Social Worker – Regular Full Time – Board Office (Complementary Department)
Position Description
Social Worker – Regular full time
Board Office (Complementary Department)
Nature of the Work
The position of social worker encompasses, in particular, responsibility for carrying out prevention, promotion and screening activities, evaluating the social functioning of students and groups of students experiencing or likely to experience emotional, social, school or family problems as well as determining and implementing a social intervention plan in order to support and restore social functioning, foster the student’s optimal development in interaction with his or her environment and help him or her pursue his or her educational path.
Some Characteristic Duties
The social worker contributes to the screening and identification of students experiencing social, family, personal or school problems, using an approach focusing on prevention and intervention; he or she evaluates the students’ social functioning, including students suffering from a mental or neuropsychological disorder attested to by a diagnosis or an evaluation conducted by qualified personnel by means of a study and compilation of the information contained in the student’s record, direct observations, interviews, consultations and questionnaires in order to determine the student’s overall functioning and social needs. He or she implements, as part of an individualized education plan, a social intervention plan to meet the student’s needs.
He or she works with a multidisciplinary team to draw up, implement and review a student’s individualized education plan while taking into account the personal, family, school and social context to help him or her overcome his or her problems as well as to develop and maintain his or her motivation in school; he or she works with other team members to ensure concerted and coordinated interventions and assess the achievement of objectives.
He or she conducts individual or group counselling sessions with students and ensures follow-up with parents; he or she may refer the student or his or her parents to resources appropriate to the situation and needs; he or she works with representatives of partner organizations.
He or she provides advice and support to teachers and to other school resources to better meet the student’s needs and to provide necessary support and supervision to ensure the student’s progress and success in school.
He or she participates in the preparation, promotion and delivery of screening, awareness-building and prevention programs on topics related to the problems experienced by youths.
He or she advises management staff, prepares expertise, evaluation, briefing and progress reports and formulates appropriate recommendations to support decision-making.
He or she may be called upon to help defuse crisis or emergency situations and to recommend solutions.
He or she prepares and updates files according to the standards related to the practice of the profession and the rules defined by the school board; he or she prepares progress notes or reports as well as end-of-process and follow-up reports on his or her interventions.
Qualifications Required
Be a member of the Ordre professionnel des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec.
Additional Requirements
Excellent teamwork abilities: the ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team (WQSB Complementary Services and outside services);
Familiarity with and relevant experience working with various outside agencies and services will be an asset;
Travel is required to support schools within our school board – a valid driver’s licence and personal vehicle are essential.
Working Conditions:
Salary: $49,456 to $87,626 (based on qualifications and experience).
Start Date: November 7, 2022
The application must include:
Resume (including detailed work history and education background)
A cover letter
Professional references
APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH APPLYTO EDUCATION
https://westernquebec.ca/resources/careers/
Only those candidates chosen for interviews will be contacted.
The Western Quebec School Board is committed to building an educational community with the common purpose to realize the potential of all our students by cultivating a strong corps of support, professional, teaching and administrative excellence. We therefore encourage applications from Indigenous people, as well as from other racialized people groups, persons living with a disability, people of religious faith, and gender minorities.
As an organization, we strive to hire individuals who reflect the communities we serve, and who embody and practice a love of life-long learning, teamwork, and the highest professional ethics. Our efforts to achieve a diverse workforce that contributes to a culturally safe working environment include establishing proactive employment practices to address systemic barriers and removing obstacles to hiring and retaining qualified people.
We acknowledge that the lands upon which we live, learn, and work are the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe peoples. We thank them for sharing these lands and commit, as an organization, as educators and as individuals, to an ongoing relationship that recognizes and respects the lands, traditions, and culture of the Anishinaabe people.