St. Leo Centre
6220 Lakeview Drive SW, Calgary

Salary

36.08 - 44.10 (Professional Grid I)

42.99 - 53.11 (Professional Grid VI)

Overall Accountability

The School Wellness Worker provides classroom support to students to increase the student’s chances of success by developing positive skills that assist them in managing issues and events impacting their functioning. The School Wellness Worker is accountable for the development and facilitation of interventions designed to foster stable school relationships, enhance students’ social/emotional wellbeing and establish a school environment that promotes mental health and wellness.

Specific Accountabilities

• Delivers one-to-one (1:1) counselling support to students with social/emotional challenges
• Provides group counselling support to students
• Contributes to the development and facilitation of school-wide initiatives to foster and promote school-wide mental wellness
• Provides classroom based psychoeducational support regarding social/emotional needs of students
• Provides guidance and consultation to school personnel on the social/emotional needs of students
• Delivers crisis intervention and management to the 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

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 clinical 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 clinical counselling of children, youth and families in relation to emergent social/emotional/behavioural issues

• Experience working with group facilitation, community resources and agencies

• Successful completion of training in non-violent crisis intervention

• Demonstrated collaboration and team-building skills

• Strong 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.