American River College

CalWORKs Counselor

Job Posting Number: REQ01203

Salary: $59,370.06 - $112,045.42 Annually

Closing Date: 10/13/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

Complete job description and application available online at: http://50.73.55.13/counter.php?id=308508

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 (Download PDF reader) (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

• Participating in the planning and implementation of Guided Pathways, matriculation, onboarding, case management service delivery, and counseling program as directed.

• Providing individual and group counseling to assist students in making decisions regarding associate’s of arts/associate’s of science/associate’s degree of transfer, transfer, and career/occupational goals.

• Providing short-term crisis counseling services to students as needed.

• Facilitating the use of career assessments and inventories for students, and interpreting the results.

• Working collaboratively with campus departments, such as Admissions and Records and Financial Aid, in order to appropriately advise students.

• Using current technology to assist students in developing an educational plan based on needs, interests, abilities, achievements, and aptitude, including referrals to instructional and other support services designed to assist students in achieving their educational and/or career goals.

• Using current technology to assist student in exploring careers, in developing an understanding of the employment environment and in making and implementing career decisions.

• Using current technology, preparing and maintaining counseling records, relaying pertinent information to college personnel as needed, and respecting the confidentiality of such records as required by law.

• Using current technology to provide counseling services to students attending the college through distance education programs.

• Developing knowledge and maintaining collaborative working relationships with instructional areas, outreach centers, feeder high schools, neighboring colleges, and community resource agencies.

• Providing counseling for issues impacting persistence and academic success (i.e. academic probation and academic dismissal) and referring students to resources as appropriate and necessary.

• Using multi-tasking skills while synthesizing information accurately and efficiently.

• Using Microsoft Word, spreadsheets, and other databases to organize and track data.

• Developing an individualized Integrated Student Educational Plan (ISEP) to each eligible student and monitoring students’ academic progress.

• Providing services to meet students’ educational goals such as degree or certificate, transfer, vocational, skills building and/or professional development.

• Assisting students in assessing, planning, and implementing immediate and long-range goals.

• Working with four-year colleges and universities to assist students in a smooth transition to those institutions.

• May teach classes that include college success skills, personal development, career exploration and career decisions-making skills. In addition to: (a) Human Career Development (HCD) 115, Orientation to College, (b) HCD 122, Study Skills, © HCD 160 Applied Life and Success Skills, and (d) HCD 330, Life and Career Planning.

Personal Counseling

Assisting students with life issues that interfere with academic success.

Crisis Intervention

Providing students with campus and community services directly or through cooperative arrangement.

Multi-Cultural Counseling

Maintaining an understanding of diverse and multi-cultural backgrounds and the appropriateness of counseling approaches.

Performing other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Have a master’s in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy or marriage, family, and child counseling; OR the equivalent.* All degrees must be from an accredited institution completed by date of hire. (NOTE: 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.)

Have an equity-minded focus, responsiveness, and sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical or learning disabilities as it relates to differences in learning styles; and successfully foster and support an inclusive educational and employment environment.

*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

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 (Download PDF reader).

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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