Attendant for Handicapped Students -NFSB2026-027-162

New Frontiers School Board; Quebec; On-site; CAD 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PAÉE program participation

Accommodation measures on request

Job summary

New Frontiers School Board in Quebec seeks attentive Attendants for Handicapped Students to help participation in school activities, support mobility, and ensure safety and well‑being according to individualized education plans.

You will work closely with teachers, provide daily living assistance, supervise during breaks, and document observations for team planning; bilingual abilities and a cooperative spirit are essential.

Qualifications

• Hold a DVS in assistance to patients or residents in health care establishments.
• Secondary V School Diploma or equivalent.
• One year of experience in areas requiring self‑discipline, psychology concepts and human relations skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist handicapped students with mobility and daily activities.
• Support hygiene, meals, dressing and comfort as needed.
• Supervise recess, meals, nap and recreation; assist with safety in transport and pool.
• Record observations and communicate needs to teachers and staff.

Skills

Working with children

Challenging behaviors experience

Special needs children

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Bilingual

Education

DVS in health care assistance

Secondary V / equivalent diploma

Job description

Attendants for Handicapped Students

NATURE OF WORK

The principal and customary work of an employee in this class of employment consists in assisting handicapped students in participating in activities related to their schooling. He or she assists a student in moving from one location to another, ensures his or her well‑being, hygiene, and safety according to the instructions received in keeping with the individualized education plan.

CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS

The employee in this class of employment assists the student in moving from one location to another; he or she guides his or her wheelchair, helps him or her to change position and, if necessary, to transfer to another chair. For his or her added comfort, he or she helps him or her drink and eat during snacks and meals and, if necessary, reheats foods; helps him or her get dressed and undressed. He or she ensures his or her personal hygiene; he or she helps him or her wash; he or she helps him or her in the washroom; if necessary, he or she changes his or her diaper and washes him or her. He or she ensures his or her safety when getting off and on vehicles.

He or she assists teachers in conveying to students’ basic concepts regarding cleanliness, dressing, drinking, and eating. He or she helps students to use or, handles for them, the materials, and objects necessary for preparing and carrying out pedagogical and student activities. He or she may be required to accompany a student to physiotherapy, occupational therapy or body and muscle relaxation sessions. He or she records observations concerning a student’s needs and behavior and may be required to inform teachers, parents and other designated staff members and give his or her advice on the measures specified in the individualized education plan concerned.

He or she supervises students during recess, meal periods, naptime and recreation time and accompanies them to the pool. He or she helps them to understand and respect school rules.

If necessary, he or she administers medication according to medical requirements and the school policy in effect and to the parents’ instructions; he or she administers first aid. He or she takes the necessary measures to help the student calm down following a crisis while ensuring his or her own safety and that of others.

He or she washes and, if necessary, disinfects articles of clothing, dinnerware, tables, esthetic devices, and material used for student activities. He or she may be required to use a computer and the various software needed to perform his or her duties. If need be, he or she performs any other related task.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Hold a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS) in assistance to patients or residents in health care establishments, a Secondary V School Diploma or a diploma or an attestation of studies recognized as equivalent by the competent authority and have one (1) year of pertinent experience in those areas requiring self-discipline, general concepts in psychology and human relations skills.

BOARD REQUIREMENTS

• Working with children. (K4 Support)
• Experience working with severe challenging behaviors.
• Working with special needs children.
• Working with teaching staff and pedagogy.
• Positive interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a team setting.
• Bilingual.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Hold a certificate dated no more than three (3) years attesting to the successful completion of:

1. a standard first aid course of a minimum eight (8) hour duration.
2. a refresher course of a minimum six (6) hour duration updating the skills acquired in the course mentioned in paragraph 1

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Experience working with non-verbal students with ASD
• Experience working with children with social & emotional behaviours
• VIT Training an asset.

WORK SCHEDULE

Monday to Friday 07:45-14;45

La Commission scolaire New Frontiers souscrit à un Programme d’accès à l’égalité en emploi (PAÉE). Les candidatures des femmes, des minorités visibles, des minorités ethniques, des personnes autochtones et des personnes handicapées sont encouragées. Des mesures d’adaptation sont disponibles sur demande tout au long du processus de recrutement et de sélection. Les personnes ayant besoin d’une mesure d’adaptation sont invitées à indiquer leurs besoins dans le cadre du processus de recrutement.

The New Frontiers School Board is committed to employment equity and participates in an Employment Equity Program (PAÉE). Applications from women, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, Indigenous peoples, and persons with disabilities are encouraged. Accommodation measures are available upon request throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants requiring accommodation are invited to indicate their needs through the recruitment process.

Le Service des ressources humaines - Human Resources Department