Child & Youth Care Practitioner (Term)

Armbrae Academy, Private School, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada•South Shore, IL

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

The South Shore Regional Centre for Education (SSRCE) practices the culturally responsive pedagogy approach in providing an inclusive, diverse, equitable, safe and healthy education that supports learning and success both personally and academically to the 59,000 residents of Lunenburg and Queens Counties, an area of 5,250 square kilometres and a total of 23 schools. Regional Centres for Education have Employment Equity Policies and/or processes and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly people of African Nova Scotian, African Canadian and African ancestry and Mi’kmaw/Indigenous ancestry. Please ensure that you complete the self-identification portion on the position application. The Child and Youth Care Practitioner (CYCP) shall be responsible for developing a proactive approach in collaboration to with school teams to help design and carry out programs for children and youth who have difficulty coping in school settings because of social, emotional and/or behaviour issues. Working with an assigned group of students in families of schools, the Child and Youth Care Practitioner will provide services and supports to students with the goal of improving student success and ensuring effective connections and communication exist between the school, the families and other appropriate community agencies to meet student needs. The CYCP works collaboratively with families, administrators, classroom teachers, teacher assistants, SchoolsPlus and other specialist staff, and community based agencies and supports.

Requirements

Completion of a post-secondary diploma or certificate such as Nova Scotia Community College: Child & Youth Care Practitioner Program diploma.
A minimum of two years’ experience working with school aged children and youth.
First Aid and CPR.
Nonviolent crisis intervention.
First aid Mental Health for adults interacting with young (National training).
Valid driver’s license and insurance and must be comfortable transporting students.
Minimum of two years’ experience working with school aged children and youth is required.
Satisfactory Criminal Record / Vulnerable Sector Check and a Nova Scotia Child Abuse Register Check (checks completed within the last 3 months).

Nice To Haves

Membership in the NS Child and Youth Care Workers’ Association is an asset.
Experience working in an educational setting is preferred.
Direct knowledge and experience of the community served is an asset.

Responsibilities

Developing a proactive approach in collaboration with school teams to help design and carry out programs for children and youth who have difficulty coping in school settings because of social, emotional and/or behaviour issues.
Providing services and supports to students with the goal of improving student success and ensuring effective connections and communication exist between the school, the families and other appropriate community agencies to meet student needs.
Working collaboratively with families, administrators, classroom teachers, teacher assistants, SchoolsPlus and other specialist staff, and community based agencies and supports.
Establishing proactive relationships with and provide appropriate interventions for vulnerable children and youth, impacted by developmental trauma and or behavioural and mental health challenges.
Applying evidence informed interventions related to social emotional learning and culturally responsive pedagogy.
Applying knowledge of early childhood development as it relates to academic and social success through a multi-tiered support system (MTSS).
Collaboratively programming to support academic and social success for students.
Applying effective mediation and conflict resolution strategies.
Working effectively in flexible work situations; i.e. visit homes when required to provide the link between the school and the home to support student success.
Utilizing current technologies to support students experiencing self-regulation and communication challenges.
Working & communicating effectively with students.
Engaging in continuing education and professional development.
Maintaining and promoting confidentiality as the norm.
Working collaboratively with teachers, teacher assistants, administrators and specialists to support the implementation of appropriate interventions and programming for assigned students.
Using approaches such as functional analysis of behavior.
Coordinating and contributing to the effective implementation of strategies and good practices, such as a positive reinforcement system, visual schedule, movement breaks, etc.
Contributing to building a healthy and safe school environment by supporting positive behaviors.
Maintaining progressive files and notes for identified students.
Other duties as assigned.