HT ILP-6: Educational Assistant, Independent Living Program (ILP)
HT ILP-6: Educational Assistant, Independent Living Program (ILP)
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Not Disclosed
Salary Not Disclosed
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Position: HT ILP-6: Educational Assistant EA 4 Independent Living Program (ILP)
Location: Holy Trinity High School
Hours/Week: 25-31 Hours per week
Start Date: ASAP
Closing Date: September 3 2025
Job Reference: HTI6-
The Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is looking for a full-time Educational Assistant in High School as part of our Independent Living Program (ILP).
Qualifications:
Educational Assistant Certificate or Diploma
First Aid and CPR Certification Level C
Able to swim on a regular basis
Requirements:
Support students growth in the areas of cognition communication physical and social development
Support and/or implement teacher directed programming
Work collaborative under guidance of teacher CST and members of a multi-disciplinary team
Implement behaviour management and educational strategies that facilitate student learning
Communicate effectively with students using age appropriate positive reinforcements and/or school specific behaviour strategies
Observe student behaviour with focus on achieving positive behavioural/educational outcomes and mitigate/prevent negative ones
Provide high level of structure to facilitate completion of required learning outcomes
Provide support in use of adaptive and learning technologies using a variety of devices and associated programs
Successful implement the Positive Behaviour Plan(PBP) if required
Manage student behaviour using strategies learned through NVCI certification (Specific requirement only)
Able to work with students with Autism or complex medical needs
Medical procedures such as catheter tube feeding feeding and swallowing support diabetic texting monitoring and regulating etc.
Swim program ability to swim in 25 meters
Ability to work with electronic devices and programs for speech and nonverbal communication
Physically handle and transfer students when unsafe
Physical ability to life and move students
Provide school directed indoor and outdoor student supervision
Employee is expected to work with behaviours related/associated with conduct obsessive/compulsive trauma and stress related severe chronic depressive feeding and/or eating disorders etc. Other behaviours related to ADHD emotional/behavioural learning and speech & language-related disabilities etc may be encountered.
The successful candidate will be required to provide a Criminal Reference Check and a Vulnerable Sector Check. FMCSD will contact past and present employers for references. All FMCSD employees are expected to be computer literate; this includes fluency with e-mail Internet and MS Office.
Only those applications submitted and received by 4:00pm on the closing date will be considered for this position. We thank all applicants for their interest.
Please submit resumes to with the job reference number in the subject line.
Employment Type
Full-Time
