Part Time - EOP&S/CARE Counselor

Job DescriptionBASIC FUNCTION:Under the direction and supervision of the EOPS-CARE Director/Dean of Student Services, or designee, the EOPS-CARE Counselor provides academic, career, personal, and crisis counseling; assesses placement tests; develops educational plans; guides students through basic skills, general education, and transfer coursework; implements an academic progress report and follow-up process; facilitates support for the EOPS-CARE students and collaborates with the implementation of the Student Success and Support Program from a categorical program perspective; and, works closely and collaboratively with the EOPS-CARE Supervisor and staff.Required QualificationsMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:EOPS Counselors are those persons designated by the community college to serve as academic counselors in the EOPS program and must possess:(A) EOPS "Counselors" are those persons designated by the community college to serve as certificated counselors in the EOPS program and must possess the Community College Counselor Credential or possess a master's degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, or career development, or the equivalent, and(B) In addition, EOPS counselors hired after October 24, 1987, shall:* (1) Have completed a minimum of nine semester units of college course work predominantly relating to ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social, or economic disadvantages or,* (2) Have completed six semester units or the equivalent of a college-level counseling practicum or counseling field-work courses in a community college EOPS program, or in a program dealing predominantly with ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social, or economic disadvantages and,In addition, an EOPS counselor hired after October 24, 1987, shall have two years of occupational experience in work relating to ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social, or economic disadvantages. Note: Authority cited: Sections 69648 and 70901, Education Code. Reference: Sections 6964069655, Education Code:Minimum Qualifications for Faculty & Administrators in California Community Colleges