Job Details

PT Counselor --Homeless Service Work Certificate Program

Santa Monica College


Salary: See Position Description

Job Type: Part Time Faculty

Job Number: 00306

Location: CA 90405, CA

Closing: 1/6/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

Job Duties

Position Profile

The Homeless Service Work Certificate Program is designed for students interested in entry-level positions in the homeless response system. This certificate consists of introductory workforce training within the homeless response system, health equity, effective practices, and field-based learning. Students who successfully complete this program will develop a caring approach to human engagement as well as an understanding of funding sources, opportunities, and the guidelines for accessing these resources for employment in the non-profit ecosystem. Students will see the importance of connecting authentic and effective relationships with oneself, their team, their community, and participants in this sector. Students also will gain an understanding of the framework involved in serving unhoused and formerly unhoused people by utilizing best practices and strategies. Finally, using crucial hands-on field experiences with frontline homeless services workers, students will become adept at navigating support systems within a collaborative teaching and learning environment.

As part of this program, Part-Time Counselors will support students who have started their field placements so that they can be successful.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities

Counselors will:

• Support students by modeling problem-solving skills, effective communication, and conflict resolution rooted in trauma-informed approach and harm reduction principles.
• Acts as a mentor to students in the program to reflect on internship experiences and coursework; ties coursework to internship experience.
• Support students around career readiness and career planning activities.
• Design and facilitate 4-6 workshops based on the needs and recommendations of students and faculty.
• When working with individuals, help connect them to internal and external resources, including but not limited to entitlement benefits, housing, and legal resources.
• Coordinate with program staff to ensure there is communication and collaboration to promote student success.
• Participate in college, department, and faculty organization activities.
• Work with Homeless Service Work Leadership Team to develop and implement a needs assessment for students.
• Gather and synthesize data relevant to program enhancement and future opportunities for investment.
• Collaborate with Leadership Team to prepare final report of recommendations
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Applicant must meet the minimum qualifications of a Counseling faculty discipline at the college. Please refer to the California Chancellor's Office Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges (Download PDF reader) to review the minimum qualifications for faculty disciplines.

Master's Degree in one of the following:

• Counseling
• Rehabilitation Counseling
• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling Psychology
• Guidance Counseling
• Educational Counseling
• Social Work
• Career Development
• Marriage and Family Therapy
• Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling

OR the equivalent

(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.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Licensed Master's Degree in Social Work or related field
• Social work experience for students at community colleges or universities
• Leadership experience in the homeless services sector
• Knowledge of the homeless system of care, including public, private, and philanthropic agencies

Additional Information


COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND DIVERSITYWith the goal of ensuring the equal educational opportunity of all students, Santa Monica College embraces diversity among students, faculty, staff, and the communities we serve as an integral part of our history, a recognition of the complexity of our present state, and a call to action for a better future. Embracing diversity means that we must intentionally practice equity and respect toward one another, and understand that discrimination and prejudices create and sustain privileges for some while creating and sustaining barriers for others. In order to embrace diversity, we also acknowledge that institutional discrimination and implicit bias exist, and that our goal is to eradicate those vestiges from our system. Our commitment to diversity requires that we strive to eliminate those barriers to equity, and that we act deliberately to create a safe and positive environment where individual and group differences are valued and leveraged for our growth and understanding as an educational community.

To advance the goals of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice for the success of students and employees, we must honor that each individual is unique and that our individual differences contribute to the ability of the college to prepare students on their educational journeys. This requires that we develop and implement policies and procedures, encourage individual and systemic change, continually reflect on our efforts, and hold ourselves accountable for the results of our efforts in accomplishing our goals.

We are invested as a community in cultivating and maintaining a climate where equity and mutual respect are both intrinsic and explicit by valuing individuals and groups from all backgrounds, demographics, and experiences. Individual and group differences can include, but are not limited to the following dimensions: race, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, immigration status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, religion, creed, military or veteran status, socioeconomic status, and any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation. We acknowledge that the concept of inclusion and diversity is ever-evolving. Thus, we create space to allow our understanding to grow through the periodic review of this statement. In service of these goals, Santa Monica College is committed to fostering an employment environment that offers equal employment opportunities for all and an educational environment that ensures the equal educational opportunity of all students.

Application Requirements
A completed application consists of the following:

• Online District Application
• Resume
• Transcript (Degree must be shown as conferred on the transcript.)

Pay Philosophy

Starting salary for Part-Time Faculty is based on educational achievement and relevant prior employment experience up to but not beyond Step 7. Further step advancement shall occur at the beginning of the intersession or semester following the completion of multiples of 30 LHEs at Santa Monica College.
Part-Time Faculty salary schedule can be accessed at: https://www.smcfa.org/contract

For information about our part-time faculty salary structure, the history of why we've moved away from "hourly" pay scales, and to better understand "Lecture Hour Equivalents" (LHEs), please review the following link from the Faculty Association (The Union representing you): https://sites.google.com/view/smcfa/part-time-faculty-resources/understanding-the-new-salary-schedule/new-faculty-members. For counseling assignments please read the section on "Completely non-instructional assignments" once on that New Faculty Salary page.

Diversity Statement
Recent experience working with African American, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom; and a willingness to use culturally responsive instructional practices.

Demonstrated sensitivity to issues of diversity and ability to motivate and teach community college students of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, sexual orientations, genders, cultures, and learning styles, as well as students with disabilities or varied levels of academic preparation.

Equity Statement
Santa Monica College encourages candidates who are equity-minded to apply. SMC is a minority-serving, Hispanic-serving institution. We actively seek to attract candidates from minority groups that value equity, diversity and inclusion. Equity, diversity and inclusion are built into the culture at SMC and are an essential component of the work that we do. SMC is committed to racial and socioeconomic diversity as it is a reflection of our student population, and we strive to hire candidates who share this commitment.

Equal Employment Opportunity Disclosure
The Santa Monica Community College District is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants for employment, as well as District employees, shall have full and equal access to employment opportunities. No person shall be subjected to unlawful discrimination in any program or activity of the District. The District's Board Policy 3420 (Equal Employment Opportunity) may be accessed at: https://admin.smc.edu/administration/human-resources/documents/Board%20Policies/BP_3420_EEO.pdf (Download PDF reader)

Equivalency Statement
The Santa Monica Community College District, in its desire to select outstanding faculty members from the largest possible pool of qualified applicants, recognizes the fact that candidates may attain expertise in a discipline through a variety of means. Certain combinations of education, experience and other accomplishments in the field may be judged by the District as equal to the stated minimum qualifications for this position. Candidates who feel they possess such equivalent qualifications are encouraged to apply and provide appropriate documentation of their qualifications. For further details regarding equivalency criteria, please download the Equivalency Application Statement Form available at: https://jobs.smc.edu/applicants/static/customers/655/EquivalencyStatementPDF.pdf (Download PDF reader)

Conditions of Employment
Appointment is subject to verification of official transcripts, current or previous employment, tuberculosis, and fingerprint clearance. Selected candidate must provide identification and work authorization.



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