Counseling Center Manager

UCI Series Concepts

Class Specifications - A.35
Counseling Center Manager II (MSP 0710)
Counseling Center Manager I (MSP 0711)

September, 1978

SERIES CONCEPT

Counseling Center Managers plan, manage, and direct the activities of a 
Campus Counseling Center, typically supervising five or more full-time 
professional employees in addition to related clerical support staff and 
perform other related duties as required.

Incumbents typically develop policies and procedures for the Counseling 
Center; plan, organize, and administer programs for the successful delivery of 
such psychological services as individual counseling, group counseling, peer 
training, practical training, outreach programs, consulting and walk-in 
services; establish and maintain working relationships with other departments 
and outside agencies as necessary; recruit, train, assign, and evaluate the 
performance of professional and clerical staff; direct training programs for 
graduate students assigned to the Center for supervised field work; establish 
and maintain standards for professional work; conduct and/or supervise 
research performed by staff members or by graduate students in psychology or an 
allied field; plan and administer the budget for the Center; participate in 
local, state, and national associations; and represent the Counseling Center at 
public and professional meetings.

The Counseling Center Manager series consists of two management levels with 
the distinction between levels based on the scope and complexity of the 
Counseling Center's program, and the degree of supervision exercised.

CLASS CONCEPTS

Counseling Center Manager II

Under general direction, incumbents plan, manage, and direct the activities of 
a campus Counseling Center typically supervising ten or more full-time 
professional employees in addition to related clerical support staff. 
Incumbents in addition perform the range of duties outlined in the Series 
Concept. This is the second management level in the series.

Counseling Center Manager I

Under general direction, incumbents plan, manage, and direct the activities of 
a campus Counseling Center, typically supervising five or more full-time 
professional employees in addition to related clerical support staff.  
Incumbents in addition perform the range of duties outlined in the Series 
Concept. This is the first management level in the series.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Counseling Center Manager II

A Ph.D degree in counseling psychology or clinical psychology, including 
internship and five years of post-doctoral experience as a counseling 
psychologist or clinical psychologist; or an equivalent combination of 
education and experience; and knowledges and abilities essential to the 
successful performance of the duties assigned to the position.

Counseling Center Manager I

A Ph.D degree in counseling psychology or clinical psychology, including 
internship and four years of post-doctoral experience as a counseling 
psychologist or clinical psychologist; or an equivalent combination of 
education and experience; and knowledges and abilities essential to the 
successful performance of the duties assigned to the position.