Counselor, , Social Work

Educational Specialist (Counselor)

Position Number: 0081102, 0081566

Hiring Unit:
Ofc of the Vice Provost for Student Success, SEED, KOKUA program

Location:

UH Manoa

Band: B

Salary: salary schedules and placement information

Full Time/Part Time:
Full-time

Month: 11-month

Temporary/Permanent:
Permanent

This position will join a team of professionals in the KOKUA Program, charged with providing a range of access services to students with disabilities, in support of the University's strategic goals and to ensure compliance with Federal and State mandates.

Provide disability access counseling services to university applicants and students (professional, graduate and undergraduate) with physical and/or mental disabilities to promote their development, growth and equal access in higher education.

Provide intake services and unit orientation services to prospective and newly referred students with disabilities, their families, and other advocates.

Determine eligibility of these students for disability access services, assessment of the nature and extent of their disabilities.

Receive and review disability documentation and through interaction with students, determine their strengths, the functional limitations of their disabilities, and determine justified need for specific disability access services, etc.

Provide supportive counseling to students with mental health-related disabilities including appropriate referrals to campus and community resources.

Describe and discuss appropriate disability access services, procedures and policies.

Directly provide or arrange for student staff, volunteers or contracted vendors to provide disability access services to disabled students, as needed.

Disability access services include: alternate format, production, testing accommodation, mobility assistance, campus transportation, note taking, proofreading, placement of accessible equipment/furniture, etc.

Provide registration planning and priority registration services including referral to appropriate academic advising units

Provide technical assistance to faculty/staff regarding respectful inclusion of students w/disabilities throughout the Manoa experience (e.g. ideas for improving course access, learning & testing strategies, architectural access, assistive tech).

Establish and maintain effective professional relationships with appropriate community members and agencies to better coordinate disability access services to students with disabilities.

Prepare and conduct campus and community training regarding disability access in higher education.

Collaborate with community and campus mental health resources and provide referrals as appropriate.

Provide intervention with any and all campus offices (e.g. Housing, Financial Aid, Parking, Cashiers, etc.)

Create and maintain accurate, timely and organized service records in the KOKUA database along with other staff.

Assist students in petitioning for modifications of University Policies and Procedures to ensure their equal access.

Assist unit by keeping abreast of emerging trends in disability access services in higher education and suggesting/implementing change to respond to those emerging and different needs.

Other duties as assigned.

Possession of a baccalaureate degree in Counseling, Education, Psychology, Social Work or related field and 3 year(s) of progressively responsible professional experience with responsibilities for providing direct counseling and/or disability access services to students with disabilities in higher education; or any equivalent combination of education and/or professional work experience which provides the required education, knowledge, skills and abilities as indicated.

Considerable working knowledge of principles, practices and techniques in the area of Counseling and other disability access services to students with disabilities in higher education as demonstrated by the broad knowledge of the full range of pertinent standard and evolving concepts, principles and methodologies.

Considerable working knowledge and understanding of applicable federal and state laws, rules, regulations and theories and systems associated with disability access services to students with disabilities in higher education.

Demonstrated ability to resolve wide ranging complex problems through the use of creative reasoning and logic to accurately determine the cause of the problems and the resolution of the problems in an effective, innovative and timely manner.

Demonstrated ability to interpret and present information and ideas clearly and accurately in writing, verbally and by preparation of reports and other materials.

Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external organizations, groups, team leaders and members, and individuals.

Demonstrated ability to operate a personal computer and apply word processing software.

If applicable, for supervisory work, demonstrated ability to lead subordinates,…