Job Summary

Shoreline Community College is dedicated to inclusive excellence in teaching and learning, student success, and community engagement. Shoreline serves the educational, workforce, and cultural needs of our diverse students and communities through the core themes of educational attainment and student success, program excellence, community engagement, access and diversity, and College stewardship. Shoreline Community College is a place of open inquiry and learning, with a campus that models ideals set out in our Community Standard*. We are committed to upholding a culture of free expression, as well as maintaining a supportive and respectful learning and working environment for all.

Reporting to the Dean of Student Support & Success, counselors are responsible for providing clinical and outreach services to ensure consistent high-quality care and support for students' personal and academic success. Counselors provide consistent and timely response, intervention and follow up when needed in response to mental health crises and emergencies.

The counselor will be a licensed mental health counselor or licensed psychologist with a demonstrated work history of providing mental health services in a mental health setting; professional confidence and sound judgment; success in building relationships and working collaboratively with key stakeholders; experience navigating complex systems; strong commitment to student development; a demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion, multicultural responsiveness; and strong negotiation and advocacy skills. Counselors must have a clear understanding of student development, crisis intervention, and knowledge of national trends and best practices in college student mental health.