Education & Skills Coordinator

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If you are experienced in rehabilitation counselling and reintegration programs, this opportunity offers an excellent chance to make a difference in the lives of young persons in conflict with the law.

Please note: This position requires flexible working hours based on program requirements. Travel within the community as part of education reintegration planning is required.

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About the job

Within a systemic change and anti-racism organizational change context - valuing diversity, your role will include:
- Assisting with assessment of young persons in conflict with the law to identify educational reintegration needs
- Supporting therapeutic reintegration plans
- Facilitating the coordination, planning and development of individualized and/or group reintegration programs
- Fostering and maintaining relationships with school boards and community partners
- Providing skill-based programming such as vocational, technical trades, literacy support, school readiness, and other therapeutic reintegration activities
- Supervising volunteers engaged in reintegration activities
- Fostering a healthy and respectful work environment consistent with Ontario Public Service values and Code of Conduct
- Coordinating individual needs of youth off-site in collaboration with the Case Management Team.

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What you bring to the team

Your technical knowledge and abilities will include:

- Demonstrated knowledge of rehabilitation counseling principles, theories, and techniques
- Proven knowledge of reintegration theories and methodologies
- Ability to apply technical knowledge to establish education reintegration programs for a diverse population of young persons in conflict with the law
- Knowledge of reintegration programs, community resources, the business and industrial community and voluntary organizations
- Knowledge of youth justice system legislation, assessment tools and protocols to support programming and planning
- Knowledge of professional standards of therapeutic reintegration and rehabilitation disciplines
- Demonstrated sensitivity to cultural diversity and an understanding of issues related to workplace harassment and discrimination.

Your skills will include:

- Assessment and counseling skills to design effective, responsive individual education reintegration plans
- Analytical and professional reintegration and rehabilitation skills to determine the suitability of education reintegration activities
- Demonstrated skills in designing individual reintegration programs
- Programming skills to develop a broad range of reintegration activities
- Organization skills to monitor progress of a large number of clients
- Verbal communication and interpersonal skills to interact with youth in a tactful and sensitive manner
- Written communication skills to write plans, reports and other materials.

Mandatory requirements:

- Ability to work flexible hours based on program requirements; and able to travel within the community as part of education reintegration planning.

Note: A vulnerable sector CPIC is required for the successful candidate.

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Additional information:

Note:

• The successful candidate will be required to undergo a satisfactory criminal reference check prior to the commencement of employment.
• E-CF-48545/12

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.