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Educational Assistant (100%) – Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus -TERM Jobs in Ontario, Canada at Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB)
Title: Educational Assistant (100%) – Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus -TERM
Company: Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB)
Location: Ontario, Canada
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.
We are seeking creative, dynamic, committed educational leaders
To Join The Following Initiative
Educational Assistant – Project Search Team, Ottawa Hospital
100%, Term (10 month work year)
$29.45 to $32.95 per hour
Under the direction of the System Principal, Learning Support Services, the Educational Assistant is an integral member of the Project Search team and is responsible for the provision of support to students during their ten month internship at the Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus. The position involves dealing with confidential information and requires ongoing flexibility and variability. Responsibilities are varied, in collaboration with the Project Search Team and the Ottawa Hospital employees. The Educational Assistant will support students with mild intellectual disabilities learn job skills in a variety of departments at the hospital. There will be about one hour of class time per day and the remaining day will be the internships. The hours of the day are still to be determined but the length of the day will be 7 hours and 40 minutes.
Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will possess a community college diploma in Developmental Services Worker, Child and Youth Care/Worker, or equivalent, and a minimum of 1-2 years of related experience with school aged special needs children. Equivalent programs must be assessed by Employee Services staff.
Please ensure that you include copies of your diploma(s) and/or certificates that are applicable to the qualifications of an Educational Assistant.
Required Skills And Abilities
- DSW/CYW or equivalent
Job Skills Experience
- Autism/Developmental Disabilities experience
- Assistive Technology
- Behaviour Management Systems
- Computer Skills
Who Can Apply
In accordance with the Student Support Personnel's Collective Agreement, O.S.S.T.F. District 25, and further to Articles 23.04 and 23:07 qualified regular part-time employees are eligible to increase their status and apply to part-time term vacancies if it does not interfere with their regular assignment, subject to Article 13:03; (i.e. 30 minutes between assignments or travel time, whichever is greater, without impact on current part-time hours of work). Regular full-time employees are not eligible to apply for term vacancies
NOTE: As per the SSP Collective Agreement, Casual EAs currently in terms for the 2025/2026 school year that ends June 26, 2026 are not eligible to apply unless to increase status.
Salary
If a term assignment is less than the school year: $28.45 per hour + 4% vacation pay and eligibility for benefits
If the term assignment is for the full school year: $29.54 per hour and enrollment in the Board's term benefit plans (subject to terms of Collective Agreement)
Effective September 1, 2025, new regular and full year term Educational Assistants who are hired with at least four (4) years of related experience, as determined by the Employer, shall be placed at Step 4 of the salary grid.
This provision has no retroactive effect.
Application Process
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board uses Applytoeducation (ATE) to manage applications for job competitions. OCDSB employees can apply to this job posting using their existing ATE account. Please ensure your resume is in the Board approved format before submitting your application. A copy of the template can be found on SSP conference on GEM. External applicants will submit via applytoeducation.com by providing a cover letter and resume. Please clearly indicate on your resume your full-time and/or part-time regular work experience with school aged children.
Applications will be considered in accordance with the terms of the Student Support Professionals’ Collective Agreement and in accordance with Policy Equitable Recruitment, Hiring and Promotion.
Personal information gathered through the application process is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, RSO 1980, c302 (as amended), and will be used to determine the qualification for employment with the OCDSB. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Manager, Employee Services, 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean, Ontario K2H 6L3.
OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.
If you require accommodations at any point in the selection process, please send an email to [email protected] at any time.
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