| Reference #: | PSP 15-25-26 |
| Date Posted: | Oct 30, 2025 |
Job Description
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will provide direct services and/or consultation in mental health promotion, prevention and intervention to students, staff, and families. The candidate will also provide direct services and/or consultation regarding safe and inclusive schools issues, providing direct service to suspended, expelled, and excluded students and their families, along with prevention and intervention with students, staff, and families. The candidate will conduct risk assessments and respond to and support crises and traumatic situations as well as liaise with community agencies and support pathways to care within the Grand Erie District School Board and the community. This individual will follow procedures and practices related to, but not limited to, case management, informed consent, confidentiality, and record keeping as well as perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in social work is required; verification of post-secondary education (degree or original transcript) will be required
- Registered member of Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers in good standing is required
- An understanding of evidence based on mental health promotion, prevention, interventions for children and youth is preferred
- Knowledge of evidence-based practices and assessments to support crises, traumatic events, risk and postvention for students, staff and families is preferred
- Knowledge of counselling modalities effective with children and youth is preferred
- Understanding of trauma informed practices is preferred
- Experience with in-person and virtual support for children and youth
- Experience working in schools is preferred
- Knowledge of local community resources and system navigation is preferred
- Ability to communicate effectively is required
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team is required
- Reliable vehicle and a valid driver’s license are required
- Must be proficient in the use of computers
| Job Specifications | |
| Hours of Work | 17.5 hours per week for 0.5 FTE |
| Rate of Pay | Hiring Range $41,906 to $46,608 starting salary. Salary Range $41,906 to $48,960 annual salary. A competitive benefits plan is available through a provincial benefits trust plan (extended health, dental, life insurance, AD&D). OMERS pension plan |
| Effective Date | November 14th, 2025 |
| Apply to | Join us! - Careers - Grand Erie District School Board (knighthunter.com) by Thursday, November 13th, 2025, at 4:00 pm. |
| Is this an existing vacancy? | Yes |
If your qualifications, positive attitude, and commitment to excellence make you an ideal candidate for this position, please submit your application, marked “personal and confidential”, which includes a complete resume, cover letter, and a copy of your degree (one document if submitted electronically) with the names and telephone numbers of at least three professional references; your current supervisor must be provided as a reference.
Applicants with a disability that requires an accommodation to enable their participation in the interview process should advise the Board when contacted for an interview. Any assessment and selection materials and processes used in the interview process can be made available in an accessible format, upon request in advance.
All new employees are required to provide an original Police Record Check (which includes a “vulnerable sector screen”) acceptable to the Board prior to the commencement of employment.
We thank all applicants for their interest but only those considered for an interview will be contacted.
Grand Erie District School Board recognizes Six Nations of the Grand River andMississaugas of the Credit First Nation, as the longstanding peoples of this territory. We honour, recognize, and respect these communities as well as all First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples who reside within Grand Erie District School Board. We are all stewards ofthese lands and waters where we now gather, learn, and play, and commit to working together in the spirit of Reconciliation.
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