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Job description
Academic Counselor
The Justice Scholars Program, within the Division of Student Equity and Success at Cerritos College, is dedicated to supporting incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, and other justice-impacted students. The program provides educational opportunities in detention facilities and on-campus delivering comprehensive support services to promote student success and persistence. The program is also part of the Rising Scholars Network, a statewide initiative across California Community Colleges committed to expanding access and support for justice-impacted students.
Under the direction of the Manager of the Justice Scholars Program, the Academic Counselor divides assigned time between Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, where Cerritos College provides educational services to pre-adjudicated youth, and the Cerritos College campus. The counselor provides holistic academic, career, and personal counseling services to current and formerly justice-involved students, as well as economically and socially disadvantaged students, to promote enrollment, retention, persistence, and the successful attainment of their educational and career goals. The counselor filling this role will work with Cerritos College Justice Scholars students at the Los Padrinos juvenile detention center and on campus.
The Counselor will provide specialized academic counseling services, career guidance, and advisement to students from diverse backgrounds for the purpose of developing and facilitating the attainment of their academic, vocational, and personal objectives. The position requires demonstrated ability to work effectively with justice-involved populations, faculty, staff, and external partners, and to navigate the unique requirements of custodial educational environments.
Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall is a Los Angeles County Probation-operated secure juvenile detention facility that temporarily houses youth in custody within the juvenile justice system, primarily while awaiting court proceedings or placement decisions. The facility provides a structured, supervised correctional environment with controlled access and movement, where detained youth remain under the custody of probation officers and participate in education, rehabilitation, and support programs under Los Angeles County Probation Education Services and Los Angeles County of Education (LACOE).
The academic counselor serves in a key operational and student-facing role within the Justice Scholars program, providing on-site academic support in a juvenile detention setting while also exposing campus-based programs and services to formerly incarcerated and system-impacted on-campus students. The position requires demonstrated ability to work effectively with justice-involved populations, faculty, staff, and external partners, and to navigate the unique requirements of custodial educational environments.
Unlike general academic counseling roles, this position functions in close collaboration with the Justice Scholars manager and program facilitator and designs academic planning around the scheduled general education courses for Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall rather than assuming traditional on-campus Comprehensive Student Educational Plans.
Worksite address
norwalk, CA, 90650, US
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