DSPS Counselor/LD Specialist

Posting Details

Position Information

Job Title
DSPS Counselor/LD Specialist

Location
Yuba College - Marysville, CA.

Job Description

BASIC FUNCTION: Under the general supervision of the Vice President of Student Services and under the direct supervision of the Director of Disabled Students Programs and Services. The Learning Specialist/ Counselor will assist the director in the implementation of DSPS.

Essential Duties Summary

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES :

• Interview and screen students referred because of suspected learning disability.
• Gather appropriate data necessary for learning disability certification, including as appropriate, school transcripts, medical information, previous testing results, etc.
• Provide assessment for determination of eligibility for learning disabilities services using criteria of California Community Colleges Leaming Disability Eligibility Model; evaluate student's academic strengths and weaknesses using appropriate measures, develop individual educational support services for students with disabilities.
• Referral to other departments/agencies, community resources and liaison to faculty and staff as well as the provision of training for faculty and staff.
• Provide classroom instruction, counseling, and disability verification and assure reasonable accommodation and support services for DSPS students.
• Discern whether or not a student can benefit from district programs.
• Collaborate with college instructors, counselors Academic Skills Coordinator and other DSPS personnel to assist students in pursuit of their educational goals.
• Duties will include academic, career, and disability related counseling services to students with disabilities (i.e., deaf, hard of hearing, head injury, psychological, mobility, blind and visually impaired, attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities, etc.)
• Provide counseling, orientation/assessment, recruitment, advising, instruction and assessment of students.
• Other responsibilities including maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position, including committee work and faculty liaison, curriculum and program development and student activities.
• Other duties as required.

Required Qualifications

Master's degree in Rehabilitation counseling; OR master's degree in special education and 24 or more semester units of upper division or graduate level course work in counseling, guidance, student personnel, psychology, or social work: OR master's degree in counseling, guidance, student personnel, psychology, career development or social welfare and either 12 or ore semester units of upper division or graduate level coursework specifically in counseling or rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities or two years of full-time experience or the equivalent in one or more of the following:

(a) counseling or guidance for students with disabilities, or (b) counseling and or guidance in industry, government, public agencies, military or private social welfare organizations in which the responsibilities of the position were predominantly

or exclusively for persons with disabilities; and 15 units of upper division of graduate study in the area of learning disabilities; OR the documented equivalent OR possess a California Community College Learning Disability Eligibility Model Certificate; OR possess a current California mmunity College Credential as a Disabled Students Programs and Services Leaming Disabilities Specialist. Degree (s) must be from an accredited institution.

Desired/Preferred Qualifications

Physical Demands

Range/Step
Class II stepc2 - Class VII step 13

Salary Range
Step 2 - $85, 281 - Step 13 $131, 386

Benefits Information

Medical Benefits
CalSTRS
Academic Calendar
Yuba College

Posting Detail Information

Internal vs. External

Posting Number
AS968P

Open Date
10/26/2026

Close Date
11/30/2026

Review Start Date

Open Until Filled

Special Instructions to Applicants

Important Instructions:

• To apply for this position, interested candidates are required to complete an online application, including submission of a Resume, Letter of Interest, EEO/Diversity Statement and Unofficial Transcripts through the People Admin application portal.
• FOREIGN TRANSCRIPTS: Include a U.S. evaluation and translation. Click HERE for a list of acceptable agencies providing foreign transcript services.
• It is important to note that the District retains the right to extend time limits or initiate the recruitment/selection process anew at any stage.
• Education Code §87408.6 states that no person shall be initially employed by a community college district in an academic or classified position unless the person has submitted to an examination within the past sixty (60) days to determine that he/she/they is free of active tuberculosis.
• As a condition of employment, the position you are applying for will require that you provide fingerprints to the local police department. The fees charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI for the fingerprint report is the employee's responsibility.
• Fingerprint clearance must be received prior to the employee's first day on the job.