Counselor

Job Summary

Reporting to the Director of Student Development Services, the Counselor is responsible for providing counseling and individual and group educational and vocational guidance services. Primary Duties and Responsibilities Essential Performance Requirements

• Assists individuals to understanding and overcoming social, emotional, and developmental issues
• Coordinates with campus police, faculty, administrators, and staff to provide crisis intervention, counseling, and referral
• Develops and presents relevant wellness and / or student success seminars on campus
• Refers students to relevant community resources as needed
• Engages in research and follow-up activities to evaluate counseling techniques
• Assists with the academic advising process
• Visits area high schools to conduct seminars and presentations, or disperse college information as necessary
• Communicates, collaborates, and provides consultation with faculty to increase student success
• Collects, organizes, and analyzes information about individuals through records, tests, interviews, and professional sources to appraise their interests, aptitudes, abilities, and personality characteristics, for vocational and educational planning
• Compiles and studies occupational, educational, and economic information to aid counselees in making and carrying out vocational and educational objectives

Service Excellence

Supervision

Works under the general supervision of the Director of Student Development Services

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Physical Demands and Work Environment Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and climb or balance. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representatives of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Accommodations Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.