REPOST CBVRCE 2025 NSTU-023 School Social Worker (PERM 12 Month), Glace Bay Elementary (Base) 1
REPOST CBVRCE 2025 NSTU-023 School Social Worker (PERM 12 Month), Glace Bay Elementary (Base) 1
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Job Description
The Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education is reponsible for the administration of the public school system within the boundaries of Cape Breton and Victoria Counties supporting approximately 12000 students in 38 schools.
We foster a caring dynamic and creative environment that provides educational opportunities promotes a love of learning respect for others and challenges all persons to develop their full potentional to become confident versatile lifelong learners and thinkers. We are committed to ensuring the success and achievement of all students within a culturally responsive safe and inclusive school environment.
The CBVRCE invites applications for the above noted position as we work together to create success for all students in our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative at all job levels of the students we serve. The Centre for Educationwelcomes applications from Indigenous People African Canadian and Other Racially Visible Persons Members of the 2SLGBTQI community Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups we encourage you to apply and self-identify on your application.
Application Deadline: Tuesday September 30 2025
Applicants must provide the following:
- upload a completed resume with their application
- include 3 references one of which is the applicants immediate supervisor
- update Worksite with the name of the school for each entry in Employment at NSSB in Employee File
- update the Assignment (course and/or grades taught) for each entry in Employment at NSSB in Employee File
Qualifications
Qualifications and Competencies
- Masters degree in social work is required.
- Registration with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers.
- The successful candidate must meet all requirements to obtain a Nova Scotia Teaching Certificate or Special Certificate from the Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Office of Teacher Certification.
- Three (3) to five (5) years experience working in a clinical mental health setting.
- Experience facilitating and coordinating all phases of service delivery for children youth and families deemed at risk including but not limited to identification intervention monitoring and consultation services in support of educational success.
- Experience with a variety of agencies providing services to children and youth including the public school system.
- Experience with a variety of systems such as Child and Family Well Being Family Court Mental Health and Addictions Physical Wellness Justice Income Assistance Homelessness and Supportive Housing Disability Support Program Non-Profit and other community organizations along with the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with professionals in the above named systems.
- The ability to analyze assess and intervene in a variety of complex problem-solving situations that adversely impact students in the education system by drawing upon various models of counselling such as motivational/solution focused person-centered cognitive behavioural/learning models of practice.
- A strong knowledge base around child development typical and atypical family dynamics trauma-informedcare and community resources for purposes of appropriate assessment and planning for students.
- Knowledge of family violence and mental health disorders such as depression anxiety addictions and other risk-based behaviours such as self-harm impulse control oppositional defiant disorders etc.
- Ability to work independently and to work collaboratively with various professionals.
PLEASE PROVIDE A COVER LETTER WHICH DESCRIBES HOW YOU MEET THE REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Reporting to the Coordinator of Program Partnerships the CBVRCE Social Worker will provide supports to students families and school staff by identifying and addressing at-risk situations participating in schoolteams and offering counselling and referral services. The social worker will help to facilitate positive educational outcomes for students who are experiencing personalfamily or social challenges which interfere with the students success in an educational context. This will be achieved through a variety of interventions and collaborations. Consistent with policies of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and the Cape Breton Victoria Regional Centre for Education the School Social Worker will work within the Inclusive Education Policy framework for the delivery of specialized services to students.
This position is a 12-month Nova Scotia Teachers Union position and will be subject to the Teacher Provincial Agreement as well as the MOU for 12-month NSTU specialists.
Responsibilities
- Provide many types of short- and long-term counselling services to students groups and families regarding issues including but not limited to mental health substance abuse familyviolence and social adjustment.
- Using a strengths-based approach assess students situations and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs. This may include but is not limited to a persons overall wellness and ability to function suicide and crisis intervention conflict resolution mediation and stress management.
- Maintain case history records prepare reports and work with school planning teams for student success planning.
Liaise with other agencies to support student needs.
- Complete other duties as assigned by the Coordinator of Program Partnerships and/or the Director of Programs and Student Services.
Salary is as per NSTU Provincial Collective Agreement
Employment Type
Full-Time
