Asd Consultant

**Job Description**:
Our standard terms and conditions of employment include a work arrangement of being in the office 5 days a week. Kinark has recently introduced a new benefit that gives employees the opportunity to work their role in a hybrid or fully remote arrangement, as assessed for their position, for those who wish to opt-in for this benefit. The role of ASD Consultant has been positionally assessed in the ‘Roamer’ classification, defined as 3 days in office per week.

**Job Summary**:
The Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Foundational Family Services/Groups Consultant will support service development and delivery across Foundational Family Services within the Ontario Autism Program (OAP) and Groups for children with a diagnosis of an ASD.

**Duties & Responsibilities (not limited to)**:

- Service development across Foundational Services (Brief Behavioural Consultation, Parent Education) and Groups, including piloting, modifying, and delivering new and existing services, both virtually and in person
- Developing curriculum for new group-based services, as well as content for parent education sessions
- Identifying gaps in services, quality assurance, client experience, marketing, and advertising
- Training new facilitators and supervising group service delivery
- Developing report templates and writing reports
- May continue to support other programs within the School Support Program if there is capacity to do so (e.g., Connections for Students, ABA Coaching)
- Some evenings/weekends may be required

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA).
- Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) certification is considered an asset.
- Minimum three years experience in the field of Applied Behaviour Analysis and Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Experience with development and delivery of caregiver education and groups will be considered a strong asset.
- Experience in the delivery of consultation-based services.
- Strong interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, good problem-solving skills, and the ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team environment
- Excellent computer (MS Office) and presentation skills
- Satisfactory Criminal Record Check (including a Vulnerable Sector Screening) and Pre-Employment Medical.

**Kinark Child and Family Services conditions of employment include but are not limited to successful Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screening, completed Pre-Employment Medical certificate, and proof of full vaccination.** Fully vaccinated is defined as having received all required doses of a World Health Organization Approved COVID-19 Vaccine and 14 days have passed since last dose. Proof of vaccination for each vaccine dose received is required.