Part Time School Social Worker

Social Worker
**Position**: 0.5 Part Time Permanent Social Worker
**Location**: HDSB Schools
[Burlington, Halton Hills (Acton & Georgetown), Oakville, Milton]
**Start Date**: Immediately
**Pay Rate**: $78,678.00 - $104,781.00 per year as per the collective agreement prorated
Salary step would be determined based on previous experience
**Schedule**: 10 Months/year (September - June); 17.5 hours per week
The Halton District School Board (HDSB) is one of the fastest growing school districts in Canada. Together, our 10,000+ staff serve more than 66,000 students in more than 100 schools in the communities of Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville. We are seeking a Social Worker to join our clinical services team.
Benefits of working as a Social Worker with the Halton District School Board:
Direct opportunity to impact student wellbeing and academic success
Opportunity to work in a Board where collaboration, inclusion, and innovation are fostered
Professional Development / Mentorship
Opportunity to actively engage and learn collaboratively with peers
Participate in a variety of ongoing ad-hoc committees and teams.
**Position Summary**:
School Communities
The Safe and Inclusive Schools Team including The H.O.P.E.S team (for students who have been suspended for 6 or more days or expelled)
The Welcome Centre (for newcomers, refugees, and international students)
HDSB Social Workers are capable of providing short-term individual and/or group counselling as well as support to parents and families. They provide comprehensive support and case management and are knowledgeable of local and regional community resources. HDSB Social Workers have knowledge related to bullying prevention and intervention, including training in restorative practices and conflict resolution strategies.
**Responsibilities will include**:
Offer problem-solving and consultation services around student needs to develop supportive strategies to enhance student success
Provide support and service rooted in cultural responsiveness, anti-racism, and anti-oppressive practices
Help students, families and schools in relation to mental health, emotional, social and behavioural concerns
Support students who are suspended or expelled and their families
Provide anger management, social skills, conflict resolution, life skills, and work skills
Provide social work services to newcomers, refugees and international students and their families during students' transition to school
Support schools and communities around issues of bullying prevention/intervention and other issues related to school safety including Violence Threat Risk Assessment and Restorative Practices
**Minimum Qualifications**:
Master’s Degree in Social Work
Member in good standing of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Access to reliable transportation
**Preferred Qualifications**:
Experience working in a school board setting
Experience working with students, parents, educators and other school-based staff, police and community partners, including students at risk
Experience supporting individuals from a variety of lived experiences (socio-economic, cultural, etc.,)
Lived experience as a member of an equity-deserving group
Broad understanding of and an inclusive approach to relationship building with diverse stakeholders in the community and in schools
Experience with crisis management support
**Appointments are conditional upon**:
Provision of an original copy of a criminal background check with vulnerable sector screening dated within 6 months
Agreement to comply with the Board’s policies, procedures and code of conduct
The Halton Region has been growing fast and growth is projected to remain strong for the foreseeable future. The region's population is anticipated to almost double in size by 2051, from a current population of 596,637 to a projected population of 1,100,000 by 2051.
Applications submitted directly to the Human Resources Department or the School will not be considered or processed.
First consideration for posted vacancies will be given to qualified applicants from the employee group in which the vacancy occurs.
**Equity**:
The Halton District School Board recognizes that, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, employment practices and procedures at all levels should reflect, demonstrate understanding of and respond to a diverse population. The Board is committed to providing a workplace environment that is fair and equitable to all.
In our efforts to ensure an inclusive, diverse and representative workforce, we will:
value, promote and encourage the hiring of staff from under-represented communities;
grant first consideration, where the skills, ability, and qualifications of the applicants are relatively equal, to applicants who self-identify as members of histor