Posted on 21/10/2026
Mission
Job category: Professionals
Department: Services for Students
Immediate Supervisor: Anja Vroomen
Position status: Regular, Full-Time
Contract length: Permanent
Work location: Cégep Vanier
Work schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (35 hrs/week)
External posting start date: October 22, 2026
External posting end date & time: October 28, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.
Salary scale: $56,670 - $100,410
Expected start date: November 16, 2026
Job title: Social Worker
Description
Reporting to the Coordinator – Student Services, the Social Worker provides prevention, screening and intervention with students who are experiencing or are likely to experience emotional, social, academic or family problems to enable them to achieve their goals through academic success, social and emotional adjustment and integration into college life.
More specifically, but not limited to, the Social Worker:
- Conducts a psychosocial assessment of a person within the framework of the protection supervision of persons (this activity is reserved exclusively for social workers);
- Provides short-term counselling to a diverse set of clients dealing with various issues;
- Arranges activities designed to ensure that students maximize their potential, particularly in their personal, family and social life;
- Designs and participates in screening, outreach, awareness and prevention programs focused on issues related to mental health and academic success of the student population;
- Develops and maintains contacts with representatives of the health and social services network and other partner organizations in their own area of competence;
- Intervenes in order to defuse crises or emergency situations and suggests avenues for resolving them;
- Collaborates with staff and faculty, as well as service providers or other organizations as needed;
- Attends Counselling team meetings and participates in case studies within multidisciplinary teams;
- Prepares and updates records adhering to the standards of their profession and the College’s by-laws.
Other related tasks which fall within the scope of the classification of this position may be assigned.
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (35 hours per week)
Classification: Travailleur ou travailleuse social (Social Worker)
Profile
Conditions related to the specific position:
- Membership in the Ordre professionnel des travailleurs sociaux du Québec.
Conditions related to the specific position:
- Ability to set short term objectives and use a solution focused approach;
- Recent and demonstrated experience in providing mental health support services;
- Strong crisis assessment and crisis management skills;
- Knowledge of the secondary and post-secondary educational systems, especially in Québec;
- Excellent English oral and written skills (to be tested);
- Strong French oral and written skills (to be tested);
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint (to be tested);
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team;
- Psychotherapy permit (an asset);
- Knowledge of Canva (an asset).