**Northern Allowance**

Nature of the Job:

The main and usual role of the employee in this job class is to apply social work techniques to promote prevention in areas such as substance abuse, violence, absenteeism, school dropout, or others, and to assist individually or collectively students presenting behavior problems arising from these issues. They also help students who require assistance with other personal, family, social, or other problems that may affect their behavior.

Key Responsibilities:

• The employee in this job class collaborates with teaching staff, the multidisciplinary team, and external workers, as applicable, to analyze the problems presented to them and participate in finding appropriate solutions. They cooperate with child protection agencies, including reporting cases of abuse; collaborate, when necessary, with law enforcement; participate in consultation tables and case studies; and refer cases that fall outside the school board's jurisdiction to the relevant organizations. They may be called to testify in court.
• Participate in the development and writing of the intervention plan; select actions to be taken to achieve the objectives outlined in the plan; develop their action plan and implement these measures; evaluate the achievement of objectives and contribute to the assessment of the plan.
• Organize and synthesize data about problems to evaluate and propose solutions, based on investigations or information gathered from school staff, the school board, the student, or the student's family. They record their observations and interventions, create case files, and keep them up to date.
• Provide support; help the student overcome social, cultural, or material difficulties related to their family, social, or school environment; advise or, if needed, refer to appropriate resources.
• Raise awareness among students about various deviant behaviors or addictions by holding informational meetings in class or at other times; write announcements for posting or school newspapers and organize and lead activities related to these topics.
• Meet with students, parents, and teaching staff to advise, inform, and provide relevant documentation and resources.
• May be required to use a computer and various software necessary to perform their tasks.
• May be called upon to train less experienced technicians and coordinate the work of support staff in the tasks related to the implementation of technical operation programs for which they are responsible.
• If needed, they may perform other related tasks.

Education:

• Hold a college diploma in social work techniques or hold a diploma or certificate of studies whose equivalence is recognized by the competent authority.