POSTED: March 12, 2025 | CLOSES: March 26, 2025
POSITION: Supported Child Development Consultant/Worker
SALARY RANGE: Commensurate with Qualifications and Experience as per the NCFS Wage Matrix
SUPERVISOR: Family Support Services Manager
HOURS: 35 hours per week | TERM: Full-Time or part time for student enrolled in relevant education | LOCATION: New Aiyansh, BC
JOB SUMMARY:
The program assists families with children that may have a developmental delay or extra support needs. Consultant / Worker collaborates and works with Head Start / Day Care programs and their families to develop inclusive principles and practices to enhance children’s experience and development, with strong cultural focus. The SCD Consultant/ Worker primary functions is to identify appropriate and individualized plan of care for the child and caregiver. This capacity will also provide mentorship and support to co-workers. Travel to the four villages will be required.
DUTIES:
- Conduct informal and formal child and family assessments using a variety of culturally sensitive methods and testing techniques;
- Identify risk categories and corresponding domains (gross and fine motor, social and emotional, language and cognitive) where developmental delay is or is at risk of occurring in the child;
- Responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of an individual service plan for children with support and agreement from their families and care givers; Assist families and child care givers to identify the potential developmental risk or delays in children; Solicit agreement and support from the families and caregivers of children requiring interventions;
- To develop culturally appropriate individual child intervention plans with families and childcare service providers.
- Ensure the coordination of specialized services; medical, social, educational or other, through joint intervention plan development and frequent case conferencing with those professionals;
- Responsible to review and evaluate children’s response and progress to service interventions and make adjustment, when necessary in collaboration with involved community professional and the child’s family/extended family;
- Analyze, assess and identify the need for other professionals specializing in specific infant development roles, function and services as may be required by the child; Provide information and education to care giver agencies, coworkers and Nisga’a communities regarding the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of child developmental delays and associated physical, mental and emotional conditions.
- Determine eligibility and levels of support that the service can provide;
- Responsible to conduct developmental screening and assessments. Assist families in selecting appropriate child care settings of their choice;
- Coordinate services to ensure the best supports are being provided for the child and their family;
- Required to complete internal and external reporting;
- Ability to prioritize, organize and manage a complex workload;
- Knowledge of Nisga’a cultural practices, ceremonies, values and beliefs;
- Knowledge of all areas of child development;
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE:
- Early Childhood Education Diploma or related degree and/or ECE Certificate and Special Needs Certificate; or proof of relevant certification or enrollment in similar or relevant field of study
- Minimum 2 years employment in a child care setting;
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Ability to develop and maintain a warm, caring, responsive relationship with the child.
- Ability to establish and maintain supportive, collaborative relationships with families and setting staff.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to maintain a positive, professional, non-judgmental attitude
- Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position
OTHER:
- 3 recent work related references will be required;
- Valid BC Class 5 Drivers License with current abstract
- Successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check.
Applicants are required to submit resume with cover letter describing their qualifications and experience prior to 5:00 pm March 26, 2025.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for interview will be contacted. Please be advised social media checks are part of the recruiting process.
ALL RESUME PACKAGES MAY BE DIRECTED TO:
Nisga’a Lisims Government
Attention: Human Resource Department
P.O. BOX 231, New Aiyansh, BC, V0J 1A0
Email: hr@nisgaanation.ca
