KAILEE STEFURA
Winnipeg,MB
Summary
Skilled Educational Assistant with background in diverse educational settings. Successfully facilitated learning environments and implemented individualized education plans. Strengths include exceptional communication, patience, and understanding of various teaching methodologies. Made significant impact by fostering inclusive classrooms and aiding student growth.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Educational Assistant
Development Need of children and Youth
01.2013 - Current
- Familiar with the developmental, educational emotional, social and recreational needs of children and youth
- Supervise one on one with student encouraging, and facilitating inclusion within the classroom environment, interacting with others.
- Develop awareness of each child's individual educational physical, spiritual, and social needs and actively promote these on behalf of the child.
- Teach children problem solving, conflict resolution and communication skills
- Recognize stages of escalation in children and provide body breaks to deescalate situation
- Communicate between teachers, administration staff and parent/guardian to ensure consistency of goals and learning.
- Create and maintain detailed progress documentation
- Implement strategies such as planned daily activities, coordinate treatment interventions, structured environments, and organize recreational and social teaching activities.
Respite/Support Worker
CFS Agencies, Currently with Marymound Child and Family Services
01.2010 - Current
- Supervise visitations with families
- Provide respite services for a Child diagnosed with Special Needs/Behaviour
- Written and oral communication between agency and foster family.
- Provided transportation for youth in care to home visits, usually to The Pas, MB.
- Assisted Social workers with emergency placement of children/youth
- Socially and emotionally supportive with parents/family members
- Maintained written running logs
- Assisted in life skills, basic cooking, laundry, grocery shopping
Youth Care Worker
Marymound - Alternatives Locked Unit
11.2012 - 05.2013
- Develop relationships with staff members and youth.
- Interact with residents in a one-to-one or group setting.
- Maintain written running log, and written individual logs for residents.
- Assisted staff on outings with residents.
- Encourage youth to make positive choices.
- Engaged youth in activities which were developmentally appropriate.
Education
Child and Youth Care program -
Red River Polytech College
Winnipeg, MB01.2014
Youth Care Worker -
Marymound - Alternatives Locked Unit
Winnipeg, MB05.2013
Skills
- Excellent personal motivation with a proven ability to build and work independently as well as collaboratively in a strong team environment
- Well developed skills in prioritizing, organization, decision making, time management, and verbal/written communication skills
- Office experience, filing, data entry and other office duties
- Strong computer skills in Microsoft Word and internet, Excel
- Exercise discretion and tact in sensitive and confidential situations
- Previous experience working with level 5 youth
- Provided documentation to the social worker for the CIC's case files
- A motivated self-starter, able to quickly grasp issues, and attends to detail
- Focused, versatile, dependable, multi-task oriented, flexible, positive, emotionally stable, and able to adapt effectively to challenging and emergency situations
- Actively committed towards professional growth and advancement through participation in training, workshops
- Student supervision
- Team collaboration
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Educational Assistant
Development Need of children and Youth
01.2013 - Current
Youth Care Worker
Marymound - Alternatives Locked Unit
11.2012 - 05.2013
Respite/Support Worker
CFS Agencies, Currently with Marymound Child and Family Services
01.2010 - Current
Child and Youth Care program -
Red River Polytech College
Youth Care Worker -
Marymound - Alternatives Locked Unit
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