Part-Time Counselor: Disabled Student Programs and Services, DSPS (Pool)

Duties And Responsibilities

Provide professional, academic/vocational, personal, and disability-related counseling
Assist students experiencing academic difficulty in maximizing their success
Develop education plans, monitor student progress, and conduct follow-up activities
Be knowledgeable of, and maintain contact with social, health, and community agencies
Use technology tools as related to counseling functions
Communicate effectively verbally and in writing with students, faculty, staff, and the community
Attend and participate in case management, department, and counseling meetings
Teach guidance courses as needed
Act as a consultant regarding student performance and retention
Interpret placement and career assessment results
Conduct college orientations and workshops related to student success and development
Coordinate and provide tours for high school seniors with disabilities
Verify student eligibility for DSPS programs and services
Identify functional limitations
Determine reasonable accommodations

Knowledge Of Employment Standards

The matriculation process as it applies to California Community Colleges
Counseling and student development theories and relevant applications to program development
Appropriate college and community referrals
Instructional methods that emphasize cooperation and collaboration and that reflect cultural sensitivity and interdisciplinary approaches to subject matter
A variety of career assessments

Skills And Abilities

Experience teaching college success and career and personal development courses
Preparation for or experience in designing and preparing Student Educational Plans (SEPs) for community college students
Experience providing short-term personal counseling to students from diverse backgrounds
Develop and maintain student counseling notes in a timely and effective manner
Demonstrate strength in interpersonal communication
Experience with intervention programs that support student success
Experience developing innovative programs that strengthen the quality of counseling services to students
Experience using university articulation agreements and transfer requirements for counseling community college students
Use computer databases to retrieve student, college, and career information
Experience in counseling at a California community college

Job Requirements

The minimum qualifications for service as a community college counselor of students with disabilities shall be satisfied by meeting one of the following requirements;
Master's degree or higher in rehabilitation counseling, or
Master's degree or higher in counseling, guidance counseling, student personnel, clinical or counseling psychology, education counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy, marriage, family and child counseling, or a Bachelor's degree in marriage and family therapy or in marriage, family and child counseling and possession of a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and either fifteen or more semester units in upper division or graduate level course work specifically related to people with disabilities, or completion of six semester units, or the equivalent of a graduate-level counseling practicum or counseling field work courses, in a post secondary Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) Program or in a program dealing predominantly or exclusively with people with disabilities, or two years of full time experience, or the equivalent, in one or more of the following;
Counseling for students with disabilities or
Counseling in industry, government, public agencies, military, or private social welfare organizations in which the responsibilities of the position were predominantly or exclusively for persons with disabilities, or the equivalent.
Demonstrated cultural competence, sensitivity to, and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice both within and outside of the classroom.