Job Details

Disabled Students Program and Services Adjunct Counselor

Position Number: 6147737
Location: Pittsburg, CA
Position Type: Counseling

Disabled Students Program and Services Adjunct Counselor

Posting Number: F01229
Location: Los Medanos College
Salary:

Description of Position:
Adjunct DSP&S to provide academic, career and disability management counseling to students with disabilities. Location is primarily at the Pittsburg campus and may also include Brentwood Center assignment occasionally.

Job Duties:

Provide academic, career and disability management counseling to students with disabilities

Provide guidance to students with disabilities in decision-making processes and their exploration of alternatives with regard to educational, career and personal goals

Outreach with service area high schools and community groups

Determine educational limitations and reasonable academic accommodations for students with disabilities

Work collaboratively as part of DSP&S team and Counseling Department

Participate in Counseling Department trainings and DSP&S staff meetings

Liaison with LMC faculty regarding accommodations and DSP&S policies and procedures

Inquiries:
Please contact: Haydee Lindgren at- Hlindgren@losmedanos.edu

Position Status: Temporary
EEO Job Category: Faculty & Other Instructional Staff
Employee Group: Part-Time Faculty
Department: L7001-Counseling

Duties and Responsibilities:
In addition to contractual duties for this position which will include counseling and program coordination, all faculty are expected to participate actively in their disciplines, in their departmental activities and in the general intellectual life and governance of the college. Part of the counseling assignment may be in the evening program. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
1. assisting students with decision-making and the exploration of their educational, career, and personal goals;
2. working with students to develop educational plans;
3. adhering to the schedule that has been developed with the Department Chairpersons, which may include individual student appointments, drop-in assignments, workshops, and weekend and/or evening assignments;
4. collaborating with instructional faculty in support of the goals of the institution;
5. participating in the college governance process, including attendance at all department and division meetings, and serve on college wide committees;
6. promoting the philosophy that integrates counseling and mentoring to support student learning;
7. participating in required training and activities such as conferences, regional meetings, outreach, orientations for students, community activities & social/cultural events, field trips, mentorship, advisory groups, etc.;
8. participating in professional development activities, both departmental and college-wide;
9. creating a positive environment that provides students with the support/motivation likely to enable them to transfer;
10. maintaining current knowledge of counseling techniques and other effective student support intervention strategies;
11. engaging in outreach targeting feeder high schools and community groups;
12. maintaining appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics;
13. performing other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualification-Education/Experience:
Understanding of and sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, staff and faculty.

(a) The minimum qualifications for service as a community college counselor of students with disabilities shall be satisfied by meeting one of the following requirements; (1) Master's degree in rehabilitation counseling, OR (2) 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 fulltime 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.

Desirable Qualifications:
Previous experience at an educational institution or community organization determining reasonable accommodations for adults with disabilities.

Job Open Date: 04/15/2025
Job Close Date: 5/30/2025
Open Until Filled: No
Employment Begins: June 2025
# of Months: Ongoing

To apply, visit: https://www.4cdcareers.net/postings/11366

The Contra Costa Community College District does not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, sex, or sexual orientation. This prohibition against unlawful discrimination extends to any person who is perceived to have any of the above characteristics or who is associated with someone who has, or who is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.