Reporting to the Clinical Manager the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)/Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Support Worker will deliver child, youth and family centred service to children and youth with ASD/FASD and/or suspected ASD/FASD and their families by leading the development of a strengths-based support plan for children and youth with ASD/FASD or suspected ASD/FASD.
The Support Worker will be knowledgeable about ASD and will complement the current efforts of service providers within their community to provide screening and pre- and post-diagnostic support. They will connect children and youth with ASD, their families and service providers to interventions and supports including the Ontario Autism Program (OAP). This support will be delivered in a hybrid model, which will include both in-person and virtual services.
The support worker will work with the family, service providers and educators to build capacity for supporting the child/youth and identify strategies to meet the specific needs of the child/youth and family based on the best available evidence of FASD supports. The FASD workers will be knowledgeable about FASD and will complement the current efforts of service providers within their community to provide direct intervention support, collaboration and system navigation across multiple sectors, such as health, education, youth justice, community and social services, post-secondary, and employment and training. The worker will connect children and youth with FASD, their families and service providers to interventions and supports including those developed through the other components of the FASD Strategy.
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