Job Details
Counselor: Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSP&S)
Ventura County Community College District
Job Type: Full-Time Faculty: Tenure-Track
Job Number: [contact details available in the full listing]
Location: Ventura College (Ventura CA), CA
Department: VC - Student Affairs
Closing: 7/26/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
Description
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Under the general supervision of a dean, a Counselor 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.
There is one full-time, tenure-track position at Ventura College that will begin during the Fall 2026 semester, pending board approval.
Representative Duties
- Provide comprehensive academic, personal and vocational counseling to students; assist students in developing their educational plans and acquisition of college survival skills; foster academic success to retain students; assist students in the selection of a course of study, major, or certificate program. E
- Refer students to appropriate support services, programs, resources, and other professionals based on need and eligibility for assistance; monitor academic progress; and counsel students on academic probation. E
- Develop individual plans with students preparing to enter the labor market; identify skill training needs and opportunities for student internship, job search, work experience/work-study and employment. E
- Counsel students regarding career choices, goal setting, and decision making; provide information on the matriculation process and program requirements at other colleges or universities. E
- Assist in the development of outreach activities to identify and recruit eligible students and facilitate their enrollment in the college. E
- Conduct orientation events to familiarize students with the location and function of college programs and services. E
- Maintain current, accurate records of counseling sessions; assist in compiling statistical data and prepare reports related to program operations, activities, and progress. E
- Assist in the preparation of counseling-related publications and presentation of workshops for targeted populations. E
- Advocate for students with special needs and collaborate with college instructors, counselors, and other campus and community resources to assist students in the pursuit of their educational goals. E
- Assist in the development and implementation of programs focusing on access and retention for targeted populations. E
- Provide work direction to others.
- Perform related duties as assigned.
E = Essential Duties
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 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; or (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; OR possession of an appropriate California Community College Credential.
