plans.
• Maintains working relationships with designated teams. Travel when appropriate, requested, and amendable to clinical.
• Bi-weekly consultation with Associate AD for mental wellness and sport psychology and Director of UCC until licensed and institutional knowledge is deemed proficient.
• Attend weekly counseling center staff admin and clinical team meetings.
• Attends monthly eating concerns treatment team as athletics representative.
• Lead the sport psychology training specialization for APPIC matched doctoral interns. Work as a supervising consultant for intern’s student-athlete case load and deliver didactics. Continue building off existing training track to cultivate meaningful and developmentally appropriate learning experiences.
• Participates in bi-weekly sport psychology team which is available to all staff for consultation or education pertaining to working with high performers.
• Takes part in rotating after hours emergency/crisis on call responsibilities as back-up to ProtoCall. Exactly 1 week per semester.