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ID: 159815
Full-Time • Live-Out

Autism Child Care Worker

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Active: More than a month ago

Looking for a child care worker who has some experience with Autistic kids, to spend time with and care for a 13 year old boy with Autism, who is very verbal but is challenged by anxiety and does not go to school. ***This is a great opportunity for a student or recent grad who wants to learn more skills and get additional trainings (which will be paid for) in the areas of Autism and the best ways to work with children with emotional regulation challenges and anxiety. Care worker will have the opportunity to learn about emotional regulation, connection based approaches to helping a child develop skills and sensory based approaches. Days: Monday to Friday Time: 10am to 4 or 5pm (or at least 5 hours/day) Pay: $20-30/hour depending on experience Daily duties: *spend time with child, talking and building the relationship *help child engage in daily life skills such as brushing teeth, taking a shower, washing hair (child has low tone and fine/gross motor delays) *prepare snacks with child and eat together *help child with emotional regulation challenges by using mindful techniques to bring awareness and help the child regulate emotions (videos/readings will be provided to learn how to do this) *help child engage in fun activities that he would like to do by introducing ideas of what you can do together (child enjoys baking and animals) *spend time together with child's pet Guinea pig and feed and care for the animal *help child to go outside, go for walks and do physical activity Requirements: *Child needs someone who is very calm, relaxed and is focused on building the relationship and helping the child feel safe and connected. *Can be an ECE or have other experience helping and teaching Autistic kids *Can also be a University/ECE student who can work full days (or at least 5 hours/day). *Must be passionate about working with special needs kids and perhaps is working towards a career in this area *Is fun, has a good sense of humour and a calm demeanour and calm voice/way of talking *Must be open to learning new ways to help the child by reading and listening to videos provided by parent to learn about strategies to work with the child and help child develop (will be paid for learning time too) *Must be comfortable with animals or love animals as child loves animals very much *Must be willing to commit for 1 year *Must have background criminal check done before hired

Salary $20/hour
30 - 40 hours/week
Schedule
Desired start date immediately
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Age of the child(ren)
Number of children in the family: 1
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1-2 years
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3-5 years
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6-9 years
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over 10 years
Additional requirements
Have carFamily can provide car for use on the job
Active: More than a month ago • Member since: January 2019

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