STUDENT SUPPORT WORKER – ST. JOSEPH CSS – CORNWALL – PERM

at  Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

2755 Highway 43, Kemptville, Ontario K0G 1J0
phone: 613-258-7757 toll free: 1-800-443-4562
hr@cdsbeo.on.ca
Posted on: October 24, 2024 at 2:35pm

CUPE#4201 – SL2024

Position: Student Support Worker – Permanent
Location: St. Joseph CSS – Cornwall
Hours of work: 17.5 hours/week
Salary: $34.42/hour
Effective: Immediately
Note
The duration of the assignment is determined by the needs of the children. Please refer to the attached
job description for further information.

Qualifications

• Two (2) year College Diploma in one of the following areas of study: Child and Youth Care Worker.
• Social Service Worker, Psychology and/or Sociology.
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience fulfilling the duties and responsibilities, outlined above
• Supporting dysregulated students.
• Ability to work in a team to meet the student’s social and behavioural needs.
• Good sense of community and area resources.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Send application and curriculum vitae no later than:
Thursday, October 31, 2024 by 4:00pm
e-mail: hr@cdsbeo.on.ca

CHAIR OF THE BOARD DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

A. Job Identification:
Title: Student Support Worker
Immediate Supervisor: Principal of Special Education/Superintendent of School Effectiveness
B. Job Summary:
Under the direction of the Principal of Special Education/Principal of School Effectiveness, Behavioural Crisis
Consultant, and School Principal, the Student Support Worker collaborates with the school team to identify
student need, acts as a liaison with community partners and implements school-based programming. The
Student Support Worker is responsible for providing student interventions, supportive consultations, and crisis
prevention. The SSW will help develop and support PTRs, plans of success, safety plans, and tracking.

C. Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provision of student and school-based interventions by initiating programs and strategies beneficial to

specific needs of students and help develop and support PTRs and safety plans.

• Facilitate social skills programs and supervise school-based student support programs.
• Support students experiencing separation and/or loss.
• Provide supportive consultations with dysregulated students or students requiring social/emotional support.
• Meet with students individually or in groups to work on problem solving, decision-making and other social

skills.

• Provide classroom and student intervention/prevention support.
• Provide de-escalation support to dysregulated students.
• Maintain a flexible schedule to support students as needs arise.
• On-going collaboration with staff to review the needs of students in their classrooms.
• Provide strategies for students and support staff in implementing these strategies.
• Maintain contact with parents regarding the needs of their child and offer suggestions and resources to assist

them in supporting their child’s needs.

• Attend IPRC and Case Conferences and record conference notes.
• Network and collaborate with community partners to support students and their families.
• Act as a liaison between schools and external organizations.
• Perform other duties as assigned which are unplanned or of a transient nature and are consistent with the

above job summary and duties.

D. Qualifications:

• Two (2) year College Diploma in one of the following areas of study: Child and Youth Care Worker,
• Social Service Worker, Psychology and/or Sociology.
• Minimum two (2) years experience fulfilling the duties and responsibilities, outlined above, in
• supporting dysregulated students.
• Ability to work on a team to meet the student’s social and behavioural needs.
• Good sense of community and area resources.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

• Provision of student and school-based interventions by initiating programs and strategies beneficial t