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**Background:**McGill’s School of Social Work has entered into an agreement with the Cree School Board to deliver an online Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) pilot program in Eeyou Istchee. The School of Social Work is seeking a Course Developer – Curriculum to develop and adapt a course to an online format, specifically adapted to Indigenous realities (Cree specific is ideal) and working closely with Director, Indigenous Access McGill and the McGill Online Instructional Design team.

**Position summary:**Working from an existing outline, your responsibilities will include reviewing and developing content i.e. lectures, student activities and course materials, for a social work course entitled Practice with Individuals & Families 1. The course is an introduction to theories and techniques informing clinical social work practice with individual and family systems in a social context.

You will collaborate with the Director, Indigenous Access McGill and an online instructional designer to review the materials developed and discuss best online practices for course delivery. The curriculum for this course must be adapted to include Indigenous Peoples' realities with a particular emphasis on Cree cultural ways of knowing, doing and being.

This is a short-term, part-time contract of 50 - 75 hours.

Qualifications:

• Master degree in Social Work
• At least 4 years of demonstrated clinical social work practice with individuals and families.
• Practice experience in, and/or knowledge of, the skills required for assessment and treatment across a range of social work practice settings.
• Demonstrated practical application of, and/or teaching experience in, the following areas:
  • Integration of the following in practice with individuals and families: sexual orientation, race, class, gender, culture, migration, ability and diverse family forms.
  • Knowledge of and ability to teach to the centrality of social location (age, race/racialization, class, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, migration, ability, etc.) and power relations (ageism, racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, heteronormativism, ableism etc.) embedded in assessment and intervention activities.
  • Foundational knowledge and skills required to engage in respectful and meaningful relationships with individuals and families, embark upon thorough and informed assessments, and develop sensitive and ethical plans of intervention across a range of practice settings.
  • Skills in assessment, intervention and evaluation of social work practice with individuals and families by learning how to engage, talk to, and work with individuals and families at different stages of the social work encounter.

Additional qualifications:

• Awareness of culturally relevant resources for Indigenous Peoples
• Relationship building with Indigenous Peoples
• A strong commitment to advancing the calls for reconciliation through education. This includes recognizing the importance of decolonizing education and providing opportunities for Indigenous self-determination.

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All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.