Require Counselor - Disability Services in Portland, OR
Posted 2025-03-15
Remote, USA
Full-time
Immediate Start
Job title: Counselor - Disability Services
Company: Portland Community College
Job description: Immediately; This position will close once sufficient qualified applications have been received
Position Summary
Accessible Education and Disability Resources (AEDR) is seeking to fill the position of a full-time counselor as a member of the AEDR team which strives to ensure equal access for students with disabilities. AEDR leads the campus community to recognize disability as a valued aspect of diversity, embrace access as a matter of social justice, and to promote universal design and inclusive environments.
The role of counselor focuses on designing individualized accommodation plans through an interactive process with students with disabilities. The process includes determining eligibility, arranging for accommodations, providing supportive counseling and guidance, and working together with faculty to implement accommodations. The counselor assists students to connect with and navigate college and community resources. This may involve communication and meeting with colleagues in campus student services offices such as financial aid, advising, and career services.
The position responsibilities include review of educational and medical documentation for eligibility and determination of accommodations, meeting with students both online and in person, recording case notes and participation in weekly practitioner meetings. The position is on-site flex with an expectation of working 75% on-site. This position reports directly to the Student Accommodations Manager.
Candidate Profile
These qualifications, skills and abilities are critical for success in this position.
Throughout the screening process, you will be evaluated based on the demonstration of these qualifications.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of ADA/504 laws and regulations and current changes in the field.
- Demonstrated understanding of emerging models of disability such as a social justice or cultural model of disability, as opposed to a strictly medical model.
- Experience in post-secondary education
- Knowledge about a wide range of disabilities including physical, sensory, health, mental, and learning differences.
- Experience in planning and providing academic adjustments for students with disabilities.
- Experience reviewing medical and psychometric documentation, analyzing diagnostic test results, and interviewing students as a basis for making appropriate recommendations for accommodations.
- Experience providing counseling and guidance services to meet the educational, personal, and vocational needs of students with disabilities.
- Experience serving as a consultant to students, college staff, and community groups on disability issues.
- Experience collaborating with outside agencies (e.g. Vocational Rehabilitation, Commission for the Blind) regarding individual student's needs
To be considered, your application must demonstrate these minimum qualifications. (Experience is calculated based on the start and end dates you provide multiplied by the number of hours per week worked).
- Education: Master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, Counseling & Guidance, Counseling Psychology, Psychology, Educational Psychology, Social Work, or related area required. Degree must be from an accredited institution.
- Experience: Two years of experience providing academic, personal and/or disability management counseling services to clients who experience a disability. Internship experience may be counted.
- Experience developing and facilitating training opportunities on topics related to disability and accessibility.
- Experience using shared information management systems to document decision-making, review and enter data, track issues, and record case notes from a team perspective.
Starting Salary Expectations
Initial Salary Placement up to Step 3 $68,491.00 will be based on related experience, per PCC's collective bargaining agreement.
Position Grade Salary Range $64562 to $103562 Annual Salary
FTE 1
PCC Benefits
PCC offers a comprehensive benefit package designed to provide employees and their families, including domestic partners, with access to a broad range of benefit options. Includes Health, Dental, and Vision options, Group Life, Long-term Disability, Long-term Care, and Auto and Home Insurance programs.
PCC currently fully funds the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS/OPSRP) pension and contributes an additional 6% into the employee's Individual Account Program under PERS/OPSRP. PCC offers a tax deferred annuity program and a deferred compensation program where employees may save additional pre-tax dollars for retirement.
Additionally, PCC provides a tuition waver for yourself, domestic partner, and dependent children under 24 years of age; plus partial tuition reimbursement for yourself at other accredited institutions.
Paid Leave:
- 1 day of sick leave for every 18 days worked (~10 days/year)
- 21 hours of additional personal leave per year
- 4 paid holidays (which occur during the term you are teaching)
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Working Conditions and Physical Requirements
Official transcripts are required to be submitted within 2 weeks of offer date for degrees required.
Non-instructional faculty shall have earned required academic credentials at a regionally accredited US institution or a foreign institution having the equivalent of regional accreditation. Non-instructional faculty with credentials from other countries will have their transcripts evaluated by agencies that have good standing with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services to establish fulfillment of this standard.
These positions are included in the bargaining agreement between Portland Community College and the Portland Community College Faculty Federation Employees.
Work is generally performed in an office environment, with frequent interruptions and irregularities in the work schedule. Incumbents are required to produce and interact with written information on a regular basis, and to participate in meetings at different locations across the district.
Background Check Required Yes
Portland Community College complies with the Oregon Veterans' Preference in Public Employment law which provides qualifying veterans and disabled veterans with preference in employment. You will be given instructions during the application process to claim Veterans' Preference in the recruitment of this position, and to provide the documents required for verification of eligibility. Please do not send your documentation to the hiring manager directly. For verification of eligibility, please submit the following documentation:
- Veterans: DD214
- Disabled Veterans: DD214 and Letter from the Department of VA
Notice of the Availability of the Annual Security Report:
Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), you may view Portland Community College's (PCC) most recent Annual Security Report (ASR) on the website. The ASR contains current security and safety-related policy disclosure statements, emergency preparedness and evacuation information, crime prevention and sexual assault prevention information and resources, and drug and alcohol prevention programming. The ASR also contains crime statistics for Clery Act crimes which occurred on PCC properties for the last three calendar years. Paper copies of the ASR are available upon request at all offices.
Special Conditions for this position:
This position has been identified as a Campus Security Authority (CSA) pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). Campus Security Authorities must immediately report Clery Act crimes that occurred on Portland Community College's Clery geography on the Crime Incident Report (CIRTrac?) located on the Department of Public Safety's . Following entry of a report on CIRTrac? PCC's Clery Specialist will (1) analyze the report for issuance of a timely warning or emergency notification; and (2) will determine if the report should be included in the annual statistical disclosures. The Clery Specialist shall annually assign CSAs online Clery Act training to ensure they are provided proper training to fulfill their reporting responsibilities required by the Clery Act and PCC's Clery Act policy.
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Expected salary: $64562 - 103562 per year
Location: Portland, OR