Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is one of the country’s leading schools of health and rehabilitation sciences. Home to more than 1,300 undergraduate and 450 graduate students, Sargent College combines outstanding faculty and cutting-edge research to provide superb education and clinical experiences. The college has more than 25 on-campus research facilities, clinical centers, and labs. It offers top-ranked degree programs in occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech, language and hearing sciences, health science, athletic training, human physiology, behavior and health, and nutrition.

The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, situated within Sargent College, has been devoted to improving the lives of individuals with psychiatric conditions for over 45 years. Our Research, Training, and Services divisions work to achieve this goal by researching and developing new interventions, by disseminating new advancements and programs to the field, and by providing programming that teaches critical skills to promote success in whatever goals our participants may have as students, workers, and citizens.

The Center’s College Mental Health Education Program (CMHEP) (https://cpr.bu.edu/cmhep/) is currently inviting applications for a full-time Training Associate position. CMHEP provides educational programming for individuals and their families who live with mental health conditions. Our Training Associates (TAs) engage students and their families affirmatively and skillfully as people first, with inherent strengths through teaching, coaching, advising, and advocating. TAs coordinate and develop relationships with other academic, health, and community resources to assist the student and their families to thrive while living with a mental health condition as students, workers, and family members. TAs are expected to participate in other related training and research events within the Center, at the University, and in other educational and health environments as well as assist in the development and implementation of innovative curriculum and programming.

We seek candidates with diversity of experience and perspective who have broad knowledge within the field of counseling, education, psychology social work, and/or rehabilitation and whose teaching pedagogies encourage full participation. Exceptional interpersonal skills, flexibility, adaptability, and multi-tasking are all essential skills for this position.

Essential Functions:

• Teach in a classroom setting, both using established curriculums and supporting development of new class curriculums and seminars that build knowledge, skills and strategies that support students to thrive, with an interest in planning, writing, implementing, modifying, and delivering curriculum through universal design learning principles.
• Coach, advise, advocate, and mentor students in a one-on-one setting, using active listening, empathy, motivational interviewing, and cognitive-behavioral strategies and techniques. Respond in the moment to meet student needs; some availability outside of standard work hours is expected.
• Provide training and support to other educational and mental health professionals to support students with behavioral health conditions, through outreach to other professional and programs, strong collaboration, and initiative-taking. Occasional presentations at conferences, both nationally and globally.

The TA will sustain and support a culture that celebrates the diversity of individuals and ideas, and which values accountability, collaboration, and innovation. The Center believes that the cultural and social diversity of our faculty and staff is vitally important to the distinction and excellence of all our work. To that, we are especially eager to add to our team a colleague who supports our commitment to ensuring the Center is inclusive, equitable, diverse, and a place where all constituents can thrive. The Center seeks to continue diversifying our staff, recognizing that diversity of experience and thought strengthens the work that we do and the value we bring to every community we serve.

Skills

Basic Qualifications:

• Degree: Master’s degree
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience and expertise in mental illnesses in young adults, social work, special education, adult education, and/or higher education is preferred
• Clinical licensure (e.g. LICSW, LMHC)

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.