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Houston City College is hiring a Counselor, Lead to run its Counseling Department while also carrying a counseling caseload of its own. The role supervises the department’s counseling, disability services, and career services staff and manages its goals and budget, while also providing personal, academic, career, and crisis counseling that helps students remove barriers to their academic, career, and personal goals.

Highlights

Lead the Counseling Department in setting and achieving annual goals, develop and revise its procedures and guidelines, and represent the department at system-wide meetings.
Supervise and train the Counseling, Disability Services, and Career Services staff, including conducting performance evaluations.
Manage the departmental budget as signature authority, approving purchases of counseling materials and of assistive technology or adaptive equipment for Disability Services.
Review counselor caseloads for persistence, retention, and success, and respond to early alert referrals that need counselor intervention.
Carry a caseload of at-risk students (on probation or suspension, repeaters, and early alert), including students referred by the Dean of Student Services for Student Code of Conduct violations.
Provide brief personal counseling and career assessment for undecided majors, and respond to crises and critical campus incidents with classroom or group debriefings and supportive counseling.
Offer counseling by email, phone, and other technology to out-of-district, out-of-state, and distance education students.
Hold a master’s degree in counseling or a related field (education, social work, psychology, human services, or marriage and family therapy) and a counseling license such as LPC, LMFT, LCSW, or licensed psychologist.
Bring 5 years of experience working with adults, preferably in a community college counseling setting, including 2 years supervising counseling or paraprofessional counseling staff.
Hold a valid Texas driver license and be able to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends; completion of the HCC College Leadership Program is a plus.

Counselor, Lead Full Description

JOB SUMMARY

Provides leadership and supervision to the Counseling Department.

Provides counseling services to assist students identify, mitigate and/or remove barriers that impede their ability to reach their academic, career, and personal goals.

Provides personal, academic, career, and crisis counseling.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Lead the Department in establishing and achieving annual goals and objectives.
Responsible for developing, reviewing, modifying, and implementing Counseling Department’s procedures and guidelines.
Responsible for supervising and training Counseling, Disability, and Career Services staff to include performance evaluations.
Provide Department leadership and consistent services by implementation of institutional procedures, forms and reports.
Review progress of counselor caseloads to include persistence, retention, and success.
Manage departmental budget and serves as the signature authority.
Provide oversight and approval of purchase of office supplies, counseling materials, and Disability Services’ assistive technology or adaptive equipment.
Represent the Counseling Department at System-wide meetings.
Provide brief personal counseling, and provides resources for further counseling as needed.
Provide career assessment and counseling to undecided majors and referrals from Success Course Instructors.
Assist in the development of career exploration resources to be utilized in Success Courses.
Respond to crisis situations and to Campus/College-critical incidents requiring counseling services (e.g. classroom/group debriefing, supportive counseling).
Respond to early alert referrals requiring counselor intervention.
Responsible and accountable for a case load of at-risk students (i.e. probation, suspension, repeaters, early alert).
Provide counseling to students on disciplinary probation or suspension, as referred by the Dean of Student Services, to address behaviors in violation of the Student Code of Conduct.
Provide online counseling services via email, phone and other applicable technology to include out-of-district, out-of-state, and distance education students as needed.
Maintain confidential student records.
Provide community resources and follow-up as needed.
May serve on the College Behavioral Intervention and Threat Assessment team.
Provide professional training opportunities and keeps Counseling Department abreast of new developments and innovation within the counseling profession.
Perform other duties, tasks and assignments as required.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education & Experience

Master’s degree with a concentration in counseling (i.e. Counseling, Education, Social Work, Psychology, Human Services, Marriage & Family Therapy)
Completion of HCC College Leadership Program a plus
5 years of experience working with adult population, preferably in a community college Counseling setting, including 2 years of supervisory experience in an Educational and/or Social Services setting supervising Counseling and/or Paraprofessional Counseling staff

Licensing & Certification

Valid Texas Driver License
Counseling licensure required (i.e. LPC, LMFT, LCSW, or Licensed Psychologist)
LPC, LMFT, LCSW or Licensed Psychologist with a supervisory credential/status preferred

Special Skills

MS Office Programs
Information Management Systems
Counseling Theory, Practice, and Ethics
Budget Management
Able to work flexible hours to include evenings and weekends

Competencies

Delivering High Quality Work
Accepting Responsibility
Serving Customers
Supporting Organizational Goals
Driving Continuous Improvement
Acting with Integrity
Thinking Critically
Managing Change
Communicating Effectively

Working Conditions

General Office. Must be able to perform all job requirements with or without reasonable accommodations; remain in a stationary position during shift; move items weighing up to 25 pounds; position self to operate job equipment; apply established protocols in a timely manner. Must access, input and retrieve information from technology devices; communicate with others to accomplish job requirements. May be required to work after hours to include weekends and holidays.

SECURITY SENSITIVE:

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215

EEO Statement

Houston Community College does not discriminate on the bases of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation or veteran’s status. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:

Sandra B. Jacobson, J.D., M.Ed., SHRM-SCP, Interim Director of EEO and Compliance & Title IX Coordinator

Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX

PO Box 667517

Houston TX, 77266

713 718.8271 or [email protected]

HCC values its employees and their contributions, promotes opportunities for their professional growth and development, and provides a positive working and learning environment that encourages diversity, innovation and creativity, and inclusion.

Individuals with disabilities, who require special accommodations to interview, should contact (713) 718-8565.

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