Child & Youth Worker | Casual

Job Title: Casual Child and Youth Worker (CYW)
Job Type: Casual - required to be available to work a minimum of three (3) days per week
Salary: $29.95 per hour
Clarington and Northumberland/Murray Ward/Quinte West (to view the schools in these locationsclick here).
Start Date: As soon as possible
The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board (KPR) offers a world-class education for approximately 36000 students in 89 schools. Spanning over 7000 square kilometers across diverse rural and urban communities in southeastern Ontario KPR serves the Municipality of Clarington Northumberland and Peterborough Counties and City of Quinte West/Murray Ward.
The Board is situated on the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg people serving three vibrant Indigenous communities which include Alderville First Nation Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation.
Today the Kawartha Pine Ridge school district is home to many First Nations Métis and Inuit peoples and we acknowledge the contributions and accomplishments of all Indigenous people across Turtle Island current and throughout history.
All positions in the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board support the schools priority of student achievement and the Boards mission to educate our students to excel in learning to succeed in life and to enrich our communities.

The purpose of the Child and Youth Worker is to provide instructional support in academic social physical emotional and behavioural programs for students in a variety of learning situations. The CYW carries out personal care duties to meet the physical needs of students. As part of the student support team the CYW works collaboratively to assist in the delivery development and implementation of academic social physical emotional and behavioural programs for selected students with social emotional and/or behavioural exceptionalities and assists in the cooperative development and implementation of programs to support the student family and school personnel.
Transfer and lift students using appropriate and safe techniques and devices.
Assist in the development and implementation of Student Safety Plans under the direction of the classroom Teacher and/or School Principal/ Vice-Principal.
Provide assistance with Glucometer Insulin Pump and other procedures related to diabetes with training as required.
Provide hand over hand feeding food preparation deploys modified feeding tools modeling and monitoring for choking.
Support students by promoting the development of appropriate social communication and behavioural skills utilizing the strategies of Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI).
Assist in supervision needs as required on class trips in the classroom washrooms and hallways on the yard at lunch during examinations receiving and delivering students to and from transportation in academic groups and with individuals and on student transportation.
Assist with student safety issues including emergency evacuation medical emergencies.
Participate as a member of the school collaborative team acting as a resource to other staff members and take part in the discussion of students progress and needs while maintaining confidentiality.
Provide program support by assisting teachers with the delivery of academic and social/life skills programs for both individual and groups of students by planning and implementing effective learning support strategies including:
Devising and using a variety of instructional support methods techniques and learning aids such as scribing correcting prompting reading keeping student on task adapting language for re-delivery reinforcing concepts lessons and skills.
Teaching personal hygiene toilet training washroom routines.
Collecting monitoring and recording data on assigned students as directed by the principal documenting and correlating statistical observations isolating and prioritizing areas of concern and identifying appropriate intervention strategies.
Under the direction of the principal communicates effectively with all members of the school community including assisting teachers with record keeping such as documenting student progress behaviours medication administration and physicals status as well as assisting in completion of home journals incident reports and office referrals: regularly shares observations with school/Board personnel approved agencies and student parent/legal guardian.
Develop review and distribute materials.
Provides professional learning sessions for school staff and the community regarding social-emotional learning.
Completed three (3) year college diploma or undergraduate University degree as a Child and Youth Worker or completed related/equivalent education.
A police record check with a Vulnerable Sector Search and Pardoned Sexual Offenders Database Search dated within 6 months prior to the date of hire is a requirement for employment.

How to Apply: To be considered for this opportunity interested applicants are invited to submit the following documents through our online portal Apply to Education (ATE) by the closing date.

Resume : Resumes should be in chronological format and include dates of education background additional qualifications and work/volunteer experience.
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board is committed to a qualified workforce that is representative of the diversity of the people of Ontario and across the communities we serve. First Nations Métis and Inuit peoples and all other Indigenous peoples;
Members of groups that commonly experience discrimination due to race ancestry colour religion and/or spiritual beliefs or place of origin;
Persons with visible and/or invisible (physical and/or mental) disabilities;
Persons who identify as women; Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board is committed to providing barrier-free and accessible employment practices in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Should you require accommodation through any stage of the recruitment process please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information about what this means in our organization please refer to our website at (see Careers section).

We thank you for your application and your interest in working at Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board at this time we will only be contacting candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.