Job Requirements The School Wellness Worker provides classroom support to students to increase the student’s chances of success by developing positive skills that assist them in managing issues and events impacting their functioning.

The School Wellness

Worker is accountable for the development and facilitation of interventions designed to foster stable school relationships, enhance students’ social/emotional wellbeing and establish a school environment that promotes mental health and wellness.

Specific Accountabilities
Delivers one-to-one (1:1) counselling support to students with social/emotional challenges
Provides group counselling support to students
Contributes to the development and facilitation of school-wide initiatives to foster and promote school-wide mental wellness
Provides classroom based psychoeducational support regarding social/emotional needs of students
Provides guidance and consultation to school personnel on the social/emotional needs of students
Delivers crisis intervention and management to the school community, i.e., child welfare concerns, suicidal ideation, non-suicidal self-injury, etc.




Enhances communication and relationships between school and home environments
Supports family functioning through psychoeducational support and resource support

Qualifications

Education:
Qualified Grid I - Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology or Social Work
Skilled Grid VI - Master’s Degree in Psychology or Social Work

Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology or Social Work - minimum of three (3) years’ experience in the clinical counselling of children, youth and families in relation to emergent social/emotional/behavioural issues
Master’s Degree in Psychology or Social Work - minimum of five (5) years’ experience in the clinical counselling of children, youth and families in relation to emergent social/emotional/behavioural issues
Experience working with group facilitation, community resources and agencies
Successful completion of training in non-violent crisis intervention
Demonstrated collaboration and team-building skills
Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills

Salary:
$38.41 - $46.78 (Professional Grid I)
$45.60 - $56.34 (Qualified Grid VI)

📌 School Wellness Worker Calgary
🏢 Calgary Catholic School District
📍 Calgary