Teacher, Intensive Outreach Services

Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health•Halifax, NS

8h•CA$40 - CA$55•Hybrid

About The Position

The Outreach stream of Intensive Services provides treatment services within the IWK Mental Health and Addictions Program. The Outreach team services children and adolescents up to 19 years of age. The teacher participates within an interdisciplinary treatment team and focuses on working with clients with disrupted learning and/or who are experiencing school/educational challenges. The teacher supports individualized education goals/needs of clients and families. This includes travel across Nova Scotia to meet with clients and families, as well as to schools to facilitate planning and to support reintegration. The teacher liaises and collaborates with NS public school staff to explore educational options and supports and to develop school plans that best meet the needs of clients. On a case-by-case basis, the teacher may provide one-to-one teaching to reintroduce clients to learning and/or to support academic progress. As necessary, the teacher assesses clients’ academic status to determine previous learning and to identify any learning gaps and/or learning challenges/deficits to inform school planning. The teacher monitors progress towards education goals throughout treatment. The teacher works with members of the interdisciplinary team in helping adolescents and families cope with mental health and addiction issues, in planning for new admissions, and attends case conferences and discharge planning meetings. The teacher collaborates with IWK teachers to share resources, educational strategies/options and engages in professional development opportunities. Please note that this position will support Children’s Intensive Services until the Intensive Outreach team becomes operational.

Requirements

Baccalaureate Degree in Arts or Science and Baccalaureate Degree in Education required.
Valid Nova Scotia Teacher’s Certificate required, minimum of ITC or equivalent certificaiton.
Minimum of two (2) years teaching experience required.
Current successful completion of a CPR Level C Health Care Provider or Basic Life Support (BLS) course required within the last 12 months.
Training in working with children and youth with exceptionalities required, or commensurate experience.
Experience working with children and adolescents with mental illness required, in particular Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Conduct /Oppositional Defiant Disorders, Anxiety Disorder.
Demonstrated ability to support the educational needs of children and youth with interrupted learning.
Capacity to implement proactive and positive behaviour supports.
Demonstrated understanding of Collaborative Problem Solving approach.
Demonstrated ability to work with children with cognitive impairments, speech and language delays.
Demonstrated ability to work both as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and independently in a family centred atmosphere is required.
Demonstrated ability to liaise with families, community groups and schools to advance the educational needs of clients.
Excellent communication, organization, problem solving and administrative skills required.

Nice To Haves

Special education training and experience preferred.
Familiarity with Department of Education Learning Outcomes for grades P-6.
Competencies in other languages an asset.

Responsibilities

Participates within an interdisciplinary treatment team and focuses on working with clients with disrupted learning and/or who are experiencing school/educational challenges.
Supports individualized education goals/needs of clients and families.
Travels across Nova Scotia to meet with clients and families, as well as to schools to facilitate planning and to support reintegration.
Liaises and collaborates with NS public school staff to explore educational options and supports and to develop school plans that best meet the needs of clients.
Provides one-to-one teaching to reintroduce clients to learning and/or to support academic progress on a case-by-case basis.
Assesses clients’ academic status to determine previous learning and to identify any learning gaps and/or learning challenges/deficits to inform school planning.
Monitors progress towards education goals throughout treatment.
Works with members of the interdisciplinary team in helping adolescents and families cope with mental health and addiction issues, in planning for new admissions.
Attends case conferences and discharge planning meetings.
Collaborates with IWK teachers to share resources, educational strategies/options.
Engages in professional development opportunities.