"Part-Time Disability Resources Center Counselor (Pool)"

Part-Time Disability Resources Center Counselor (Pool)

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Schedule: Placement on the adjunct faculty salary schedule is based upon education and credited experience. Initial placement can range from $83.09 to $103.42 per hour (Salary Schedule AJ - Laboratory Rate).

Months Per Year: Semester assignments as needed

Mandated Reporter: Yes

Campus Security Authority: No

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provide professional, academic/vocational, personal, and disability-related counseling
2. Assist students experiencing academic difficulty in maximizing their success
3. Develop education plans, monitor student progress, and conduct follow-up activities
4. Be knowledgeable of, and maintain contact with social, health, and community agencies
5. Use technology tools as it relates to counseling functions
6. Communicate effectively orally and in writing with students, faculty, staff, and the community
7. Attend and participate in case management, department, and counseling meetings
8. Teach guidance courses as needed
9. Act as a consultant regarding student performance and retention
10. Interpret placement and career assessment results
11. Conduct college orientations and workshops related to student success and development
12. Coordinate and provide tours for high school seniors with disabilities
13. Verify student eligibility for DSPS programs and services
14. Identify functional limitations
15. Determine reasonable accommodations

Employment Standards

Knowledge of:

1. The matriculation process as it applies to California Community Colleges
2. Counseling and student development theories and relevant applications to program development
3. Appropriate college and community referrals

Skills and Abilities:

1. Experience teaching college success and career and personal development courses
2. Preparation for or experience in designing and preparing Student Educational Plans (SEPs) for community college students
3. Experience providing short-term personal counseling to students from diverse backgrounds
4. Develop and maintain student counseling notes in a timely and effective manner
5. Demonstrate strength in interpersonal communication
6. Experience with intervention programs that support student success
7. Experience developing innovative programs that strengthen the quality of counseling services to students
8. Experience using university articulation agreements and transfer requirements for counseling community college students
9. Use computer databases to retrieve student, college, and career information
10. Experience in counseling at a California community college
11. Use instructional methods that emphasize cooperation and collaboration and that reflect cultural sensitivity and interdisciplinary approaches to subject matter
12. Using a variety of career assessments

Job Requirements:

• Master's degree or above in rehabilitation counseling OR Master's degree or above 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 marriage, family and child counseling and possession of a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) OR the equivalent (see below); 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 working 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.
• Demonstrated cultural competence, sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds of community college students, faculty and staff

Additional Information:
Position is designated as a Mandated Reporter under the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
Position is a Responsible Employee under the Equity in Education Act and Title IX

Work Demands

Environmental: typical on-site office environment; in-person work expected with potential to participate in the District's telework program, as available.

• Frequent hearing and speaking to exchange information in person and online
• Comprehend speech at normal levels
• Upper limb dexterity to operate computers and peripheral equipment
• Vision sufficient for daily and frequent use of computers, databases, and written materials
• Sitting for extended periods of time
• Frequent bending at the waist
• Physical presence at on-site locations
• Communicate and interact with others
• Observe and interpret people and situations
• Learn and apply new information or skills
• Perform highly detailed work on multiple concurrent tasks
• Perform highly detailed work under changing priorities and deadlines on multiple concurrent tasks
• Work with frequent interruptions
• Self-regulate emotion and behavior

Benefits: Academic employees participate in the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS), a defined-benefit retirement plan through the State of California or they may choose to participate in the STRS Cash Balance program or Social Security.

To apply, visit http://smccd.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=191463

Closes: 6/30/2026