AY- Counselor, EOPS​/CARE

Job Opportunity at Los Angeles Mission College

The Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) at Los Angeles Mission College (LAMC) is accepting applications for two (2) Full-Time, Tenure Track D-Basis (12-month) EOPS/CARE Counseling positions to begin in July 2026. The counselors will serve students in the EOPS/CARE program and related populations under the direction of the Vice President of Student Services or their designee. This assignment will be in-person and it will be for 35 hours per week.

It may also require some evening and/or weekend hours.

The major responsibility for this position will be to provide comprehensive counseling services to a diverse and multicultural student population. All counseling faculty are expected to participate actively in counseling department meetings, professional development activities, as well as campus-wide events.

LAMC is one of nine colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) and is located in Sylmar, California. With an enrollment of over 12,000, LAMC offers a wide range of academic and career educational programs, and transfers students to leading private and public colleges and universities.

The EOPS is a state funded program, which provides support services to eligible students attending LAMC. The program's aim is to serve and encourage students to continue their education in the community college level and accomplish their desired goal of completion of an Associate's Degree, Associate's Degree for Transfer, and/or transfer to a university. The specific responsibilities of EOPS/CARE is to develop and provide assistance with programs, services, techniques and activities that support students in addition to the ones received through traditional college programs.

EOPS/CARE is a college success, academic counseling support program for low income and educationally disadvantaged students. EOPS/CARE students receive above and beyond assistance and support with their college education. Special attention is given to identify, plan, and develop a comprehensive student educational plan, as well as develop and achieve the academic, career and personal goals of the students.

EOPS Title 5 Regulations section 56264 cites the following three EOPS counselor qualifications necessary in order to qualify for hire:

• EOPS counselors are certificated counselors in the EOPS Program and must possess a Master's degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, or career development, or equivalent AND
• In addition, EOPS counselors shall:
• Have completed a minimum of 9 semester units of college course work predominantly relating to ethnic minorities or person handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantage OR
• 6 semester units or equivalent of a college-level counseling practicum or counseling field work courses in a community college EOPS program, or a program dealing predominantly with ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social economic disadvantages AND
• In addition an EOPS counselor shall have 2 years of occupational experience in working relating to ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social economic disadvantages.

Major

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide case management services for EOPS/CARE students, including comprehensive face-to-face and online academic and career counseling to a diverse EOPS student population, on-campus or off-site interpreting the college catalog, schedule of classes, and articulation agreements.
• Encourage self-advocacy, advocate on behalf of the student as needed, and ensure the student's health and safety are monitored.
• Coordinate and monitor service delivery, including assuring services are delivered as described in the LAMC EOPS/CARE Program Plan.
• Assist students in choosing and planning immediate and long-range educational goals, including the development of abbreviated and comprehensive student education plans to help students stay on the path to completion.
• Provide proactive counseling to at-risk (i.e., probationary, underprepared or disproportionately impacted) students, both in groups and individually, who are on probation or subject to dismissal and experiencing academic difficulties, personal issues or other obstacles, and make referrals to on-campus and off-campus resources as appropriate.
• Engage students in a process of self-assessment and career exploration to facilitate career decision-making skills.
• Conduct new student and programmatic orientations and workshops to familiarize students with college programs and services, student success workshops, and presentations for new and continuing students.
• Assist students with transfer goals and/or refer appropriately to the Transfer Center.
• Participate in providing letters of recommendations for students with financial aid appeals and those applying to universities.
• Assist students with petitions, waivers, and appeals for graduation, financial aid, course…