SOCIAL WORKER

LaSalle College; Montreal; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent education institution in Montreal is seeking a Social Worker to provide psychosocial support to students dealing with various challenges. This role involves creating personalized action plans, designing awareness tools, and ensuring effective collaboration with internal and external partners. The ideal candidate should possess a degree in social work, be fluent in French, and have professional English proficiency, supported by relevant experience in the field.

Benefits

Group insurance including EAP and telemedicine

Retirement Savings Plan

Health and wellness program

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in social work or a related field required.
• 2-3 years of experience working with young or student clientele needed.
• Fluency in French and professional proficiency in English required.

Responsibilities

• Support students facing mental health and integration issues.
• Help students develop personalized action plans.
• Design and implement awareness tools.

Skills

Fluency in French

Proficiency in English

Knowledge of mental health issues

Crisis intervention skills

Experience in psychosocial support

Education

Bachelor's degree in social work or related field

Member of the Ordre des travailleurs sociaux

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

As a Social Worker, you will play a key role in psychosocial support for students. You will accompany students experiencing various personal or social problems (mental health, substance use, integration, etc.), helping them identify their difficulties, develop appropriate strategies and direct them to the appropriate resources. You will also contribute to the development of an inclusive, caring and safe environment, by ensuring individual interventions, collective prevention actions and close collaboration with internal teams and external partners.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Accompany and support students facing mental health, integration, substance use or other psychosocial issues;
• Intervene with students to help them identify their difficulties, build a personalized action plan and ensure follow-up;
• Design and implement prevention and awareness tools on various topics (consumption, harassment, substance abuse, etc.);
• To develop these tools for front-line employees and to support them in their interventions as needed;
• Ensure a proactive presence in student life spaces in order to identify young people in difficulty and direct them to the appropriate resources;
• Intervene in crisis situations in collaboration with internal stakeholders (principal, teaching staff, student services, etc.);
• Develop and maintain a network of public health network partners and community resources;
• Act as a one-stop shop within the framework of the VCS (Violence, Sexual Behaviour and Consent) Policy;
• Design, organize and facilitate group workshops that promote social integration, mental health and bonding;
• Continuously monitor best practices in psychosocial support and school integration;
• Define the department's performance indicators and update dashboards related to student clientele;
• Actively participate in discussions aimed at improving the offer of services to students.

REQUIREMENTS

Hold a bachelor's degree in social work or a related field;

Be a member in good standing of the Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiales du Québec (OTSTCFQ);

Have at least 2 to 3 years of experience in intervention with a young or student clientele;

Good knowledge of issues related to mental health, cultural diversity, inclusion and educational success;

Fluency in the French language (oral and written);

Proficiency in the English language at a professional level (oral and written).

This role involves frequent interactions with internal and external customers and partners on a national and global scale. Professional proficiency in English is therefore a requirement for this role.

BENEFITS

Permanent full-time position;

Group insurance, including EAP and telemedicine;

Retirement Savings Plan;

Health and wellness program.

LCI Education subscribes to an equal access to employment program and members of the targeted groups, namely women, people with disabilities, Indigenous people, visible minorities and ethnic minorities are encouraged to submit their applications. If you are a person with a disability, you can receive assistance with the screening and selection process upon request.