Philemon Wright High School - Social Service Officer, Temporary Replacement / Agente ou Agent d[...]

St. Clement's School; Quebec; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational institution in Quebec is seeking a Social Service Officer to support students facing emotional and social challenges. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to implement individualized education plans and provide counseling. Ideal candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Social Work and experience in educational settings. This position offers flexible hours and benefits, including up to 35 vacation days and a pension plan.

Benefits

Up to 35 vacation days

Pension plan

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience working with students experiencing social or emotional issues.
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong documentation and report writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Screen and identify students experiencing difficulties.
• Develop individualized education plans with multidisciplinary teams.
• Conduct individual and group counseling sessions.

Skills

Counseling

Interpersonal communication

Crisis intervention

Education

Bachelor's degree in social work

Job description

We, the Western Quebec School Board, 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. 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.

Nature of the work

The position of social service officer encompasses, in particular, responsibility for prevention, promotion, screening, support and intervention activities with students and groups of students experiencing or likely to experience emotional, family, social or school problems in order to foster the student's optimal development and restore his or her social functioning in interaction with his or her environment.

Characteristic functions

• The social service officer contributes to the screening and identification of students experiencing problems, using an approach focussing on prevention and intervention; plans and conducts interviews, makes observations, gathers pertinent information from school or external resources or parents and participates in analyzing data and in determining the nature of the problem.
• 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; works with other team members to ensure concerted and coordinated interventions and assess the achievement of objectives.
• 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.
• Conducts individual or group counselling sessions with students and ensures follow‑up with parents; may refer the student or their parents to resources appropriate to the situation and needs; works with representatives of partner organizations.
• Participates in the preparation, promotion and delivery of screening, awareness‑building and prevention programs on topics related to the problems experienced by youths.
• Advises management staff, prepares expertise, progress and end‑of‑process reports and formulates appropriate recommendations to support decision making.
• May be called upon to help defuse crisis or emergency situations and to recommend solutions.
• Prepares and updates files according to the rules defined by the school board; prepares progress notes or reports as well as end‑of‑process and follow‑up reports on his or her interventions.

Required qualifications

Schooling and experience

• A bachelor's degree in an appropriate specialty, notably social work.

Working Conditions

• The position is governed by the collective agreement between CPNCA and FPPE (Federation of Educational Professionals of Québec).
• Vacation: up to 35 days.
• Special leave days.
• Pension plan.
• Group insurance program.
• Employee assistance program.
• Work‑life balance (flexible hours).
• Under clauses 5‑2.01 and 5‑2.04 of the 2023‑2028 local agreement for Professionals, the contract of a supernumerary or regular professional who does not meet the qualifications required for the position shall terminate automatically and without notice on June 30 of the current school year.

Nature du travail

L’emploi d’agente ou agent de service social comporte plus spécifiquement la prévention, la promotion, le dépistage, le soutien et l’intervention auprès des élèves et des groupes d’élèves qui vivent ou qui sont susceptibles de vivre des difficultés d’ordre affectif, familial, social, ou scolaire, dans le but de favoriser le développement optimal de l’élève et de rétablir son fonctionnement social en interaction avec son environnement.

Attributions caractéristiques

• L’agente ou l’agent de service social contribue au dépistage et à la reconnaissance des élèves vivant des difficultés, et ce, dans une optique de prévention et d’intervention; planifie et effectue des entrevues, procède à des observations, recueille auprès des intervenantes et intervenants scolaires ou externes ou des parents des renseignements pertinents et participe à l'analyse des données et à l'identification de la nature de la problématique.
• Participe avec l’équipe multidisciplinaire à l’élaboration, la réalisation et la révision du plan d’intervention de l’élève en tenant compte du contexte personnel, familial, scolaire et social pour l’aider à surmonter ses difficultés, à maintenir et à développer sa motivation scolaire; collabore avec les autres membres de l’équipe à la concertation et la coordination des interventions, et à l’évaluation de l’atteinte des objectifs.
• Conseille et soutient les enseignantes et enseignants et les autres intervenantes et intervenants scolaires afin de mieux répondre aux besoins de l’élève et de son encadrement scolaire pour lui permettre de poursuivre son cheminement et s’engager sur la voie de la réussite.
• Effectue des rencontres de relation d’aide individuelle auprès de l’élève et des rencontres de groupe, assure le suivi de la relation d’aide auprès des parents; peut diriger l’élève ou ses parents vers les ressources appropriées à la situation et aux besoins; collabore avec les représentantes et représentants d’organismes partenaires.
• Participe à l’élaboration, la promotion et l’animation de programmes de dépistage, de sensibilisation et de prévention sur des sujets reliés aux problématiques vécues par les jeunes.
• Conseille le personnel d’encadrement, rédige des rapports d’expertise, d’évolution de la situation et des bilans et fait les recommandations appropriées pour soutenir la prise de décision.
• Peut être appelé à intervenir pour aider à désamorcer des situations de crise ou d’urgence et proposer des pistes de solution.
• Prépare et assure la mise à jour des dossiers selon les règles définies par la commission scolaire; rédige des notes évolutives ou des rapports d’étape, de fin de processus et de suivi de ses interventions.

Qualifications requises

Scolarité et expérience

• Diplôme universitaire terminal de premier cycle dans un champ de spécialisation approprié, notamment en service social.

Conditions de Travail

• Le poste est régi par la convention collective entre le CPNCA et la FPPE (Fédération des professionnels de l'éducation du Québec).
• Vacances annuelles : jusqu’à 35 jours.
• Jours de congés sociaux.
• Régime de retraite.
• Assurances collectives.
• Programme d'aide aux employés.
• Équilibre travail‑vie personnelle (horaire flexible).
• En vertu des clauses 5‑2.01 et 5‑2.04 de l’entente locale 2023‑2028 pour les professionnels, le contrat d’un professionnel surnuméraire ou régulier qui ne détient pas les qualifications requises pour le poste prend fin automatiquement et sans préavis le 30 juin de l’année scolaire en cours.