DS-Plus Teacher (West)

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

THKMC was incorporated on 13 October 2011 as a charity to provide multiple social and welfare services to the community at large, and achieved an Institute of Public Character (IPC) status on 18 November 2011. THKMC is the charitable arm of Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society, which lives by the mission - To Serve Mankind - to help anyone who needs help regardless of their race, religion, colour, language, creed and culture. THKMC today serves more than 70,000 beneficiaries through more than 70 programmes across five Services, which include Disability, Early Intervention for Children, Family, Seniors' Community, and Therapy.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The DS-Plus Early Intervention Educator integrates a range of teaching and learning approaches and identifies new approaches to conduct lessons/activities for children in the preschool setting.

The key roles include:

• Providing chance for the children to reinforce skills like speech and language skills, socio-communication skills, fine and gross motor skills, literacy skills, and self-help skills in the preschool settings.
• Enriching childrens learning through implementing curriculum, and adapting and integrating developmentally appropriate teaching and classroom engagement strategies.
• Creating quality natural learning environment and facilitates children's development and learning in the preschool.
• Partnering with families and caregivers and coordinates with community stakeholders, and social service providers to support the delivery of Centre initiatives, programmes and services.
• Carrying out data collection for inquiry projects.
• Being thoughtful, calm and loves working with children and have strong interpersonal skills.
• Working in varied settings such as in Early Intervention Centre and/or preschools.
• Working in a transdisciplinary team in the course of his/her work.

Job Responsibilities:

Plan and implement curriculum and programmes

• Integrate a range of teaching and learning approaches to meet diverse needs of children with developmental needs
• Develop activity plans and teaching materials that are appropriate to use in preschool
• Adapt a range of developmentally appropriate materials and resources to create quality learning environment
• Review health, safety, nutritional and hygiene practices in accordance with standards and procedures
• Identify new teaching and learning or inclusive approaches to suit the profile of children that he/she is teaching
• Conduct EIPIC & preschool observation, Brigance screening and assessment of children's strengths and needs according to their developmental milestones
• Prepare DS-Plus timeline and IEP based on screening and observation outcomes and discuss with EIPIC team (for Step-down cases) and preschool teachers
• Prepare for the presentation of screening outcomes

Manage family and community programmes

• Identify learning strategies for family and community (i.e., preschool) programmes and initiatives
• Suggest strategies for family and community on child's needs, with trans-disciplinary team consultations
• Support or co-planning the development of outreach activities to create awareness on centre programmes and services
• Implement centre, family, and community initiatives and programmes

Uplift professional practice of early intervention teaching

• Engage in systematic reflective practice
• Support the implementation of new intervention methods, tools and assistive technologies based on emerging Early Intervention and sector trends
• Collect data for consolidation and refinement
• Support conceptualisation of inquiry projects
• Provide feedback on applicability of proposed teaching and intervention practices based on inquiry findings
• Share suggestions to improve DS-Plus processes

Deliver interventions

• Prepare children's e-files, reports (i.e., IEP, Weekly Progress Monitoring, Email updates, Transition Report, Discharge Report) and closure of cases
• Deliver interventions using appropriate methods, tools and assistive technologies to support learning under supervision
• Deliver approprate strategies/ activities at preschools using inclusive practices/ strategies supervision will be provided to ensure smooth delivery of intervention
• Implement appropriate classroom engagement strategies
• Track children's learning progress, goals and family priorities in coordination with other social service and healthcare professionals
• Write and submit reports (i.e., GCO summary, IEP, School Report, Discharge Report etc), update SSNet data in a timely manner

Collaborate with families and stakeholders across disciplines

• Partner with families and caregivers to enhance child and family outcomes
• Coordinate centre activities with teachers, support staff, volunteers, social service and healthcare professionals
• Coordinate with community stakeholders, volunteers and social service providers to support the implementation of programmes and services
• Conduct discussions or meetings (i.e., IEP meeting, Case Conferences, Joint-Meeting with Aops, etc) weekly review as a key worker
• Work in Transition Support workplan to improve Transition Support programme
• Co-plan activities with the preschool teachers to model the strategies
• Provide coaching to parents & preschool teachers to work on the strategies at home or in class
• Use HEART narratives

• Specialist Diploma in Early Childhood Intervention (Special Needs) (SDESN) or ADESN
• Degree or Diploma in Early Childhood Education, Special Education or related fields from recognized institutions

• 1 to 3 years of experience working with families and children in a preschool or early intervention setting
• Mature, independent, creative, flexible thinking and able to motivate children
• Good with people skills
• Able to work independently
• Has good understanding of the diverse cultures and races
• Has patience, love, passion, and commitment in the education of and nurturing young children and empowering the families
• Valid First Aid Certificate preferred
• Keen to develop professionally
• Successful incumbent will be required to travel around the West region (Choa Chu Kang/Pioneer)