Child and Youth Support Specialist

4 hours ago

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board Full time
Job Title: Child and Youth Worker

Job Type: Casual positions require a minimum of three days per week availability.

Salary: $29.05 per hour

Job Summary:

The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board is seeking a Child and Youth Worker to provide instructional support in academic, social, physical, emotional, and behavioral programs for students in various learning situations.

Main Responsibilities:
  • Provide personal care duties to meet the physical needs of students.
  • Work collaboratively with the student support team to assist in the delivery, development, and implementation of academic, social, physical, emotional, and behavioral programs for students with social, emotional, and/or behavioral exceptionalities.
  • Assist in the development and implementation of Student Safety Plans under the direction of the classroom Teacher and/or School Principal/Vice-Principal.
  • Perform clean and intermittent catheterization, shallow and surface suctioning, and other medical procedures as required.
  • Administer routine medication needs as permitted under the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA).
  • Monitor and track the health needs of students.
  • Support students by promoting the development of appropriate social, communication, and behavioral skills, utilizing the strategies of Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI).
  • Assist in supervision needs as required, on class trips, in the classroom, washrooms, and hallways, on the yard, at lunch, during examinations, receiving and delivering students to and from transportation, in academic groups, and with individuals.
  • Assist with student safety issues, including emergency evacuation and medical emergencies.
  • Participate as a member of the school collaborative team, acting as a resource to other staff members and taking part in the discussion of students' progress and needs while maintaining confidentiality.
Program Support:
  • Provide program support by assisting teachers with the delivery of academic and social/life skills programs for both individual and groups of students.
  • Devising and using a variety of instructional support methods, techniques, and learning aids, such as scribing, correcting, prompting, reading, keeping students on task, adapting language for re-delivery, reinforcing concepts, lessons, and skills.
  • Providing information to teachers to assist in the creation of student IEPs.
  • Supporting students in the use of assistive technology.
  • Delivering appropriate life skills and routine activities of daily living and the promotion of independence, self-advocacy, and self-reliance.
  • Guiding, preparing, and assisting students completing work (co-op) placements and other experiential learning as required.
  • Teaching personal hygiene, toilet training, washroom routines.
  • Collecting, monitoring, and recording data on assigned students as directed by the principal, documenting and correlating statistical observations, isolating, and prioritizing areas of concern and identifying appropriate intervention strategies.
  • Communicating effectively with all members of the school community, including assisting teachers with record keeping, such as documenting student progress, behaviors, medication administration, and physical status, as well as assisting in the completion of home journals, incident reports, and office referrals.
  • Developing, reviewing, and distributing materials.
  • Researching programs.
  • Assisting with the guidance of co-operative education students and/or volunteers as directed by the teacher/principal.
Qualifications:
  • Three (3) year college diploma or undergraduate University degree as a Child and Youth Worker or equivalent three (3) year program.
  • One (1) year to three (3) years of related experience.
  • Current Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NCVI) Certification - Full Program.
  • A police record check, with a Vulnerable Sector Search and Pardoned Sexual Offenders Database Search dated within 6 months prior to the date of hire, is a requirement for employment.

We thank you for your interest in working at Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. We are committed to a qualified workforce that is representative of the diversity of the people of Ontario and across the communities we serve.

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