Counselor
Company: San Jacinto College
Location: Pasadena
Posted on: May 26, 2023
Job Description:
Counselor - Central Campus
FUNCTION: The function of the counselor is to provide personal,
career, crisis, and mental health counseling, and coordinate
awareness and educational activities.In addition, the counselor
will develop, foster, and maintain relationships with community
agencies and organizations to connect students with services.
Essential Job Functions:
- Actively assist students with applying for local, state, and
federal benefits.
- Provide career, mental health and crisis counseling to
students.
- Develop, foster, and maintain relationships with community
agencies and organizations to connect students with services.
- Work with specific at-risk populations to create pathways for
success.
- Plan and implement mental health awareness, social services and
educational events for students.
- Deliver classroom presentations and facilitate workshops for
students.
- Provide academic advising and registration assistance, as
needed.
Additional Job Functions:
- Work cooperatively with counterparts on the other campuses to
achieve the College's annual goals and objectives.
- Represent SJC with outside educational institutions, internal
departments, and professional organizations.
- Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Facilitate timely, professional communication and problem
resolution strategies.
- Maintain processes and systems that improve the quality of
customer support services.
- Demonstrate working functional knowledge and use of
Banner.
- Coordinate, plan, and implement targeted events and activities
on campus.
- Conduct individual and group counseling.
- Provide career testing, exploration, and counseling
services.
- Maintain counseling records as required by federal and state
professional counseling regulations.
- Must possess outstanding customer service skills and have the
ability to work with multiple projects and within deadlines.
- Must be knowledgeable about and be responsive to FERPA law and
regulations.
- Must be available for occasional nights and weekends
activities.
Required Education:
- Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, Marriage and Family
Therapy or related discipline from a regionally accredited
college/university.Degree must have prepared applicant to perform
mental health and crisis counseling.
Required Experience:
- Minimum of one (1) year of work experience providing counseling
and academic support services to students.
- Knowledge and experience with administering and evaluating
career and / or mental health assessments.
- Experience with creating and fostering student success,
retention and completion.
- Experience in career/educational, individual, short-term
counseling, crisis intervention, minority concerns, learning
styles/study skills.
- Knowledge and experience with administering and evaluating
college-level assessments, including computerized tests.
- Experience with creating and fostering student success,
retention and completion.
Preferred Experience:
- Licensed Professional Counselor (L.P.C.), National Certified
Counselor (N.C.C.), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
(L.M.F.T.) and / or Licensed Master Social Worker (L.M.S.W.)
preferred.
- Experience with community college counseling services.
- Experience with Banner Student Information System.
- Bilingual candidates encouraged to apply.
Preferred Licenses/Certifications:
- Licensed Professional Counselor (L.P.C.), National Certified
Counselor (N.C.C.), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
(L.M.F.T.) and / or Licensed Master Social Worker (L.M.S.W.)
preferred.
- Any license(s) and Certification(s) must meet the State of
Texas guidelines and regulations for counseling practices,
regardless of exempt status of educational entity.
Note: This position has limited opportunity for remote work
arrangements with appropriate approvals and in accordance with the
policies, procedures, and needs of the College.
Salary Grade: 25
Salary is based on the Board-approved salary schedule for the
current fiscal year. See Salary Schedule
Requisition Number: req4495
Posting Close Date: 5/19/2023
Keywords: San Jacinto College, Pasadena , Counselor, Other , Pasadena, Texas
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