Director, Behavioral Health & Wellness

Department: Health Services (Dept)

Palomar College 

Date Opened: 03/17/2025

Close Date: 04/28/2025

Primary Function: 

Plans, organizes, develops, directs and evaluates the operations, programs, services and activities of the District’s Behavioral Health and Wellness center offering mental health, wellness and basic needs resources to District students at all educational sites; leads and oversees development of educational and outreach activities focused on prevention, recognition, and treatment of psychological and behavioral problems; manages and oversees internships related tobehavioral health and wellness; chairs the District’s Behavioral Health and Campus Wellness Committee and serves as core member of the District’s Student of Concern Team and Behavioral Intervention Team; provides behavioral health case management services; ensures compliance with District policies and applicable state and federal regulations related to behavioral health programs and services. 

Salary: $ 10,944.52 [step 1] – $ 13,329.02 [step 5]. Step placement may be negotiable dependent upon education and experience. Administrators that possess earned doctorates from accredited institutions are awarded an annual stipend of $1,842.81. 

Benefits: In addition? to a competitive compensation structure, Palomar College? also offers an extremely generous benefits package.

• Insurance fully paid for employees and their eligible dependents: four medical plans, dental HMO , and the vision plan (additional plans are available that require employee buy up/monthly contribution)

• Vacation, sick leave and 25 paid holidays

• $80,000 employee term life?/accident insurance policy (additional buy up options available)

• Employee long-term care insurance

• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP ) – Confidential free counseling, financial, legal, personal and professional development resources for all members of your household

• Additional buy up options available for other voluntary insurance benefits

• Enrollment in CalPERS (California Public Employees Retirement System)

The estimated maximum value of this employer-paid benefits? package is approximately $31,245.84 annually 

Minimum Qualifications: 

To be eligible for this position, you must meet and provide evidence of the following minimum qualifications:

Education/Training: Must meet one of the following sets of qualifications listed in items 1)-3) below:

1) A valid, current license in the state of California as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT ) AND a master’s degree from an accredited college or university in: marriage, family, and child counseling; marriage and family therapy; couple and family therapy; psychology; clinical psychology; counseling psychology; counseling with an emphasis in marriage, family, and child counseling; or counseling with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy. 

2) A master’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work AND a valid, current license in the state of California as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW ). 

3) A doctoral degree from an accredited college or university in psychology, educational psychology, education with a field of specialization in counseling psychology, or education with a field of specialization in educational psychology AND licensure in the state of California as a Psychologist. 

Experience: Three years of experience in a behavioral health environment or a mental health care setting, including one year of supervisory experience.

• Note: For work experience, a “year” is defined as equivalent to 40 hours per week for 12 months. For supervisory experience, the experience must be at a professional level (i.e. evaluation and/or discipline of staff).

Only coursework completed at, and degrees awarded by, accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education will be considered as satisfying the minimum qualifications. Coursework and degrees that are completed outside of the United States are required to have transcripts evaluated (evaluation to U.S. equivalency and a course by course analysis) by an appropriate U.S. credentials evaluation service. For a list of credentials evaluation agencies accepted by Palomar College, visit the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Services (NACES ) website at http://www.naces.org, or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE ) website at http://aice-eval.org/. 

Diversity Statement: Palomar College serves over 30,000 students from a variety of backgrounds and we are proud to be a Hispanic Serving Institution. Our student body is rich in its diversity. Click here to see a quick overview of our student demographics on our recent Student Fact Sheet.

Palomar College is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, access and antiracism. We are dedicated to empowering students to succeed and are guided by our core values; some of which are the following:

• Access - We make education possible for everyone.

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - We recognize and respect diversity, seek to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, and strive to address inequities.

All positions require cultural competency which includes the sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff.

To Apply: Visit https://apptrkr.com/6085729 for full details and required application materials.

About the District: 

Palomar College, founded in 1946, is a comprehensive, two-year community college that serves the greater North San Diego County region. Palomar College offers over 200 associate degrees and certificate programs to approximately 25,000 full- and part-time students. A favorite in the community among local institutions of higher education, the College is recognized as one of the top 100 Colleges and Universities in the nation for serving Hispanic students. Palomar College is just 12 miles from the Pacific Ocean and 30 miles away from all of the exciting cultural activities that San Diego has to offer.

Palomar College is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). 

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