Date Posted: 11/17/2023
Req ID: 35009
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: Accessibility Services
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Position Number: 00050494

Description:

About us:

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the gift of a lifetime through learning and discovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.


Your opportunity:

Accessibility Services provides academic accommodations and services for students with disabilities
and promotes a fully integrated university experience by ensuring that students have the
opportunity to access and participate in all areas of student life. In partnership with a variety of
Student Affairs and Academic departments, Accessibility Services provides comprehensive
programming throughout each student’s university career to foster greater resiliency and promote
the development of knowledge and skills that are transferrable to their future goals.

Using a holistic approach, you will work with an ethno-culturally and academically diverse student population performing an assessment of students’ needs primarily related to mental health and Autism Spectrum Disorders with co-morbid conditions, ensure that appropriate documentation hasbeen received, review and assess confidential medical/psychological documentation; assess, plan, implement, evaluate and adapt accommodations based on the student’s individual disability-related needs; assist the students in self-monitoringthe effectiveness of accommodations; make referrals to internal and external supports as appropriate. In addition, you will facilitate the student’s knowledge about their disability, addressing the strengths and challenges the disability brings to their academic
pursuits and daily life activities; determine if assistive technology would assist the student,referring when required; assess, recommend, and provide appropriate documentation to support the use of funding for disability-related expenses.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Applying the established Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) Guidelines on Accessible Education (2004) to determine reasonable accommodations
• Researching and recommending alternative approaches and possible accommodation solutions as part of the duty to accommodate
• Developing, implementing and monitoring accommodation plans for students based ontheir learning profile and documentation (e.g. reviewing and interpreting psychoeducationalassessments and medical documentation)
• Reviewing and approving disability related educational expenses through the OSAP Bursary for Students with Disabilities (BSWD)
• Providing case management support to students requiring the coordination of multiple services
• Determining the reasonability of an accommodation in relation to a student's disability
• Counselling students on health issues related to their learning and the effects of their disability
• Screening (for mental health) and making referrals to appropriate resources and services

Essential Qualifications:

• Master's degree in counselling/psychotherapy or social work and/or equivalent
  combination of education and experience.
• Minimum four years of case management experience working with adults with mentalhealth disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders.
• Three years of experience dealing with persons inemotional distress or conflict.
• Demonstrated experience in assessing disability related needs.
• Experience in developing, implementing and monitoring accommodation plans for personswith disabilities and possessing a thorough understanding of disability issues.
• An understanding of disability and social equity issues in the post-secondary environment.
• Computer fluency (e.g. Microsoft Word; Excel).
• Excellent reading, oral and written communication skills.
• Critical thinking and interpersonal skills.
• Must have a commitment to the principles of equity and inclusion and be able todemonstrate an understanding of the implications of disabilities as they relate to astudent’s success at university and in a broader context.
• Must understand the strengths and challenges of adults with disabilities and haveknowledge of cultural views of disability.
• Ability to exercise initiative, tact, discretion, problem solving skills and to work underpressure to meet deadlines.
• Ability to respond calmly and efficiently in crisis situations.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize knowledge and display sound judgment, attention todetail and a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within an inter-disciplinary teamenvironment.
• Knowledgeable about general academic structure of a University and the specificrequirements of academic courses and programs.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Post-secondary environment experience is preferred.
• Experience with peer and support groups

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Adaptable
• Communicator
• Diplomatic
• Organized
• Proactive
• Problem solver

Closing Date: 11/28/2023, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Monday to Friday 8:45 am to 5:00 pm
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 13 -- $83,150 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $106,336. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Student Services
Recruiter: Jessica Halteh

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

This role is currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto’s Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline

This position is a 2 year term, ending January 2026