Graduate Assistantships:
CROSSROADS: UNCW Substance Abuse Prevention & Education
Program
The CROSSROADS department in the Division of Student Affairs is hiring four (two 5-hour, and
two 10-hour) graduate assistants for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Position #1- Conduct Interventions (Individual Meetings & Class Facilitation - 10 hours)
The responsibilities of this graduate assistant are:
 Individual Interventions. The graduate assistants will be responsible for several one-on-one
services provided by the office. These include educational interventions for students who are
found responsible for marijuana violations, individual feedback sessions with students found
responsible for alcohol violations, and feedback and support of community members who
want to stop using tobacco products.
 The graduate assistants are responsible for attending a mandatory group supervision meeting
once a week during the course of their assistantship, as well as attending individual
supervision with the Crossroads Case Manager every other week. Both hours of supervision
will occur within the weekly work hour limit.
 Graduate assistants are responsible for attending mandatory trainings during the summer
prior to the start of the Fall Semester, and throughout their assistantship, to include:
 Motivational Interviewing Training
 Brief Alcohol Assessment Screening and Intervention for College Students
(BASICS)
 Challenging Decisions (CD) Class Training
 Additional Training as Needed/Assigned
Position #2- Conduct Interventions (Individual Meetings Only - 10 hours)
The responsibilities of this graduate assistant are:
 Individual Interventions. The graduate assistants will be responsible for several one-on-one
services provided by the office. These include educational interventions for students who are
found responsible for marijuana violations, individual feedback sessions with students found
responsible for alcohol violations, and feedback and support of community members who
want to stop using tobacco products.
 The graduate assistants are responsible for attending a mandatory group supervision meeting
once a week during the course of their assistantship, as well as attending individual
supervision with the Crossroads Case Manager every other week. Both hours of supervision
will occur within the weekly work hour limit.
 Graduate assistants are responsible for attending mandatory trainings during the summer
prior to the start of the Fall Semester, and throughout their assistantship, to include:
 Motivational Interviewing Training
 Brief Alcohol Assessment Screening and Intervention for College Students
(BASICS)
 Challenging Decisions (CD) Class Training
 Additional Training as Needed/Assigned
Positions #3- Conduct Interventions (Class Facilitation - 5 hours)
 Teaching Challenging Decisions. The graduate assistant will co-lead the classes for students
who are part of the campus conduct system. This educational intervention for students is a
small group class that focuses on motivation enhancement, harm reduction techniques, and
personalized feedback.
 The graduate assistants are responsible for attending a mandatory group supervision meeting
once a week during the course of their assistantship, as well as attending individual
supervision with the Crossroads Case Manager every other week. Both hours of supervision
will occur within the weekly work hour limit.
 Graduate assistants are responsible for attending mandatory trainings during the summer
prior to the start of the Fall Semester, and throughout their assistantship, to include:
 Motivational Interviewing Training
 Brief Alcohol Assessment Screening and Intervention for College Students
(BASICS)
 Challenging Decisions (CD) Class Training
 Additional Training as Needed/Assigned
Preference will be given to applications received by 5:00 p.m. on March 31, 2016; please note
that applicants will be interviewed as applications are received.
CROSSROADS
Mission Statement
CROSSROADS, Substance Abuse Prevention and Education Programs, is dedicated to the
advancement of thoughtful and healthy decision making regarding the use of alcohol, tobacco and
other drugs by high school and college students. CROSSROADS encourages legal accountability
and personal responsibility in all choices by providing access to the most current information
available and encouraging a critical examination of beliefs and cultural expectations about
substances in our lives. CROSSROADS programming will fall under one or more of the following
directions: early identification and intervention for individual students, impacting individuals for
behavior change, campus-wide collaboration on creating a healthy environment, and connection
to community to create healthy environments for current and upcoming students.
www.uncw.edu/crossroads
962-4136