Job Description
About Us:
Toronto School of Management (TSoM) is an innovative college offering a broad range of career-focused programs in Business, Hospitality and Tourism, Big Data, Cybersecurity, and Accounting. We provide relevant programs to ensure our students meet today’s ever-changing job market demands.
Niagara College and the Toronto School of Management have partnered to offer Niagara College's most sought-after programs in the City of Toronto, Ontario. Toronto, like the Niagara Region, is a hub of tourism and business in Canada and is one of Canada's largest and most multicultural cities in a country known for its diversity. Now students have the ability to access incredible employment opportunities in two of Canada's greatest regions.
Through the Niagara College and Toronto School of Management partnership, the Toronto School of Management delivers Niagara College programs and services at the Toronto campus, providing high standards of instruction and student services. Students that study at the Toronto campus will receive a Niagara College credential upon graduation.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Supporting students in identifying and providing required academic accommodations and supports related to the functional impacts of their disability.
- Gathering, reviewing, validating and assessing documentation to determine the functional impacts of a student’s disability.
- Work with students through short-term, goal-specific accessibility counselling related to academic accommodations on topics such as self-advocacy, rights, responsibilities.
- Provision of referrals to other supports, as required.
- Documenting meetings and correspondence with students and about students in a secure environment.
- Maintaining the required standards of confidentiality and privacy.
- Working in collaboration with other campus resources to effectively support the accessibility needs of students.
- Liaising and consulting with faculty, advisors, coordinators, and other college staff on all matters related to supporting students with disabilities.
- Attending staff and supervisory meetings, as required.
- Ensuring supervisor is informed and updated on urgent/critical issues.
Position Requirements:
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Work, Counselling, or Clinical Psychology from a recognized post-secondary institution.
- At minimum 2 years’ experience in counselling or accessibility advising, ideally within a post-secondary setting, mental health environment, or equivalent.
- At minimum 2 years’ experience in Special Education and/or working to support students with disabilities, including an understanding of related documentation such as Individual Education Plans, psycho-educational assessments, Functional Limitation Assessment Forms, and/or medical reports.
- Experience working with international students is an asset.
Knowledge and Skills
- An understanding of the impact of disabilities in a post-secondary environment.
- Knowledge of the Ontario Human Rights Code.
- Ability to conduct sensitive interviews and intakes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, teamwork and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively and collegially with the student and staff population.
- Effective skills in conflict resolution, especially with respect to the rights of students with disabilities and the implementation of relevant academic accommodations.
TSoM is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunities and are committed to the principle of equality regardless of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability. Accommodations are offered upon request for applicants participating in all phases of the recruitment and selection process in line with our Accessibility Policy, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Please indicate in your cover letter if you need to make an accommodation request.
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