Casual Child and Youth Care Practitioners

CasualChild and Youth Care Practitioners

Casualrate of pay: $24.14

Long term occasional (LTO): $30.69

As a Supply Child and Youth Care Practitioner you will work in temporary assignments at multiple schools throughout the diverse communities of HamiltonWentworth District School Board including Hamilton Mountain Hamilton Downtown Waterdown Flamborough Dundas Ancaster Mount Hope Binbrook Stoney Creek and Winona. You will be responsible for designing and implementing a range of prevention intervention and treatment strategies to support student mental health and wellbeing behaviour management and prosocial skills programming. You will work collaboratively as an integral member of an interdisciplinary educator team including but not limited to: Behaviour Analysts Principals Vice Principals Teachers Educational Assistants and system resource staff.

Responsibilities:

Qualifications Skills & Experience:

• Child and Youth Care degree; orChild and Youth Worker diploma with one year of experience in a related field; orequivalent combination of education and experience as determined by the Board.
• Experience supporting children and adolescents with diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrated expertise using prevention intervention and treatment strategies to support student mental health and wellbeing self regulation and prosocial skills programming.
• Experience using crisis management and physical intervention strategies.
• Experience using applied behaviour analysis strategies with children and adolescents.
• Experience carrying out functional behavioural assessments.
• Current registration with the Ontario Association of Child and Youth Care (OACYC) preferred.
• Knowledge and demonstrated ability to apply principles of cognitive behaviour therapy considered an asset.

How to Apply

Please apply directly onApplyToEducation. Mailin applications will not be processed.

When applying to HWDSB throughApplyToEducationyour application package must include:

• Cover Letter
• Resume

Interview & Key Dates:

1. Posting close date: Monday May 19th @4pm ET .
2. Virtual panel interviews via Microsoft Teams platform: June 7 & 8th .

We thank all applicants for their interest in HamiltonWentworth District School Board. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

Employment Equity Statement

HamiltonWentworth District School Board (HWDSB) is committed to building inclusive learning and working environments where students see themselves reflected in the curriculum staff population physical surroundings and the broader community.

HWDSBs mission is to empower students to learn and grow to their full potential in a diverse world. Guided by this mission HWDSB strives to build a workforce that embodies the values of human rights equity diversity and inclusion while reflecting and welcoming the diverse and distinct identities experiences and needs of our students and our communities.

HWDSB seeks qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity and inclusion and who will contribute to the vision of creating inclusive and equitable outcomes. HWDSB especially invites and welcomes applications from:

• Indigenous Peoples (e.g. First Nations Mtis and Inuit peoples;)

• Members of groups that commonly experience discrimination due to race ancestry colour religion and/or spiritual beliefs or place of origin; (e.g. Black and racialized communities immigrant communities etc.)

• Persons with visible and/or invisible (physical and/or mental) disabilities;

• Persons who identify as women; and

• Persons of marginalized sexual orientations gender identities and gender expressions. (i.e. Twospirit and LGBTQIA)

As part of HWDSBs commitment to employment equity and removing barriers to groups that have faced and continue to face barriers in employment we invite all applicants to complete a voluntary question(s) that collects identitybased information. The voluntary question(s) is on the Apply to Education application page for this position.

HWDSB is committed to providing accommodation throughout the recruitment and selection process based on any human rights protected grounds. If you require accommodation please notify us in advance at and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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