Part Time, Contract (September 2025-June 2026)

Hours of Work: Evenings and Weekends

Do you have experience working with individuals with Autism in a respite or recreational setting and want to empower our clients to fully participate in their communities? If so, we encourage you to apply.

The Role:

Shift Leaders provide direct support to Children, Youth and Adults in addition to providing functional support and coaching to staff, students and volunteers on shift.

What your Day Looks Like:

• Support children, youth, and adults with ASD to participate in an in-Centre and community-based respite setting

• Support staff in providing direct care to the participants which includes: support with personal care (including toileting), programming, ensuring health and safety at all times

• Support participants in engaging in a variety of interactive scheduled activities that support both recreational and individualized goals. Community outings can include but are not limited to: swimming, movie theatres, museums, events, traveling on the TTC, etc. Implementation of crisis management techniques where necessary using Crisis Prevention and Intervention

• Responsible for the health and safety of the client at all times. This includes but not limited to:

• Reviewing, and retaining specific client information/protocols (and GCA policies)

• Able to support and monitor all aspects related to the client who may require assistance with basic activities of daily living

• Able to successfully engage clients in the community and address and/or de-escalate potential concerns from community omembers during outings

• Attention and judgment is required when in the community to be able to respond to client behaviours (ie., elopement)

• Implementation of crisis management techniques where necessary using Crisis Prevention and Intervention

• Group Management which includes: providing breaks for staff members, taking attendance, parent communication, providing feedback and collaborating with Shift Leader team

• Program planning which includes: client documentation, activity planning, outing planning, team building planning, staff pairings

• Ensure adequate materials (i.e., visual aids, programming materials, etc.) are available and ready for use each shift for staff team

• Complete daily progress reports on each participant and other documentation, as required

• Maintain regular contact with the Supervisor/Team Leads regarding all issues pertaining to the program.

• Maintain a clean and organized work/office area

What you Bring to the Role:

• Completion of secondary school and a minimum of 1 year working experience providing direct support to children, youth or adults with ASD
• University/college education in a relevant discipline strongly preferred
• Understanding of the principles of applied behaviour analysis
• Demonstrated problem solving and crisis management skills
• Experience with managing challenging behaviours using Crisis Prevention Intervention techniques.
• Valid CPR Level C Certification
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Excellent leadership skills
• Be reliable, dependable and adaptable.
• Satisfactory current Vulnerable Sector Check and Criminal Records Check

Working Conditions:

• Challenging client behaviours including aggression and self-injurious behaviours
• Use of CPI (training is provided)
• Loud environment
• Must be able to lift up to 50lbs

Salary: $26.50/hour + 4% vacation

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Geneva Centre for Autism is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organization in which values, behaviours, systems and structures are in place to facilitate equal access to service and employment. We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Accommodation

Geneva Centre for Autism is also committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities during the recruitment, assessment and selection process. Please notify us if you require accommodation in respect of the materials or procedures used at any time during this process. If you require an accommodation, Geneva Centre for Autism will work with you to determine how to meet your needs.

Interested applicants are invited to submit a cover letter and resume n to:

Human Resources

careers@autism.net

Please quote Job #31.25

We thank all applicants for their interest however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.