Resource Consultant/early Childhood Specialist

**LOCATION: Toronto, ON**

**POSITION TYPE: Full-Time Regular (37.5 hours/week)**

**POSTING CLOSING DATE: May 6, 2025**

The RC-Early Childhood Specialist will play a pivotal role in providing comprehensive support, as part of a transdisciplinary team, to children (ages 0-6) and their families seeking integrated care for mental health and developmental needs. Alongside delivering direct skill-building interventions, this role equally emphasizes service navigation—empowering families to access additional resources, assessments, and community services. You will work closely with an interdisciplinary team, including psychotherapists, to create a cohesive and impactful circle of care.

**KEY

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**Transdisciplinary Team Collaboration**:

- Alongside the psychotherapist, collaborate to engage families and determine needs and co-create a service plan.
- Execute the interventions on the service plan with respect to coaching, modelling, skill development, and practice.
- Collaborate with all disciplines to address families' mental health socio-cultural, developmental, and emotional needs, ensuring comprehensive support.
- Participate in regular interdisciplinary case reviews to co-develop and adapt family service plans.
- Facilitate coordinated care by working closely with educators, therapists, and other team members to ensure alignment in service delivery.

**Service Navigation**:

- Assist families in navigating the system of services available for their child, including referrals for specialized assessments (e.g., developmental, psychological) and additional supports.
- Build strong knowledge of community resources and guide families in accessing funding, therapeutic services, and education supports.
- Act as a liaison between families and external service providers, ensuring seamless integration of care.

**Skill Building and Intervention**:

- Deliver direct skill-building interventions for children aimed at addressing developmental goals.
- Coach parents in implementing strategies that support their child’s development at home and in daily routines.
- Strengthen parental confidence, problem-solving, and advocacy skills through ongoing support and practical guidance.

**Community Engagement and Capacity Building**:

- Engage with community partners to facilitate coordinated service access and share knowledge of available supports.
- Facilitate workshops or group sessions for parents in the program on topics related to child development and system navigation as well as with community partners.

**Documentation and Compliance**:

- Maintain accurate records of interactions with families and service providers while ensuring strict confidentiality.
- Log service activity and adhere to program and reporting guidelines.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- A minimum education of an Early Childhood Education diploma combined with graduation from Resource Teacher Certificate Program or equivalency with 5 years of relevant experience
- Relevant experience in providing consultative support to children with extra support needs in early childhood settings; working with childcare centre staff, families, school staff, community resource staff
- A member in good standing with the College of Early Childhood Educators (Registered Early Childhood Educator)
- Able to work flex hours, including some evenings
- A valid Ontario’s drivers’ license and access to a personal vehicle is preferred

**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES**:

- Strong interpersonal, communication, time management, clinical judgement, problem-solving skills; ability to consult and work collaboratively with clients and stakeholders.
- Knowledgeable about Canada's Early Learning and Child Care Framework, Attachment Theory, and the Developmental Systems Approach
- Ability to identify, plan and implement intervention strategies for children with extra support needs including ASD, ADHD, social/emotional trauma, academic, developmental, speech and language concerns within a family systems and socio-cultural lens with sensitivity to the social determinants of health

We ask applicants to make any accommodation requests for the interview or selection process known in advance by contacting Human Resources. Human Resources will work together with the hiring committee to arrange reasonable and appropriate accommodation for the selection process which will enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.