Support Assistant II
6 days ago
Parkland School Division is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Support Assistant II to provide 1:1 in-home support for a student with complex medical and developmental needs.
Key Responsibilities:- Provide direct, individualized in-home support to a student with complex medical and developmental needs.
- Implement daily activities and learning programs tailored to the student's developmental and educational goals.
- Monitor and assist with medical care routines as directed by healthcare professionals and the Complex Needs Facilitator.
- Maintain a safe and engaging environment to promote learning, well-being, and independence.
- Communicate effectively with family members, healthcare professionals, and the Complex Needs Facilitator to ensure coordinated support.
- Document progress and provide regular updates to the support team.
- Provide assistance in all curriculum areas/one on one or in small groups as directed by teacher.
- Help with organizing notebooks, timetables, agendas, and lockers.
- Scribe notes from board, scribe and read exams for students as required.
- Modify and adapt the program for individual students as directed by the classroom teacher.
- Assist in the implementation of Individual Program Plan (IPP) goals and adaptive devices.
- Assist students with computer access.
- Provide support to students utilizing various educational software packages.
- Providing assistance to communicate with peers and adults in the school (e.g. American Sign Language, assistive tech. devices).
- Apply foundational knowledge about First Nations, Métis and Inuit for the benefit of all students.
- Under direction of the teacher, observe, chart and monitor individual student progress and behavior.
- Assist the teacher in maintaining a safe and secure environment for both students and staff through the application of de-escalation strategies and non- violent physical intervention techniques.
- Provide behavioural management assistance for students with behavioural disorders (implementing predetermined non-aversive disciplinary methods and nonviolent crisis intervention techniques to diffuse escalating negative behaviour patterns).
- Deal with student behaviour and assists with classroom discipline.
- Assist student with walking (e.g. holding their hand, stabilizing them, guiding on stairs).
- Assist student with personal care and hygiene, which may include food preparation, dressing, grooming, and toileting.
- Feeding assistance (can include spoon or tube feeding), lifting and handling of medically fragile students.
- Ability to manipulate assistive devices (e.g. insulin pumps, braces, dressing fasteners, fasten seat belts, etc.).
- Catheterization.
- Respiratory therapy interventions, physiotherapy interventions and other medically related tasks.
- Administer medication as required.
- Toileting and diapering for students who are physically dependent.
- Assist and or participate in exercising, implementing adaptive physical education, range of motion programs, fine and gross motor skills development, individualized or group communication techniques and life skills management.
- Monitor feeding, tube feeding and breathing apparatuses, seizure management (e.g. monitor and assess severity of seizure through the use of medical equipment and administer oxygen if required), and catheterization.
- Operate specialized equipment to support instruction for students with physical care needs (e.g. wheelchairs, mechanical lifts, walkers, transfer belt, FM and/or communications systems and hearing aid equipment).
- Lifting and carrying students into and out of specialized equipment (i.e., gym equipment, sensory equipment, walkers, wheelchairs, toilets, commodes) to carry out program requirements as well as personal hygiene care.
- Help student with speech language difficulties, as instructed by Speech Pathologist.
- Update progress on a daily basis for Individual Program Plan purposes.
- Provide physiotherapy program as directed.
- Model and practice speech program.
- Liaise with members of Therapy Team to monitor student progress and use of Assistive Technology / Devices.
- As requested by the teacher, communicate observations regarding health and behaviours to the teacher (as gathered in logs, charts, and data sheets).
- Maintain accurate medication data sheets, record medical situations.
- Participate in student team conferences when requested by the teacher.
- Under the direction of the classroom teacher, maintain a home-school communication book (teacher to initial before book sent home).
- Organize bulletin board display, photocopy material, laminate articles and prepare snacks.
- Modify and prepare materials for special needs student.
- Ensure equipment and facilities are kept in a clean, safe, orderly manner.
- Assist in marking, testing, and filing of student work.
- Prepare, set up, and dismantle displays, information areas and work areas.
- Supervise and assist students in preparing for special activities (preparation for swimming lessons, skating, etc.).
- Ability to work in a variety of environments and conditions (e.g. swimming, playground equipment, community facilities).
- Ability to provide active supervision and support with students in typical school related physical activities for full work hours (including gym, playground equipment, track and field, classroom and hallways).
- Supervise small groups on field trips.
- Assist students boarding and disembarking from buses.
- Travel with student to job placement, provide job training.
- Assist students to be integrated into the regular classroom.
- Facilitate the development of social skills.
- Assist students in recreation activities (crafts, preparing meals).
- Travel with individuals or small groups to community outings such as banking, and/or shopping.
- Journal and assist in choosing books.
- Assist in building the self-esteem and self-confidence of students.
- Encourage students to participate in classroom activities to build social skills.
- Provide and encourage routine and repetitive personal care to students.
- Administer first aid as required.
- May provide Braille to students starting to learn Braille (specification).
- May provide signing to students (American Sign Language or Signed Exact English) (specification).
- Other duties as assigned (specification).
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