Child and Youth Care Practitioner - PMCS - Term 2025 (87445)

Government of Nova Scotia; Port Maitland; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established educational institution is seeking a dedicated Child & Youth Care Practitioner to support students facing social and emotional challenges. This role involves collaborating with educators and families to create inclusive programs that promote student success. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in child and youth care practices and a commitment to fostering positive relationships. Join a team that values diversity and strives to make a meaningful impact in the lives of students. This position offers a unique opportunity to engage with the community and contribute to a nurturing educational environment.

Qualifications

• Completion of a diploma in Child & Youth Care required.
• Experience working with children and youth in educational settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with school teams to design evidence-based programs.
• Support students with social, emotional, and behavior issues.

Skills

Interpersonal Communication

Crisis Intervention

Behavioral Analysis

Social Emotional Learning

Education

Post-secondary diploma in Child & Youth Care

Membership in NS Child and Youth Care Workers’ Association

Tools

Current Technologies for Communication

Job description

INTERNAL APPLICANTS - CLICK HERE TO APPLY

Tri-County Regional Centre for Education

The Tri-County Regional Centre for Education (TCRCE) encompasses the three (3) Counties of Shelburne, Yarmouth, and Digby serving approximately 6100 students in twenty-two (22) schools, composed of 13Elementary Schools, 6 High Schools, 1 Middle School, and 2 Elementary/High Schools.

Regional Centres for Education have Employment Equity Policies and/or processes and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly people of African descent/ancestry and Mi’kmaw/Indigenous ancestry. Please ensure that you complete the self-identification portion on the position application.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS (mm,dd,yyyy): 05/16/2025 at 11:59pm.

Effective Dates (mm,dd,yyyy): 08/25/2025to 09/03/2026

Position Type: Term

Title: Child & Youth Care Practitioner (CYCP)

Reports to: Principal – Sept to June

Schools Plus Facilitator/Student Services Coordinator – July and August

School: Port Maitland Consolidated School

Description:

Within a needs based and inclusive approach, the Child and Youth Care Practitioner (CYCP) works with assigned students in schools and is responsible for collaborating with school teams to help design and carry out proactive, evidence based programming for students who have social, emotional and behavior issues. This may include:

• Working with students directly in education settings, identifying services for students who have difficulty coping in school/education settings
• Engaging in, and supporting effective connections and communications between the school, the families and other appropriate community agencies to meet student needs.
• Working collaboratively with families, administrators, classroom teachers, teacher assistants, SchoolsPlus, specialist staff, community based agencies, programs, services and supports.
• Assisting students to develop social skills and self-regulation through community based, recreation, summer and after school programs.

Qualifications:

• Completion of a post-secondary diploma or certificate such as Nova Scotia Community College: Child & Youth Care Practitioner Program diploma is required.
• The diploma or certificate includes study and practicums focused on: growth and development, relational child and youth care practices and ethics, principles of behavior, activity based interventions and observation skills.
• Experience working with children and youth in an educational setting is preferred.
• Membership in the NS Child and Youth Care Workers’ Association is an asset.
• Valid driver’s license.
• First Aid and CPR
• Nonviolent crisis intervention

Experience:

• Minimum of two years’ experience working with school aged children and youth is required.
• Experience working in an educational setting is preferred.
• Direct knowledge and experience of the community served is an asset.

Abilities / Competencies:

The Child and Youth Care Practitioner shall have the following competencies:

(a) The ability to establish proactive relationships with and provide appropriate interventions for vulnerable children and youth impacted by developmental trauma and or behaviour, social and mental health challenges.

(b) The ability to apply evidence informed interventions related to social emotional learning and culturally responsive pedagogy.

(c) The ability to apply knowledge of early childhood development as it relates to academic and social success through a multi-tiered support system (MTSS).

(d) The ability to collaboratively program plan to support academic and social success for students.

(e) The ability to apply effective mediation and conflict resolution strategies.

(f) The ability to work effectively in flexible work situations; i.e. visit homes when required to provide the link between the school and the home to support student success.

(g) The ability to utilize current technologies to support students experiencing self-regulation and communication challenges.

(h)The ability to work & communicate effectively with students.

(i) Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication skills.

(j) The desire and ability to engage in continuing education and professional development.

(k) The ability to maintain and promote confidentiality as the norm.

(l) The ability to work collaboratively with teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, specialists and others to support the implementation of appropriate interventions and programming for assigned students.

(m) Provide support to teacher assistants who work with students with identified needs.

(n) The ability to use approaches such as functional analysis of behavior.

(o) Coordinate and contribute to the effective implementation of strategies and good practices, such as a positive reinforcement system, visual schedule, movement breaks, etc.

(p) Contribute to building a healthy and safe school environment by supporting positive behaviors

(q) Maintain progressive files and notes for identified students.

This position does not follow the school calendar- 7 Hours per day - Monday to Friday

TO APPLY:

• Complete the online profile/resume - you can attach a resume to your profile, security checks, and reference letters if applicable.In the profile ensure you fill in all areas with a red asterisk * to avoid errors even if it doesn't pertain to your application.
• Ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certificates.
• Ensure to upload all post secondary education diploma/certificates.

(Please note : Three (3) references from Immediate Supervisors required - failure to include your references will cause delay in processing your application, also you should include email addresses for your references, this will speed up the process, ensure they know to check their junk/spam folders).

Once You've Applied:

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.A notification email will be sent when the position has been filled. Ensure to check your junk/spam folders.

SECURITY CHECKS:

The Tri-County Regional Centre for Educationrequires that allnewly hiredemployees provide a satisfactory Child Abuse Register Check andCriminal Record / Vulnerable SectorChecks. If you have current security checks less than 3 months oldyou can attach these checks to your profile / resume, otherwise, you will receive instructions once a decision has been made on your application.

For more information about the TCRCEvisit our website athttps://www.tcrce.ca/