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About the Role
The Children’s Education Facilitator develops and provides educational programming, academic support, and recreational activities to promote resilience, stability, and positive social and emotional development in children and youth clients, including supporting their caregivers. This role designs age-appropriate programs aligned with trauma-informed practice principles.
Responsibilities
- Foster and maintain a trauma-informed, respectful, and inclusive environment.
- Facilitate activities and programs for Client caregivers to increase capacity to respond to their children’s post-trauma needs.
- Support facilitating age-appropriate activities and programs for NYWS’ children and youth Clients to promote positive social and emotional development.
- Foster diversity, equity, and inclusion by considering diverse cultures, physical abilities, neurodiversity, and lived experiences.
- Support facilitating programming in age-appropriate ways using a blend of individual and group learning experiences.
- Adapt facilitation and delivery to accommodate diverse needs, interests, and abilities of participants.
- Support children’s positive social skill development by empowering their caregivers to model clear communication and constructive conflict resolution.
- Support caregivers to stimulate curiosity in their children to support intellectual growth and foster a sense of achievement.
- Provide to caregivers, children and youth, including group interactions that foster safety, trust, and well-being.
- Provide individualized attention as needed to both adults and children.
- Recognize and de-escalate challenging situations in a trauma-informed manner.
- Notify leadership of any supplies or equipment needed to support programming.
- Prepare program spaces and materials before activities and ensure program areas are cleaned, organized, and restored following each shift.
- Follow protocols for safety and security and proactively identify and report safety and operational concerns.
- Maintain accurate and consistent program documentation including incident reports, key performance indicators/ metrics.
- Demonstrate professional conduct that aligns with NYWS's values and provides safety, support, and empowerment for Clients.
- Collaborate with the Programs and Services team to support areas where children and youth may need additional support.
- Support caregivers to encourage both academic and character growth.
- Design and follow a full schedule of activities and identify suitable learning material.
- Support caregivers to address inappropriate behavior in a respectful and inclusive manner.
- Empower and educate parents and caregivers; help them formulate appropriate Individual Education Plan goals, accommodations, modifications, behavior plans, and identify appropriate related services.
- Facilitate homework clubs and assist in children and youth’s homework completion.
- Uphold confidentiality of all Clients and staff.
- Attend and participate in additional team building, training, and community outreach projects as required.
- Support NYWS in remaining current and active in harm reduction policy development and community advocacy.
- Collaborate closely with staff to ensure continuity of care and consistent, high-quality support for children and youth.
- Proactively uphold our principles of trauma-informed practice.
- Additional duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Completed or currently enrolled in the last year of post-secondary education in Early Childhood Education Child Development and/or hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Child Development, Education, and Family and Social Services.
- Experience and/or training in designing and implementing programs and activities for parents to support children and youth.
- 2-3 years of experience working in adult programming, summer camps, after-school programs, recreational programs, or similar child and youth-focused and multicultural environments.
- Working knowledge of community services and resources and how to access them.
- In-depth knowledge of child development milestones and understanding of best practices in early childhood learning and development.
- Experience and/or training in trauma-informed care or mental health.
- Have or are willing to provide a satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Check (PVSC) with future checks.
- Completed CPR Level C and First Aid certifications.
- Superb written and oral communication skills and ability to tailor communication style to children and youth, caregivers, and staff.
- Excellent organization and time management skills.
- Strong knowledge and experience with harm reduction, anti-racist/anti-oppression strategies and trauma informed practice.
- Current CPR and First Aid training.
- Satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Checks (PVSC).
- Experience working with survivors of violence and their dependents (asset).
- Experience working with adults, children and youth who have witnessed intimate partner violence and/or situations of violence (asset).
- Fluency with speaking and/ or writing in additional languages (asset).
Skills
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office tools e.g., Outlook and Word.
- Ownership for tasks and strong work ethic.
- Excellent professional and empathetic communication skills.
- Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.
- Able to document and take comprehensive notes.
- Able to work effectively independently as well as part of a team.
- Commitment to understanding and working from an intersectional feminist, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive lens.
- High degree of confidentiality and discretion.
- Able to work under pressure and in crisis situations.
- Comfortable working in a pet-friendly environment.
Location
- Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Shelter
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 2-3 years
Education Level
- Post-secondary education in Early Childhood Education Child Development
- Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
- Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development
- Bachelor’s Degree in Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Family and Social Services
About the Company
- This role operates in a Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Shelter which provides client services inclusive of adults, children, youth, and houses pets (dogs and cats).