Course Lecturer SWRK 610 Winter 2027

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Hiring Unit: School of Social Work

The School of Social Work is seeking one course lecturer (MCLIU – unionized) for the following course:

SWRK 610: Family Treatment

Term: Winter 2027

Course Dates: January 5 – April 14, 2027.

Schedule: Thursdays, 8:35-11:25.

Rate: $11 824.00 per course.

Teaching Qualification Requirements:

• PhD degree or Equivalent in mental health field (i.e., Psychology, Social Work, Counselling Psychology)
• MSW or MA in mental health field or equivalent with a minimum 8 years of clinical experience focused on assessment and treatment of couples & families
• Bilingual
• Supervisory Experience (AAMFT approved supervisor or equivalent) – minimum 8 years of supervisory experience in the area of couple and family psychotherapy
• Psychotherapy Permit Professional Order of Psychologists of Quebec (OPQ)
• Completed Graduate or Post-graduate training in couple and family therapy in an accredited university or training center

Demonstrated clinical expertise and teaching supervisory experience in the following areas:

• Therapeutic process, the middle phase of treatment and termination.
• Conditions for behavior change from different treatment perspectives.
• Domestic violence and the family, the impact on children, custody and access.
• Clinical application in a diverse family context, including separation and divorce; same-sex family systems and adoption.
• History of the field, including early systemic models of research and practice perspectives.
• The key theoretical tenets of: systemic family therapy; emotionally focused family therapy; attachment focused family therapy and Object Relations family therapy and family-of-origin themes in treatment; and, cognitive behavioral family therapy.
• The four core theoretical approaches to family therapy: Systemic Models and Communication; Psychodynamic; Humanist and Cognitive Behavioral.
• Major theoretical family therapy paradigms with attention to family diversity with the purpose of developing proficiency as couple and family therapists and social workers working with family systems.
• Psychotherapeutic competencies
• Common factors such as communication skills, therapeutic alliance and the quality of client-therapist relationship.
• Gender, race, poverty, social class, and multiculturalism in family treatment.

Demonstrated Clinical & Teaching Experience in the Following Competencies:

Professional Order of Social Workers and Couple and Family Therapists of Québec (OPTSQ) (le référentiel d’activité professionnelle lie à l’exercice de la profession de thérapeute conjugale et familiale ou thérapeute conjugale et familiale du Québec)

1er Domaine : La conduite d’un processus d’évaluation et d’une démarche en thérapie conjugale et familiale

1.1 Être capable d’évaluer les dynamiques relationnelles d’un couple ou d’une famille en tant que système de que celles d’une personne à l’intérieur d’un système

1.2 Être capable d’établir le résultat d’une évaluation en thérapie conjugale et familiale et d’un discuter avec les personnes concernées

1.3 Être capable de concevoir d’une démarche en thérapie conjugale et familiale et d’en discuter avec les personnes concernées

1.4 Être capable de mettre en oeuvre une démarche en thérapie conjugale et familiale

2e Domaine : La gestion des éléments clés entourant la conduite d’un processus d’évaluation et d’une démarche en thérapie conjugale et familiale

2.1 Être capable de produire les documents liés à la pratique professionnelle

2.2 Être capable d’assurer la bonne marche des pratiques professionnelles

Professional Order of Psychologists of Quebec (OPQ)

Theoretical Models (39 hours)

Common Factors (6 hours)

Professional Order of Social Workers and Couple and Family Therapists of Québec

1. Establish treatment suitability for psychotherapy and the reserved and shared acts OTSTCFQ

2. Conduct a clinical evaluation

3. Develop a treatment plan

4. Implement psychotherapeutic treatment

5. Ensure collaborative partnerships

6. Respect the ethical and legal parameters of the profession of couple and family therapy

7. Contribute to the evolution of practice and evolution of the profession.

Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.

McGill University is an English-language university where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.

School of Social WorkFamily TreatmentSWRK 610 1SH680 1365Thursday 8:35-11:252026-10-14