Guidance Counsellor

We are currently seeking a dynamic, rigorous and committed individual in order to fill a full-time replacement position of Guidance Counsellor.

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR
The Assistant Director of Pedagogical Services.

NATURE OF THE WORK
The position of guidance counsellor encompasses, in particular, responsibility for evaluating, advising, helping, guiding and supporting students in the youth sector in developing their career plans and in choosing an educational path suited to their personal characteristics.

CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS

• The guidance counsellor participates in developing and implementing an academic and vocational guidance service that meets the academic and administrative requirements of both the educational institutions and the school board;
• He or she evaluates students (individual or group meetings) with respect to their interests, aptitudes, abilities, personality, professional experiences and personal needs, using appropriate methods such as psychometric tests, direct observations and information provided by teachers and other school resources and, where applicable, parents;
• Through individual or group counselling sessions, he or she helps a student to carry out a self-analysis and to build an overall image of himself or herself, explore and clarify his or her situation and determine personal and professional goals, grasp the information received, understand, assume and overcome his or her personal and social problems;
• He or she provides support to students in their search for means aimed at enabling them to overcome the difficulties associated with their educational profile and their social and employment integration;
• He or she provides information and advice to parents on the measures required to provide help and guidance to the student in defining and carrying out his or her educational and career objectives;
• He or she contributes to the detection and identification of students experiencing difficulties, using an approach focusing on prevention and intervention;
• he or she works with a multidisciplinary team to prepare and review a student’s individualized education plan by including, in the plan, his or her action plan, if necessary;
• he or she participates in defining intervention objectives and means; he or she works with other team members to harmonize and coordinate interventions and to assess the achievement of objectives;
• He or she advises management staff, prepares expertise, evaluation, briefing and progress reports and formulates appropriate recommendations to support decision making;
• He or she acts as resource person for the guidance-oriented approach, he or she gives advice to school resources, provides them with documentation, suggests activities that enable them to identify variables contributing to the student’s personal, academic and professional progress;
• He or she plans, organizes and delivers academic and vocational information activities dealing with program requirements, professions and market trends; he or she coordinates and assumes the activities of the documentation centre related to his or her specialty, ensures the purchase and update of specialized reference materials (magazines, software or others) and provides support to the students and staff using them;
• He or she establishes and maintains relationships and collaboration with representatives of the labour market and of other organizations that could be involved in providing academic and vocational guidance to students;
• He or she prepares and updates files according to the standards associated with the practice of the profession and the rules defined by the school board; he or she prepares progress notes or evaluation, end-of-process and follow-up reports on his or her interventions.

QUALIFICATION REQUIRED
Be a member of the Ordre des conseillers et conseillères d’orientation du Québec.

DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

• A cover letter;
• A résumé detailing qualifications and experience;
• Three (3) references.

SALARY
To be determined in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the non-teaching professionals and well as the practices and policies of the Board (min. $45,420 – max. $78,640).

To Apply
Please send your resume to the Human Resources Department by e-mail to hrsecretary@swlauriersb.qc.ca.
Should you send your application via internal mail, please ensure that the courier schedule will enable your application to be received by the Human Resources Department prior to the closing date. You may confirm receipt of your application via e-mail or by contacting Ms. Chelsea Durocher at 450-621-5600, extension 1323.

The School Board reserves the right to determine whether the position requirements are met in whole or in part. Only those candidates retained for an interview will be contacted.
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board has implemented an Equal Access Employment Program and encourages applications from women, Aboriginal peoples, members of visible and ethnic minorities, and handicapped persons.