Description
Cégep Heritage College is located in Gatineau, Québec, next to the National Capital Region’s Gatineau Park. It is the region’s only public, tuition-free, English-language college, offering innovative and personalized instruction across 18 Career, Pre- University and Continuing Education programs in its modern, state-of-the-art facilities. Cégep Heritage College is a vibrant multicultural institution with staff serving more than 1,200 students. It delivers educational programming that fosters extraordinary student-teacher interaction, student leadership and entrepreneurship, intercultural dialogue and engagement, and high-caliber athletics.
CALL FOR CANDIDATURE
In order to provide support for its faculty, CÉGEP Heritage College is seeking to hire a Temporary Full-time SOCIAL WORKER for a 1-year replacement with the possibility of extension to join the Student Services team.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reporting directly to the Director of Student Services, the incumbent will be the contact person and responsible for managing the Sexual Violence One-Stop Service (SVOSS). The job of the Social Worker more specifically involves prevention, screening and intervention with students who are experiencing or likely to experience emotional, social, academic, or family problems. The candidate is expected to work independently as well as collaborate with the other Social Worker in the Student Services Department.
SOME CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES:
- Help individual students use their own resources in coping with a problem situation. Create a climate conducive to the integration of experience.
- Use standardized assessment tools, conduct interviews, and make observations, if necessary. Analyze and interpret the observations and data collected.
- Refer individual students to other organizations such as community health services, social service centers and hospitals if necessary.
- Take part in case studies within a multidisciplinary team.
- Collaborate with other stakeholders concerned, and as part of the College's success plan, develop, implement, lead and evaluate activities fostering the personal growth and academic achievement of students.
- Upon request, help teaching staff gain a fuller understanding of the interpersonal relationship dynamics between teacher and student.
- Develop and maintain contacts with representatives of the health and social services network and other partner organizations in their own area of competence.
- Prepare and update records, adhering to the standards of their profession and the College's by-laws.
- Using an individual or group approach, sets up activities designed to ensure that students maximize their potential, particularly in their personal, family, and social life.
- Take part in the elaboration, promotion and leadership of screening, awareness and prevention programs focusing on issues actually encountered, particularly absenteeism, dropping out and suicide.
- May be called upon to defuse crisis or emergency situations and suggest avenues for resolving them.
- Provide empowering and confidential counselling to students, staff, and management.
- Offer accompaniment measures and referrals to specialized services to those who express the need. Receive and analyze the requests for assistance submitted, seek, and apply the appropriate solutions, and collaborate with various specialized organizations, and in some cases refer students or personnel to them.
- Provides survivors with a copy of the Prevention of Sexual Violence policy, to inform them of their rights, and the possible avenues of recourse (i.e.: legal or filing a complaint under this policy).
- Act as a resource person to ensure survivors of sexual assault’s safety by collaborating with them in preparing a security plan.
- Develop and supervise, in collaboration with the Committee on the Prevention of Sexual Violence, the College action plan to prevent and counter sexual violence in connection with the intervention strategy and the Act to Prevent and Fight Sexual Violence in Higher Education Institutions (chapter P-22.1).
- Assist survivors (if requested) in the preparation of a formal written complaint and to forward the complaint to the proper instances as per College policy.
- Organize and coordinate preventative and educational awareness activities and workshops.
- Ensure that all staff and students have completed the mandatory prevention of sexual violence training in a timely fashion in collaboration with Student Services, Human Resources and Information Systems and Technology (online training).
- Work in collaboration with College officials when assessing a situation and when selecting the appropriate intervention and mitigation measures in consultation with the survivor/complainant.
- May be asked to represent the College on some internal and external committees.
- If need be, perform any other related tasks.
Requirements
Salary Range:
From a minimum of $ 53,876 to a maximum of $ 95,479 per year.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
- Must possess a University degree in Social Work or a relevant field (i.e.: social work, psychology, etc.) Master’s Degree would be an asset.
- Must have experience in crisis management.
- Must be bilingual in English and French (written, spoken and comprehension).
- To be a member in good standing with a Professional Association such as l'Ordre Professionnel des Travailleurs Sociaux du Québec is mandatory.
- To possess experience in group animation will be considered an asset.
- Experience in intervention with young adults would be considered an asset.
- Pertinent experience in a post-secondary environment would be considered an asset.
- Demonstrates knowledge and experience in counseling strategies with survivors of sexual assault/abuse and/or domestic violence.
- Demonstrates an understanding of issues relating to sexual and interpersonal violence.
- Experience as a group leader in sexual violence awareness-raising activities.
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Must possess excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Must have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Must be diligent, dynamic, creative and detail oriented.
- Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision and have the ability to work as part of a team.
- Must be able to work effectively with respect to deadlines and produce accurate results.
- Must be flexible and able to adapt quickly to different situations and diversity.
- Must have a strong work ethic and exercise discretion.
Salary & Benefits
Salary Range:
From a minimum of $ 53,876 to a maximum of $ 95,479 per year.
Other relevant information
Interested candidates should forward their resume and cover letter stating their motivation for applying and their understanding of this position on line on our College website in the career page at www.cegep- heritage.qc.ca/manitou/ no later than August 11th, 2024 at 11:45 p.m.
Please note that only online applications will be considered.
From our career page, you must click on the job posting, then click on "APPLY". You will be able to create an account and upload your resume and cover letter.
Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Candidates may be required to submit to selection tests.
Cégep Heritage College is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women, indigenous people, members of visible and ethnic minorities, and people with disabilities.
Please note that only online applications will be considered.
From our career page, you must click on the job posting, then click on "APPLY". You will be able to create an account and upload your resume and cover letter.
Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Candidates may be required to submit to selection tests.
Cégep Heritage College is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women, indigenous people, members of visible and ethnic minorities, and people with disabilities.
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