Permanent Well-Being Consultant
Permanent Well-Being Consultant
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Job Description
The Good Spirit School Division Invites applications for a Permanent Full-Time Well-Being Consultant
GSSD is seeking a knowledgeable and experienced Consultant to join our team. This role involves supporting staff and students by promoting healthy sustainable physical and social environments providing professional development supporting staff and students through pre-trauma and post trauma functioning providing guidance and leadership to the counsellor team and incorporating research-based well-being practices into schools.
Location:
Yorkton Saskatchewan
Contract Details:
Permanent - 7.5 hours/day
Salary Details:
In accordance with STF Provincial Collective Agreement.
Contact Details:
Amanda Kornaga; Superintendent of Schools
Key Responsibilities:
- Support pre-trauma functioning of staff systems
- Support schools throughout traumatic events
- Promote healthy sustainable physical and social environment work from a systems lens
- Facilitate mental health and well-being professional development (Ex. VTRA Levels 1 MH Literacy MHFA)
- Assist in developing and enacting the items within the GSSD strategic plan
- Oversee practicum students nutrition programming and the school counsellor professional learning community
- Work closely with Student Services Consultants to align Student Services practices and procedures across the school division
- Stay current on the latest research and evidence-based practices in mental health and trauma-integrated approaches and deliver professional development for educators on mental health and trauma-integrated topics.
- Oversee school counselor-led programming in schools (FRIENDS Project Alert)
- Use school-based and system-level data (e.g. attendance behaviour academic and well-being indicators) to inform mental health programming identify trends and support evidence-based decision-making.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Social Work or Psychology
- Minimum of 3 years of experience as a School Counsellor
- Strong passion for fostering a positive learning environment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders.
Interviews will be conducted upon application. Please note that GSSD may contact informal references not listed in your application package.
Applicants not currently working for GSSD will be required to submit a recent (within the last six months) criminal record and vulnerable sector check acceptable to the Board of Education prior to offer of employment.
The Good Spirit School Division strives to provide safe caring and welcoming schools for children. Our primary objective is to foster a respectful learning environment to achieve student success and well-being in each of our 27 public schools throughout East-Central Saskatchewan. Our values of belonging respect responsibility learning diversity and perseverance ensureStudents ComeFirst andLearning Without Limits . . . Achievement For All.
We thank all applicants for their interest in working for the Good Spirit School Division however only those who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. We encourage all applicants to check our website regularly for ongoing vacancies that may be of interest to you.
Required Experience:
Contract
Employment Type
Full-Time
