CalWORKs Counselor

Position Summary

The faculty member shall be responsible for the following : counseling services and / or teaching assigned classes under the supervision of the area dean; helping students fulfill their maximum potential in mastering course content; assessing student learning outcomes; maintaining a thorough and up-to-date knowledge in their regular teaching field; continuing professional development; utilizing current technology in the performance of job duties; maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position; assisting with articulation and curriculum development and review; serving on college committees and participating in faculty governance including accreditation and student co-curricular activities; assuming other responsibilities as assigned by the area dean; fulfilling other duties and responsibilities of a full-time faculty member.

The department maintains a focus on :

• Counseling academically and / or economically disadvantaged students
• Crisis intervention counseling
• Career exploration and decision making
• Outreach activities
• International students
• Trends and challenges facing community college students
• Counseling designed to support student retention and success
• Program development and coordination
• Mentoring / coaching
• Empathetic and active listening counseling

The assignment may include instructing classes, which could result in a Counselor / Instructional split assignment.

Position Salary Information : Initial maximum salary placement is based on academic degree, upper / graduate level units earned, and / or related professional occupational experience per the Los Rios College Federation of Teachers Contract (the initial maximum placement is Class V, Step 1).

For more information on the step placement process, please click here

Typical Duties

The assignment may include instructing classes, which could result in a Counselor / Instructional split assignment. The assignment may include, but is not limited to :

Academic / Career Counseling

Personal Counseling

Crisis Intervention

Multi-Cultural Counseling

Performing other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor\'s degree in one of the listed degrees and a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) is an alternative qualification for this discipline.)

NOTES

Degree titles must match the stated minimum qualifications

exactly

(word-for-word). Titles with added, missing, or rearranged words will not be accepted. If your degree title does not match the minimum qualifications exactly, you must submit documentation for "equivalency" to be considered for this position (see next bullet). E.g. minimum qualification states Chemistry degree needed, and your degree title states Organic Chemistry. You will need to apply for "equivalency".

If you fail to submit this documentation and your degree title does not match, you will be disqualified

Applicants applying under the "equivalent" provision

must

include the equivalency review request form detailing and explaining how their academic preparation and / or professional experience is the equivalent of the degree(s) listed in the minimum qualifications. Please visit our website for the form and information on the

equivalency determination process.

If you have already been granted equivalency for this discipline, you must attach a copy of your determination form or letter. If you do not attach a copy of your determination form or letter you will be disqualified. If you have misplaced your copy please contact Human Resources for assistance.

Application Instructions

Application Instructions

Applicants applying to this position are REQUIRED to complete and submit :

A Los Rios Community College District Application

Letter of Interest

Resume

or

Curriculum Vitae

Unofficial Transcripts from College / University and / or Foreign Transcript Evaluation (

see additional instructions

Copy of

Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT)

license (if needed to meet minimum qualifications)

Supplemental Questionnaire

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS

Applications submitted without all

required

documents listed above will be disqualified.

Applications submitted with additional materials NOT requested will be disqualified.

Only information (education, experience, etc.) listed on the application will be considered for minimum qualifications.

Applicants indicating "see resume" on the application will not have that referenced experience considered for minimum qualifications, which may lead to the application being disqualified.

Individuals who have completed college / university course work at an institution in a country other than the United States must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts, degrees, and other relevant documents, even if the foreign document has been accepted by another college / university in the United States.

Foreign transcript evaluations are

ONLY

accepted from AICE (Association of International Credential Evaluations, Inc.) or NACES (The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) agencies or evaluators. For additional information on foreign transcript evaluations

click here

ONLY copies of transcripts from a US College / University or

Foreign Transcript Evaluation will be accepted.

DO NOT

include any foreign transcripts.

Graduate advising documents, certificate of degrees, diplomas, and grade reports will not be accepted as transcripts.

Do not submit additional materials that are not requested.

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