Clinical Interventionist, Provincial Preschool

**Company** : IWK Health**:
**Req ID**:176662
**Department/Program**:WZ Provincial Preschool Autism Services
**Location**: Middleton
**Type of Employment**:Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
**Start Date**: ASAP
**Union Status**: NSGEU Hlthcare, Healthcare Bargaining Unit
**Compensation**: $37.3118**:

- **$50.7666 /hour
**Closing Date**: April 10, 2024 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

**The Opportunity**:
**_ Nova Scotia EIBI Treatment Program_**
- The Nova Scotia EIBI Program provides treatment for preschool-age children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and training for families. The program is offered through the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) and IWK Health in partnership with Nova Scotia Hearing and Speech Centres. The main form of treatment, Pivotal Response Treatment, uses motivational strategies and the principles of applied behaviour analysis (ABA) to facilitate the development of children’s communication, play and other functional skills. The EIBI program has a strong commitment to ongoing learning for the EIBI teams, so that children and their families receive similar services across the province. There is a strong leadership framework for the provincial program. Treatment is provided by a coordinated team consisting of parents, one-to-one interventionists, Clinical Interventionists, and consultant Speech-Language Pathologists._

The Clinical Interventionist will work within the EIBI Service Delivery Model and be accountable to the Manager and the EIBI Clinical Leadership. The Clinical Interventionist responsibilities include:

- The development and coordination of treatment programs, which are integrated between services and disciplines, take into consideration the families’ needs and goals.
- Adapting and revising treatment plans, as required; while maintaining appropriate documentation.
- Ongoing monitoring of outcome measures.
- Provision of leadership, supervision and support to EIBI Program Implementers. (Supervision includes feedback on performance).
- Training and monitoring the practice standards of the EIBI Program Implementers.
- Maintaining service quality control standards.
- Participating and leading program evaluation as appropriate
- Completing, maintaining and advancing own skill sets.
- Provision of intensive behavioural intervention services with children and their families, as required.

**Hours of Work**:
Monday - Friday, 37.5 hours/week.
Flexibility in hours available to work (including some evenings, weekends) required.

**Your Qualifications**:

- Masters degree in Clinical Psychology, School Psychology, Speech-Language Pathology, or graduate of a World Federation of Occupational Therapy (WFOT) Approved Occupational Therapy Program required.
- Registered, or eligible for registration, with the appropriate professional body in Nova Scotia required.
- Minimum of 2 years of recent experience working with young children (0-5 years old) with ASD required.
- Current successful completion of a Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Basic Life Support Level (BLS) Program within the last 12 months, or successful completion of a BLS Renewal Challenge Certificate, required.
- Certification in First Aid required.
- Demonstrates knowledge of best practices in the treatment of young children with ASD
- Demonstrates ability to design, implement and monitor psychological programming to promote skill development to enhance social-emotional functioning
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team in a variety of settings; ability to work independently with mínimal supervision
- Demonstrated excellent presentation, facilitation, and communication skills; both verbal and written.
- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills; ability to develop and maintain internal/external partnerships.
- Demonstrated excellent time management, organization, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrates excellence in clinical care.
- Demonstrates excellence in supervision of treatment by others.
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to family-centered care.
- Education and/or experience in Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) (asset).
- Competencies in other languages an asset.

Thank you for your interest in