Parent Coach

5 months ago

Halifax, Canada Autism Nova Scotia Full time

**UNDERSTANDING - ACCEPTANCE - INCLUSION**

About Autism Nova Scotia

Autism Nova Scotia is a national leader in providing social, educational, and employment supports for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), their families, caregivers, and professionals. Our vision is a society where people with ASD can live their lives to the fullest. This vision informs our day-to-day operations and provides a philosophy that revolves around person-focused supports, strength-based approaches, and community-oriented learning opportunities.

Autism Nova Scotia delivers programming in Halifax and in nine communities across Nova Scotia through our Regional Autism Centres. Our three program divisions are: Social & Community Inclusion; Employment Support; and Family and Caregiver Support.

**Title**:Parent Coach
**Reports to (title)**:Executive Director, QuickStart NS Director and Supervisor
**FTE**:16-month term Position (maternity leave) - with possibility of renewal

**Salary Scale**:TBD

**Location**:Bedford, Nova Scotia

**Travel (frequency)**:Local/Provincial - Frequent

**Evening & Weekend Work (frequency)**:Occasional

We are seeking a Parent Coach to work collaboratively within QuickStart Nova Scotia’s umbrella of services, which includes the Parent Coaching Program as the primary offered service as well as the following supportive services: the ESDM Program, and targeted interventions for specific areas in sleep and behaviours that challenge.

QuickStart Nova Scotia’s Parent Coaching Program is designed to empower caregivers of toddlers with a suspected, provisional, or confirmed diagnosis of autism to teach and support their child’s development. It is designed for children aged 12-36 months (31 months at the start of the intervention) with a suspected, provisional, or confirmed diagnosis of autism which incorporates an interdisciplinary team and uses the evidence-based intervention, Early Start Denver Model (ESDM). Throughout the program, parents and caregivers are taught to use this intervention to teach age-appropriate communication skills, social skills, and many others through routine-based activities with their child.

The Parent Coaching Program takes place across a 19-week period and includes four consultation sessions
- two with an Occupational Therapist (OT) and two with a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), with a duration of 1.5 hours each, as well as fifteen weeks of parent mediated coaching sessions, 1 hour per week, from a trained Parent Coach, supervised by a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst.

**Responsibilities Include**:

- Work collaboratively within the QuickStart NS umbrella of services, which includes Parent-mediated Coaching, the ESDM Program, and targeted interventions for specific areas in sleep and behaviours that challenge.
- Complete Level 1 and Advanced Early Start Denver Model training
- Meet & Maintain fidelity on the direct implementation of ESDM while providing one-on-one intervention sessions to children within QuickStart Nova Scotia’s ESDM Program.
- Meet & maintain fidelity on the parent-mediated implementation of ESDM while providing one-on-one coaching sessions to caregivers within QuickStart Nova Scotia’s Parent Coaching Program.
- Maintain an ongoing annual caseload of 2-3 ESDM Program participants & 13-14 Parent Coaching Program participants.
- Conduct individualized assessment and goal development in adherence with the ESDM intervention model.
- Collect ongoing data & collaborate with the Program Supervisor, SLP and OT in monitoring of child and/or caregiver progress.
- Facilitate the continuity of care for participating families by identifying individual and family needs, linking to available resources & community supports, and collaborating with community partners & professionals.
- Maintain confidentiality in all contexts
- Participate in training, research and program evaluation as required
- Perform other duties as assigned
- This position does require an extensive level of travel and training, & successful applicant will need to be flexible to meet those training requirements. Travel will be required on an annual basis for this position within their region and across Nova Scotia.

**Qualifications**:

- 5+ years working in a child setting, either child care or one-on-one
- 1-3 years’ recent experience working with families and autistic preschoolers (1-5 years of age)
- Diploma in Early Childhood Education or Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Education, Child and Youth Studies, Behavioural Intervention, or related field
- Knowledge of child milestones and development
- Experience with parent-training, parent coaching methods preferred
- Demonstrates understanding and knowledge of natural developmental behavioural interventions
- Experience in early intensive behavioural interventions preferred
- Experience working within community-based programs, preferred
- Able to meet the physical nature of the job.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs occasionally

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