Secondary Education Support Services Worker (SESS)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Adhere to SESS Program Policy & Procedures to ensure compliance & safety and well being of all students and SESS staff.
• Review and fully understand the Shibogama Personnel Policy as it applies to employees.
• Conduct interviews with new students to obtain information to adequately support and assist them.
• Review and update all students’ files on the database once available as per the Education Assistance form: personal/medical/social/academic history.
• Develop the site filing system that will contain student information, parent & guardian contact information and policy & procedures.
• Utilize the SESS templates for reporting purposes as per student situation and develop new forms as required in conjunction with the SESS Manager.
• Use the appropriate program administration forms such as: PO’s, cheque requisition, travel advance, travel claims, and leave forms and maintain your own file.
• Implement and adhere to the approved Boarding Home Policy and Procedures (purpose, recruiting, screening, interviewing, monitoring and expectations, etc.)
• Clearly inform the students & boarding home parents, schools of your position and provide them the contact information and your work schedule as well as the on-call casual workers and SESS Manager.
• Develop alternative emergency contacts with SESS Manager in case of emergencies.
• Follow the emergency boarding home rate as approved by the Board. Needs revision and additional information added.
• Provide educational & student support services to the students by working with all sites to access tutoring and support services for the students.
• Develop and maintain a positive working relationship with the boarding home parents and other service providers. (school principals, holistic program, OPP)
• Provide guidance and initial counselling to the students prior to referring.
• Access all programs for the students attending all sites.
• Develop and maintain ongoing communication with SESS program, parents, students and communities on a bi-weekly and monthly basis using different means.
• Monitor all students at all sites on a scheduled basis to keep track of each students’ overall performance and attendance through a student tracking system.
• Work closely with the schools’ special education teachers to monitor and support the IEP students on a regular basis.
• Develop annual school visitations per month at each school and adhere to it for consistency purposes.
• Always maintain confidentiality when dealing with the students and parents.
• Provide the required reporting for the database system on a timely basis once available.
• Support worker and on-call workers will use SESS vehicle for transportation purposes and must keep track of the usage on the logbook.
• Responsible to help the on-call workers and work closely with them.
• Plan out of town trips accordingly and ahead of time.
• Ensure the students are provided with best quality care, support and educations services.
• SESS staff are expected to encourage the local community members to spend time with the students when they are in town.
• SESS worker shall be accessible to the students, parents and BH parents always.
• Provide a quarterly written report of the program for the Shibogama Education Board.
• Perform any other duties as required by SESS program.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Post Secondary education in fields of education or social work training or equivalent preferred.
• SFNC will consider ideal candidates with secondary education who have extensive social services experience and can demonstrate competence in the required area.
• Knowledge of First Nations in our area and fluency in native language is an asset too.
• Take training as required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Requirements

• Knowledge in First Nations social & student issues.
• Proficient in the use computers.
• Excellent communication & written skills
• Organized
• Must be able to travel
• Class “G” Valid Drivers License
• Criminal Reference Check and Vulnerable Sector Check

Please submit cover letter and resume by email to:

Hiring Committee

Shibogama First Nations Council

P.O. Box 449, 81 King St.

Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A5

lindak@shib.ca