Job Details

Counseling DSP&S (Part-Time Pool)
Ventura County Community College District

Salary: See Position Description

Job Type: Part-Time Faculty

Job Number: 2026-00122

Location: Districtwide (Ventura County CA), CA

Department: Districtwide

Closing: Continuous

Description

We are accepting applications on an on-going basis for future consideration for part-time instructors in this discipline at any of our three colleges (Oxnard, Moorpark, and Ventura). Applications submitted to this pool will be kept on file for the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, and/or Spring 2027 semesters and may be considered if a vacancy becomes available within the academic year.

Under the general supervision of a dean, a Counselor (Non-Contract/Temporary) provides comprehensive counseling, career guidance, and advisement services to students from diverse backgrounds for the purpose of developing and facilitating the attainment of their academic, vocational and personal objectives.

Representative Duties

• Provide comprehensive academic, personal and vocational counseling to students; assist students in developing their educational plans and acquisition of college survival skills.
• Refer students to appropriate support services, programs, resources, and other professionals based on need and eligibility for assistance.
• Develop individual plans with students preparing to enter the labor market.
• Counsel students regarding career choices, goal setting, and decision making.
• Assist in the development of outreach activities to identify and recruit eligible students.
• Conduct orientation events to familiarize students with the location and function of college programs and services.
• Maintain current, accurate records of counseling sessions.
• Assist in the preparation of counseling-related publications and presentation of workshops for targeted populations.
• Advocate for students with special needs and collaborate with college instructors, counselors, and other campus and community resources.
• Assist in the development and implementation of programs focusing on access and retention for targeted populations.

Minimum Qualifications

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 fifteen or more semester units in upper division or graduate level course work specifically 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 postsecondary Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) Program or in a program dealing predominantly or exclusively 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; OR (B) Counseling in industry, government, public agencies, military or private social welfare organizations in which the responsibilities of the position were predominantly or exclusively for persons with disabilities, or the equivalent.