P-| Readaptation Officer Replacement

Details of the position

Job title:

Readaptation Officer

School / Centre / Department :

Alexander Galt Regional High School

Location :

Sherbrooke, Quebec

Workload & schedule :

35 hours per week

Monday to Friday

Status :

Replacement, less than 6 months

Desired effective Date :

Salary :

$55 812 - $95 643

Supervisor :

School principal

Director of Complementary Services

Nature of the work

Description of tasks

• Participates in implementing a psycho educational service that meets the academic and administrative requirements of both the educational institutions and the school board.
• Contributes to the screening and identification of students experiencing problems, using an approach focusing on prevention and intervention
• Plans and conducts interviews, makes observations, gathers pertinent information from school or external resources or parents and analyzes data in order to determine the nature of the problem
• Works with a multidisciplinary team to draw up and review a student's individualized education plan by including his or her action plan in the plan, if necessary
  • Participates in defining intervention objectives and means
  • Works with other team members to ensure concerted and coordinated interventions and assess the achievement of objectives.
• Works with teachers to develop and implement strategies and projects aimed at helping students who are experiencing or who are likely to experience social maladjustments
• Provides guidance and advice to other school resources and to parents of students with social maladjustments
  • Recommends strategies for working with the students and guides them in adopting attitudes and approaches focusing on the development of desirable social behaviours and coping skills
• Plans, organizes and conducts, in conjunction with school or external resources, activities with classes or groups of students experiencing common difficulties or specific problems
• Develops, adapts or prepares materials based on the needs and abilities of students experiencing social maladjustments
• Advises management staff, prepares expertise, progress and end-of-process reports and formulates appropriate recommendations to support decision making
• Provides advice and support to school resources in matters pertaining to the integration of students into regular classes and proposes appropriate intervention means or activities for students
• Establishes and maintains relationships and collaboration with partner organizations; he or she contacts the other resources concerned to obtain or give advice and information
  • may refer the student or his or her parents to resources appropriate to the situation and needs.
• May be called upon to help defuse crisis or emergency situations and to propose solutions.

Desired profile

Schooling

A bachelor's degree in an appropriate specialty, notably psychoeducation.