Counselor, Guidance Counselor: Social​/Educational, Education ​/ Teaching

Directly responsible to the Chairperson of Counseling or appropriate Administrator.

Qualifications

Education:

Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, or a related field

Certification/Licensure: LCPC or LCWS preferred

Experience:

Minimum of two (2) years of counseling experience (short-term, crisis intervention, student support), preferably in a community college or community mental health setting

Skills:

Ability to work effectively with diverse and underrepresented student populations

Responsibilities

1. Responsibilities for assisting individual students or community persons to acquire information, develop attitudes, insights, and understanding about themselves and their environment which are necessary for optimal growth and development.

2. Responsible for providing educational, career, personal and life transition counseling.

3. Provides program planning, including course selection, elective choice, degree audits and information on course transferability.

4. Maintains contact with community resources and agencies related to guidance and counseling. When problems which require referral are cited, refers students to a specialist; i.e. legal, psychiatric, medical, etc.

5. Diagnoses student learning problems and works to help students overcome deficiencies.

6. Works with groups of students in effective skill development and to develop a psychological support base for those students needing this form of assistance.

7. Administers and interprets appropriate tests as a part of the counseling process.

8. Registers students and makes schedule changes when serving students.

9. Approves student schedules for probationary students.

10. Works with teams of staff to focus a variety of expertise on particular student and institutional services.

11. Identifies and develops institutional resources to serve the unique interests and needs of students.

12. Responsible for in-service training of all College employees dealing with academic advising.

13. Assists in the planning, facilitation, and evaluation of course offerings in the area of Student Development. Teaches in the area of Student Development as assigned.

14. Participates in the development and implementation of:

* New Student Orientation

* Onsite Orientation

* Student Retention efforts

* Standard of Academic Progress activities

* College Information Sessions

15. Is responsible for the development and maintenance of liaison relationships with the faculty in areas assigned.

16. Participation as a member of the advisory committees for occupational programs.

17. Articulates with upper division institutions and College departments as assigned.

18. Performs a variety of other professional duties as may be assigned by the Dean.