Classroom Assistant

**Classroom Assistant (Supply) Blind Program**:
**Job ID**:

- 230600

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of Education

**Division**:

- Provincial and Demonstration Schools Branch

**City**:

- Brantford

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 2 Temporary Irregular, On-Call/Supply positions (on an as required basis)

**Job code**:

- U0114 - Classroom Assistant

**Salary**:

- $24.61 - $27.14 Per hour*
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.

**Competition # PDSB25-056**

The Ministry of Education, W. Ross Macdonald School for the Blind is a community-based School for the Blind, under the Ministry of Education, Provincial and Demonstration Schools Branch with the tradition and reputation for meeting the academic, personal, social, emotional, and developmental needs of the individual children.

If you are looking for a rewarding and meaningful career and would like to be part of a specialized team, then consider this exciting employment opportunity as a Classroom Assistant.**About the job**:

- Work with children who are visually impaired with multiple exceptionalities.
- Work in a multi-disciplinary setting.
- Assist in providing individual and group programs to children who are visually impaired with multiple exceptionalities.
- Assist with physical needs of children.
- Follow up on specialized programs set up by other agencies/professionals.
- Assist in program preparation and materials.

**What you bring to the team**:
**Mandatory requirements**:

- Community College certificate and/or equivalent training, education and working experience in a child
- related field.
- Current certification in Standard First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) with AED.

**Skills and Qualifications**: Your background and experience enables you to meet the following requirements:

- Demonstrated experience working with children who are visually impaired and may have other emotional and behavioural disorders.
- Knowledge of child development and an understanding of caring for children with special needs.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation /policies /procedures /guidelines/practices that address student care and safety.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and observation skills to identify students' needs/difficulties.
- Ability to communicate effectively with students who may have a variety of multiple exceptionalities in an educational setting.
- Ability to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Behaviour Management Systems (BMS) certification is an asset.
- Ability and willingness to assist special needs students as required.
- Ability to work on an as-needed basis.**How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's _Human Rights Code_ and the _Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005._ We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy

**Additional information**:

- Friday, June 6, 2025 11:59 pm EDT

**Position details**:

- 2 English Temporary - Irregular On-Call, duration up to 10 months, 350 Brant Ave, Brantford, West Region, Vulnerable Sector Check

**Compensation group**:

- Ontario Public Service Employees Union

**Work hours**:

- Schedule 4

**Category**:

- Education and Training

**Posted on**:

- Friday, May 23, 2025

**Note**:

- **About security checks**:
A criminal or other federal offence record **does not automatically disqualify you** from the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities.
If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in.
Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.

**How to apply**:

- Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
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