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Community College Counselor of Students with Disabilities (Tenure Track)
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Position Number: 5777471
Location: Pleasant Hill, CA
Position Type: Education - Counselor Education

Community College Counselor of Students with Disabilities (Tenure Track)

Posting Number: F01173
Location: Diablo Valley College
Salary:

Description of Position:
Diablo Valley College inspires, educates, and empowers a diverse community of students to transform their lives and their communities. DVC instructors close the equity gaps by fostering success among all students. To help further this work, DVC seeks a tenure-track Disability Support Services (DSS) Counselor to start in August 2025.

We are looking for a colleague who will demonstrate discipline, expertise and show sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic backgrounds and abilities of community college students.

We are looking for instructors who share a strong commitment to social and racial justice and who use or are inspired to use anti-racist pedagogies that close equity gaps by recognizing, understanding, and respecting the perspectives of all students.

We strongly encourage those with historically marginalized and/or underrepresented identities to apply, including people of color, non-binary and transgender individuals, women, and Indigenous people.

Inquiries:
For inquiries regarding this position, please contact Kellie Conde at kconde@dvc.edu.

Position Status: Tenure- Track
EEO Job Category: Faculty & Other Instructional Staff
Employee Group: Full-Time Faculty
Department: D1070-DSPS

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. Reviewing disability documentation to determine a student's eligibility for disability services and accommodations; and supporting the DSS manager with MIS reporting as needed;
4. Working with Disability Support Services (DSS) students and their instructors to determine reasonable academic accommodations;
5. Consulting with faculty and staff regarding best practices for working with students with disabilities;
6. Providing professional development training for the college community regarding the needs of students with disabilities;
7. Providing disability counseling to DSS students regarding learning strategies, self-advocacy skills, campus and community support services, and recommended accommodations;
8. Connect students to on- and off-campus services appropriate for student needs;
9. 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;
10. Collaborating with instructional faculty in support of the goals of the institution;
11. Promoting a philosophy that integrates counseling and mentoring to support student learning;
12. Participating in Counseling Department meetings and required training and activities such as conferences, regional meetings, outreach, orientations for students, community activities and social/cultural events, field trips, mentorship, advisory groups, etc.;
13. Participating in professional development activities, both departmental and college-wide;
14. Creating a positive environment that provides students with the support/motivation likely to enable them to transfer;
15. Maintaining current knowledge of counseling techniques and other effective student support intervention strategies;
16. Engaging in outreach targeting feeder high schools and community groups;
17. Serving as a member of the campus CARE (behavioral intervention) Team;
18. Maintaining appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics;
19. Understanding of and sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, staff and faculty;
20. 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.

The applicant must possess one of the following qualifications (earned degrees must be from an accredited college/university):

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 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 are for persons with disabilities, or the equivalent.

Note: If you do not possess the EXACT minimum qualifications (i.e., you do not possess the EXACT degree title listed) and believe that you meet the minimum qualifications, fill out the master's degree equivalency petition form in the document section of the online application. If you are unsure that you meet the minimum qualifications, please fill out the equivalency petition.

Desirable Qualifications:
Highly qualified candidates will possess knowledge, skills, and experience that address the desirable qualifications below. Responses to the supplemental questions below allow the applicant to describe how they meet these qualifications.

Demonstrated experience working with students in distress or crisis;
Demonstrated experience in providing drop-in personal or crisis counseling in an academic or institutional setting;
Demonstrated experience consulting with faculty on best practices when working with students with disabilities;
Demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion as well as sensitivity to and understanding of the socioeconomic, academic, cultural, sexual/gender identity, linguistic, and ethnic diversity within the community college population, including students with physical and/or learning disabilities
Demonstrated commitment to professional growth and development, innovation and improvement of counseling, and to assuming faculty responsibilities beyond the counseling department in a shared governance environment
Demonstrated experience providing academic counseling to college students with disabilities
Demonstrated experience using counseling and student planning tools such as Insite, Colleague, SARS, Canvas, or similar technologies, and websites such as assist.org
Demonstrated experience assisting students in developing a plan to achieve an educational and/or career goal (e.g., career/technical education, transfer, associate degree etc.
Demonstrated knowledge of effective assistive technologies for college students with disabilities.

Job Open Date: 10/31/2024
Job Close Date: 1/13/2025
Open Until Filled: No
Employment Begins: Fall 2025
# of Months: 10

To apply, visit: https://www.4cdcareers.net/postings/10989

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.