Part-Time Counselor (Pool)

Duties And Responsibilities

The duties below are representative of the duties of the classification and are not intended to cover all of the duties performed by the incumbent(s) of any particular position.

• Teach college success, career, and personal development courses
• Provide comprehensive counseling services to students, including academic, career, and personal counseling on a drop-in and appointment basis
• Aid students in clarifying their educational goals, developing student educational plans (SEPs), and selecting courses
• Collaborate with instructional and counseling faculty and staff and with programs such as First Year Experience, CalWORKS, CARE, DSPS, and EOPS to maximize student success
• Participate in the implementation of transfer and matriculation activities at the college
• Participate in outreach activities and events in campus classrooms, local high schools, adult schools, and community agencies
• Provide follow-up services to students on probation and dismissal status
• Utilize and keep abreast of advanced counseling methods, which include integrating technology to support student learning and career objectives

Knowledge Of Employment Standards

Employment standards as they apply to California Community Colleges, counseling and student development theories and relevant applications to program development, university articulation agreements and transfer requirements for counseling community college students, various career assessment tools and resources.

Skills And Abilities

• Teach college success and career and personal development courses
• Prepare and design Student Educational Plans (SEPs) for community college students
• Develop and maintain student counseling notes in a timely and effective manner
• Use computer databases to retrieve student, college, and career information
• Communicate and interact with others
• Observe and interpret people and situations
• Learn and apply new information or skills
• Perform highly detailed work on multiple concurrent tasks
• Work with frequent interruptions

Job Requirements

• Master's or higher in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy or marriage, family and child counseling, OR the equivalent (see below)
• 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