MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

• College certification from a recognized educational facility and/or equivalent training, education and working experience in a child related field.
• Current First Aid, CPR and Crisis Prevention Intervention and/or Behaviour Management Training or equivalent.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Your background and experience enables you to meet the following requirements:

• Experience working with students who are deaf;
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate effective social/recreational/leisure programs geared to meet the needs of deaf students;
• Knowledge of relevant legislation/policies/procedures/guidelines/practices that address student care and safety;
• Excellent communications skills to communicate effectively with students, parents, staff and other professionals in English and American Sign Language (ASL);
• Sound judgment and problem solving skills;
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team;
• Willingness and ability to work shifts and on-call hours as required.

DON’T MEET EVERY QUALIFICATION?

If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the “position(s) language” section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you’ll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Please refer the Job description for details