Clinical Team Support Worker (Birch Narrows)

(2024 – 2025 School Year Contract)

Employment Opportunity

MLTC was created by nine First Nations located in north-west Saskatchewan who have constitutionally recognized aboriginal rights and Treaty Rights under Treaties #6, #8 and #10.   The primary purpose of MLTC is to serve those First Nations in their aspirations for cultural, economic and political autonomy.  As a private sector employer engaged primarily in promoting and serving the interests of the member First Nations, MLTC asserts its right to provide preferential treatment to First Nations people, giving them priority in decisions on employment matters such as hiring, and this can extend to measures such as opening competitions only to First Nations people.

 

•  This competition is open to all applicants; and
• Preference will be given to qualified First Nations applicants or other Indigenous applicants who self-declare as being a First Nations person or of other Indigenous ancestry;

 

The Meadow Lake Tribal Council is seeking one (1) Clinical Team Support Worker to join our Education Team based out of Birch Narrows Dene Nation.   The Clinical Team Support Worker will implement and support the Land, Language, Relationships and Culture foundations within the position which includes but is not limited to: work plans, projects, initiatives, resources, planning, collaborations, etc. The Clinical Team Support Worker (CTSW) reports to the Superintendent of Education.  The CTSW works as a core member of the MLTC Education Clinical Team.  The CTSW will coordinate and work closely with the Student Services Coordinator and school-based teams.  The CTSW will help students cope with personal and psychological issues that affect their school performance, behavior, and socialization.  The CTSW will conduct formal and informal assessments, maintain case files and reports to track student concerns, problems, and patterns in behavior. Once issues or behavior concerns have been identified, CTSW will assist in remediation by providing short‐term intensive counselling, long‐term treatment plans and referrals, and/or workshops. The CTSW will provide consultative support to school teams, provide intervention with students and families and liaison with community agencies.

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

•  Provide counselling support to individual students and/or small groups in nine MLFN schools, or as assigned.
• Provide case management services for students experiencing social, emotional, and/or behavioural issues.
• Conduct assessments of psychological, social, emotional, and environmental needs of students.
• Foster a positive relationship between caregivers and schools.
• Work collaboratively with and consult with school-based administrators, teachers, school support staff, caregivers, outside agencies and MLTC Education staff to develop a wide variety of mental health supports for all MLFN schools.
• Project collaboration within MLTC Clinical Team Support Workers, Student Wellness Team and Education Team.
• Contributing and supporting team budgets; reporting to the Superintendent and Coordinator progress and summaries.
• Provide PD in areas such as ASIST, Duty to Report, CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention, SafeTalk, Peer Mentorship, etc.
• Meet provincial requirements with regards to professional regulations, code of ethics.
• Assist with MLTC Office of Education initiatives and other duties as assigned.

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited post-secondary institution. 
• Must be registered with one of the following organizations: CASW, SASW, etc.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in the delivery of human services such as: Social Work, Counselling, Community Development, etc.
• Experience in working with First Nation’s Schools & Communities.
• Willing to travel to the First Nation Communities; work within a team setting and independently.
• Knowledge and/or willingness to obtain training to support MLTC’s initiatives including, but not limited to:
  • Microsoft Office
  • Google Suite
  • Ipad/Smart technologies

 

Interested applicants are invited to submit:  A letter of application; resume stating qualifications and employment history, copies of credentials, current RCMP Security Clearance/Vulnerable Sector Check; copy of valid driver’s license; and three (3) current professional supervisory references to:

Human Resources Department

8003 Flying Dust Reserve

MEADOW LAKE, SK   S9X 1T8

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (306) 236-5654   Fax: (306) 236-1357

 

For more information, please contact Elizabeth Read, Superintendent of Education @ (306) 288-7800 or visit the MLTC website at www.mltc.net.

Deadline: Monday, April 22^nd, 2024

 

MLTC sincerely appreciates and thanks all individuals for their applications,

however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.