St. Leo Centre
6220 Lakeview Drive SW, Calgary
Salary
36.08 - 44.10 per hour (Category I)
42.99 - 53.11 per hour (Category VI)
Overall Accountability
The District Wellness Worker – Observation Classes provides counselling support to students and families to increase the student’s chances of success by developing positive skills that assist them in managing issues and events impacting their functioning. The Observation classes are short term, early intervention settings for students with communication delays, significant sensory needs, and adaptive challenges. The District Wellness Worker is accountable for the development and facilitation of interventions designed to foster and promote stable home and community relationships. Utilizing systemic approaches, the District Wellness Worker enhances students social/emotional wellbeing in home and school environments by establishing settings that promote mental health and wellness.
Specific Accountabilities
- Delivers trauma informed and culturally sensitive counselling support to students and their families
- Suggests opportunities for students and families to develop skills promoting mental wellness
- Consults with school personnel to foster environments supporting the social/emotional wellbeing of students
- Facilitation of psychoeducational presentations for families and stakeholders
- Delivers crisis intervention and management to the home and school community, i.e., child welfare concerns, suicidal ideation, non-suicidal self-injury, etc.
- Enhances communication and relationships between school and home environments
- Supports family functioning through psychoeducational support and resource support
- Works collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team and in consultation with Psychologists, Social Workers and Consultants, Learning Services to provide resources and strategies for the student, family and school personnel
- Day and evening work hours are required
Qualifications
- Education:
- Professional Grid I - Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology or Social Work
- Professional Grid VI - Master’s Degree in Psychology or Social Work
- Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology or Social Work - minimum of three (3) years’ experience in the counselling of children, youth and families in relation to emergent social/emotional/behavioural issues
- Master’s Degree in Psychology or Social Work - minimum of five (5) years’ experience in the counselling of children, youth and families in relation to emergent social/emotional/behavioural issues
- Applicable to both Degrees:
- Experience working with diverse cultural backgrounds and a variety of social/emotional needs
- Experience in facilitation of psychoeducational presentations
- Knowledge of and experience working with community resources and agencies (FSCD, AHS, Renfrew etc.)
- Experience providing support in relation to neurodiversity (example: autism)
- Current Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation and First Aid certificates
- Valid Alberta Driver’s License and a vehicle in good operating condition
- Demonstrated collaboration and team-building skills
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills
The Calgary Catholic School District is committed to fair and accessible employment practices and considers catholicity, equity, diversity, and inclusivity to be foundational to its institutional success.
The Calgary Catholic School District seeks to foster a workplace that reflects the full breadth of the communities it serves.
