PT Counselor - DSPS Counselor - Continuous Pool

PT Counselor - DSPS Counselor - Continuous Applicant Pool

Santa Monica College

Salary: See Position Description

Job Type: Part Time Faculty

Job Number: 00091

Location: CA 90405, CA

Closing: Continuous

• Provide academic, career and personal counseling to students with disabilities
• Assist students in determining appropriate academic adjustments and accommodations
• Consult with instructors regarding specific students and their disability related needs
• Participate in service training for faculty and staff regarding disability and disability law
• Outreach to local high schools to aid in transition
• Liaison with community services and 4-year universities
• Refer students to appropriate campus support services such as transfer center, EOPS, financial aid; other counseling duties as assigned.

Master's degree in rehabilitation counseling OR Master's degree 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 15 or more semester units in upper division or graduate level course work 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 program or in a program dealing with people with disabilities, or two years of full‑time experience, or the equivalent, in one or more of the following:

• (A) Counseling for students with disabilities;
• (B) Counseling in industry, government, public agencies, military or private social welfare organizations in which the responsibilities are for persons with disabilities, or the equivalent.

• Community college counseling experience
• Experience counseling students with a wide variety of disabilities, including learning disabilities, psychological disabilities, sensory disabilities, physical disabilities, developmental disabilities, and acquired brain injuries
• Knowledge of California higher education system including specialized programs and services for students with disabilities
• Knowledge and understanding of the Americans with Disabilities Act and relevant legislative directives and protections.

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND DIVERSITY
With the goal of ensuring the equal educational opportunity of all students, Santa Monica College embraces diversity among students, faculty, staff, and the communities we serve as an integral part of our history, a recognition of the complexity of our present state, and a call to action for a better future. Embracing diversity means that we must intentionally practice equity and respect toward one another, and understand that discrimination and prejudices create and sustain privileges for some while creating and sustaining barriers for others.

In order to embrace diversity, we also acknowledge that institutional discrimination and implicit bias exist, and that our goal is to eradicate those vestiges from our system. Our commitment to diversity requires that we strive to eliminate those barriers to equity, and that we act deliberately to create a safe and positive environment where individual and group differences are valued and leveraged for our growth and understanding as an educational community.

To advance the goals of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice for the success of students and employees, we must honor that each individual is unique and that our individual differences contribute to the ability of the college to prepare students on their educational journeys. This requires that we develop and implement policies and procedures, encourage individual and systemic change, continually reflect on our efforts, and hold ourselves accountable for the results of our efforts in accomplishing our goals.

We are invested as a community in cultivating and maintaining a climate where…