College Counselor (FAC2850)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Essential:

• Provide mental health services for HutchCC students including crisis intervention and personal counseling.
• Provide planning, coordination, and oversight of daily activities for the student food pantry. Utilize resources as required by grant funds. Select and supervise student employees to staff food pantry.
• Teach select classes, as assigned, utilizing face to face and online delivery methods. Classes may include ED105 – Success Seminar/College Orientation, ED115 – College Orientation and Career Exploration, SO103 – Stress Management, SO104 – Assertiveness Training and/or ED126 – Psychology of Happiness.
• Provide academic, career, and financial aid advising services to students who have not declared a college major, and to students, who, according to institutional definition, are consider “at risk”.
• Collaborate with the Student Services team to provide needed resources for students.
• Assist with campus outreach, fairs, screening events, and celebrations.
• Implement retention procedures including a variety of intervention services.
• Utilize multiple delivery systems for advising including face-to-face, telephone, and online communication with students.
• Maintain resource materials relating to advising.
• Arrive on time for work, attend work regularly, and successfully complete the responsibilities of the position.
• Comply with HutchCC policies, procedures, and practices.

Secondary:

• Perform other responsibilities as assigned by the Coordinator of Counseling and Social Work Services.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Education: Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology, Social Work, Professional Counseling or related area.
• Licensure: Kansas licensure to diagnose and treat mental disorders.
• Experience: Teaching and/or counseling experience preferred.
• Build solid student relationships.
• Adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the college environment.
• Work effectively with student populations traditionally under-represented (i.e., ethnic minority, persons with disabilities, and/or non-traditional students).
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Work with staff, administration, and others in a professional manner.

• Physical activities will include visual acuity to view a computer terminal; use appropriate judgment and apply tact and courtesy in difficult situations; understand words and respond effectively and appropriately; sedentary, indoor work environment.

• Mental requirements include the ability to learn and comprehend basic instructions about the position.
• Physical and mental qualifications must be performed with or without a reasonable accommodation.
• The qualifications listed are guidelines for selection purposes; alternative qualifications may be substituted if sufficient to perform the duties.

SALARY and STATUS:

The salary for this position is determined as per the Hiring Salary Schedule in the 2023-2024 Master Agreement. This full-time faculty position is 10 months annual (190 days per year), tenure track, benefit eligible, and exempt.