Posted 2 days ago
Behavioral Assistant
@ BrightPath Kids Canada
Calgary, Alberta
Overview
BrightPath Kids Canada is hiring a full-time contract Behavioural Assistant at its Marlborough centre, paying $20 to $34 per hour with no evenings or weekends. The role supports children with individualized plans, behaviour strategies, and personal care needs, including helping children with emotional and behavioural regulation.
Pay:
$20–$34 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Assist students with individualized plans, including personal care and safety needs
- Implement behaviour support strategies directed by teachers
- Record observations and data on behavioural challenges
- Support children's emotional and behavioural regulation
- Help with routine personal care and daily living activities
Requirements summary:
- Educational Assistant certificate or related ECE certificate or diploma (Level 1 to 3)
- Training in preventative or de-escalating behaviour, or willingness to be certified
- One year of experience with challenging behaviour is an asset
- CPR/First Aid certification or willingness to obtain it is an asset
- Ability to remain calm and responsive under high stress
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Source type not verified · hirebridge
- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-05
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-11
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-06
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Social & community services |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | School, Care home |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | CPR/First Aid |
| Education | Trade certificate (required) |
| Fields of study | Educational Assistant, Early childhood education |
| Perks mentioned | Employee discount, Childcare |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
BrightPath Kids Canada
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 71 |
Center: Marlborough
Pay Range: $20.00 - $34.00 per hour
Job Type: Full-Time, Contract
Position type: Behavioural Assistant
No evenings or weekends!
Build your career in the early childhood education field and become a valued member of our team at BrightPath Kids! As a proud member of the Busy Bees global childcare community, we offer exceptional opportunities for your career to thrive. Join our diverse community of over 5,000 dedicated employees, and experience competitive pay and benefits, including a childcare discount. With our rapid growth, now is the perfect time to apply and shape an extraordinary future with us. Unleash your potential and join BrightPath!
Responsibilities Include
- Provides assistance to students as identified in their individualized plans including those students who require additional types of supports such as personal, medical care, lifts, transfers and safety needs
Implements and reinforces strategies as directed by the teacher(s) and identified in various child’s behaviour support plans.
Participates in collaborative planning meetings for child’s planning as requested
Actively promotes child’s learning, belonging and independence
Assists children with their emotional and behavioural regulation, including children who may display violent or aggressive behaviours in accordance with student plans.
Respects confidentiality and maintains privacy of information related to children and personnel.
Supports children with routine personal care activities and routines of daily living, including but not limited to toileting, lifts, transfers, movement, personal hygiene, eating, drinking, and feeding.
Education/Experience
- Educational Assistant Certificate or a certificate/diploma in a related field. ECE Level 1 - 3.
- Training in preventative/de-escalating behaviour, or willingness to become certified.
- Minimum one (1) year experience working with students with challenging behavior and applying positive behavior supports is considered and asset.
- CPR/First Aid Certification or willingness to become certified is considered an asset.
- An equivalent combination of Education and Experience may be considered
Knowledge and Skills
- Demonstrated ability to carry out the plans and directions of teaching staff to assist students.
Ability to build and maintain rapport with children and staff.
- Ability to adapt to dynamic situations, while successfully managing a high level of stress
- Ability to remain calm and responsive to students in highly elevated emotional states of dysregulation
- Ability to work effectively in collaborative team settings
- Demonstrated ability to deal with a variety of complex and sensitive issues professionally and in a timely manner
- Excellent multi-tasking, prioritization, and problem-solving skills
- Working knowledge of child development
Strong written and verbal communication skills
BrightPath Kids Corp is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, provincial, or local laws.
Journal
Only you can see this. Kept on this device, and in your account when you sign in.