Instructor of persons with disabilities (NOC: 4215)

Job title: Instructor of persons with disabilities (NOC: 4215)

Start date: As soon as possible

Working hours: 40 hours per week from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Entitled 1hour break). Or if the scheduled varies by day, requires to standby for night shift.

Salary: $22.91/h

Employment type: Permanent, Full-time

Vacancy: 1

Work location: Edmonton AB, Canada 

Responsibilities include:

• Assess the individual in areas such as physical limitations, orientation, and mobility, cognitive, social, and emotional skills/barriers in the natural environment.

• Develop individualized education, or care plans based on special needs of the client to facilitate her readaptation and independent living objectives/goals.

• Instruct person with daily/weekly therapeutic activities, such as hydrotherapy, oral placement therapy, recreational therapy and others.

• Assist individual with disabilities and family in the use of rehabilitative techniques, wheelchairs, and other devices designed to maximise clients' independence and potential.

• Collaborate with specialists, such as occupational therapist, speech-language pathologist, nutritionist, physiotherapist and doctor to develop the programs for the client's needs.

• Set up and maintain the operating or job-related equipment.

But are not limited to,

• Use of assisted technology to feed the client
• Assist the individual in self-help skills.
• Assist to turn, lift or position the individual.
• Assist to support the individual at the therapy, or treatment appointments.

Qualification

 Experience:

1. Preferred special education background.
2. Experience in hydrotherapy, structured teaching, and adapted physical education trainings.
3. 3 to 5 years of related work experience

Education:

Completion of a college program in special education, rehabilitation, orientation and mobility, intellectual disability is required.

If you meet all of the above requirements, please submit your resume at ktin@shaw.ca . Only qualified candidates will be contacted. Thank you.