Feeding Assistant - Crystal Bay Centre for Special Education

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best. We are seeking a creative, dynamic, and committed professional to join our team as: Feeding Assistant, Casual $17.20 per hour Hours of Work: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, Monday to Friday Duties: -supporting students achieve independent eating skills/habits -assisting with eating (I.e. hand over hand support) -dressing or undressing assistance for outdoor play after lunch -setting up a child for a successful eating opportunity by providing food in an appropriate order that meets the student needs *Please note enhanced health and safety measures have been implemented.* Qualifications Feeding Assistants require the ability to act quickly to emergencies and must possess good communication and interpersonal skills. Breakfast monitors must be able to use tact, diplomacy and discretion in interactions within the school community. First Aid and Behaviour Management Systems (BMS) training would be assets. Additional Comments: As a condition of employment, all new employees will be required to submit a Police Record Check for the Vulnerable Sector that was completed within the last six (6) months. All newly hired employees will be required to complete Ministry mandated training and Health and Safety training prior to their start date with the OCDSB. Personal information gathered through the application process is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, RSO 1980, c302 (as amended), and will be used to determine the qualification for employment with the OCDSB. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Manager, Human Resources, 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean, Ontario K2H 6L3. OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity. If you require accommodations at any point in the selection process, please send an email to [email protected] at any time. EDUCATING FOR SUCCESS - BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES TOGETHER