Indigenous Social Worker

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking creative, dynamic, committed educational leaders

to join the following initiative:
Indigenous Social Worker

100% Regular (10 month work year)

$79,439 to $92,925

The OCDSB is committed to supporting the success

and belonging of Indigenous students and recognizes the historic and ongoing

discrimination experienced by this community. Under the Section 14,

Special Programs provisions of the Ontario Human Rights Code, the

OCDSB seeks to hire a social worker who is Indigenous, who will be dedicated to

uniquely qualify the person to support Indigenous students to achieve equal

opportunity in education and success within the school environment.

or Master’s degree in a related field, as well as registration with the

Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW).

School social workers require specialized

knowledge of a variety of theoretical perspectives and evidence based

practices. Specifically, knowledge in this area involves an understanding

of child and adolescent development and family dynamics; theories of human

growth, including learning theory, systems theory, communications theory,

social learning theory and behavioural theory; knowledge of social work

intervention, including counseling, crisis intervention, casework, group work,

community organization, consultation, case management, family therapy, and

anti-oppressive, anti-racism and culturally relevant practices.

years of related experience, including interviewing and counseling skills;
understanding of pertinent legislation, District policies, programs and

procedures; the curriculum and approaches to teaching and learning used within

the schools; roles and areas of competence of various professionals in the

District, and the process of professional teamwork. We recognize and

value the importance of lived experience and experientially gained knowledge.

Additional Skills

The position requires

gathering and evaluating information from a range of sources such as:
Individual and family

interviews, home visits, school setting observations, collateral contacts with

agencies and professionals, documents, professional journals, etc.,

Analyzing and developing

solutions to problems such as: risk of suicide, suicide, child abuse, high risk

behaviour, substance abuse, depression, etc.;

Adaptation and

family/individual/group counseling;
- Developing curriculum re

anti-bullying, social skills, suicide prevention, effective education

strategies and the ability to build and broker relationships across cultures;
- The position requires

oral and written communication skills to prepare presentations and deliver

them, write reports and explain their contents to others;
- Interpersonal skills to

advise on school policies, counsel, consult, provide system support, intervene

in complex social, emotional and behavioural situations such as those outlined

above to persuade, motivate students, families, mediation, conflict resolution

with families, school personnel;
- Time management and

prioritization to deal with multiple sites and programs;
- Knowledge of the Ontario

curriculum and Human Rights legislation: cultural, racial, religious, gender

identity and gender expression, and ethnic diversity; the needs of at-risk and

exceptional students; biological factors that affect students’ ability to

function effectively in school;
- Effective education

strategies;
- Knowledge of and

experience with community agency-based practice that includes family, child and

adolescent assessment and counseling and mental health services; computer literacy;
and
- Use of personal vehicle

and valid Ontario Class G license, or access to public transportation.

Application Process

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board uses

using their existing ATE account.

indicate on your resume your full-time and/or part-time regular work experience

with school aged children.

Applications will be considered in accordance

with the terms of the Professional Student Services Personnel's (PSSP)

collective agreement and in accordance with Policy P.146.HR

Equitable Recruitment, Hiring and Promotion.

OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and

community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths,

ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and

working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the

Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly refle