The Family Resource Centres (FRC) are currently seeking a Senior Family Resource Coordinator – Calgary region
Autism Calgary Association is excited to expand our team! We are looking for a creative and passionate individual who enjoys collaborating with others, and making a difference in the community working through our local activities supporting Autism Alberta’s Family Resource Centres.
Autism Alberta’s Family Resource Centres provide a range of services and supports that focus on strengthening parenting and caregiving knowledge, social support, coping and problem-solving skills, access to community supports and resources, improving child and adult development, building resiliency, and fostering well-being.
Job overview: This full-time peer support position provides emotional support, information, referrals, and system navigation to individuals and families living with Autism and other disabilities. They are a community resource to help parents, caregivers and individuals with disabilities navigate services and support in order to access the social, educational, therapeutic, and other supports they require for a successful, meaningful life.
Responsibilities:
- Connect directly with individuals and families living with disabilities, over the phone/virtually, through email, and in-person to provide them with emotional support, information, referrals, and system navigation related to their disability needs.
- Assist in goal setting, planning, and implementation of services under a Family Managed Service Agreement through the FSCD and PDD programs.
- Help to co-facilitate support groups.
- Enter case file information into the organizations’ internal database system.
- Help to keep resource listings up to date (both online and print materials).
- Work as part of a team to develop, maintain and enhance community resource manuals and documents.
- Coordinate programs and services with the Autism Calgary Family Support team, a provincial virtual Family Resource Centre network, and other province wide partners.
- Liaise with resource providers in the community.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Communication skills, both written and oral, that align with the task of effectively supporting a neurodiverse population.
- Direct understanding, acceptance, and respect of the lived experience of autism and other disabilities is required.
- An understanding of mental health challenges is an asset.
- Familiarity with disability-related services in Alberta, including Family Managed Services under the FSCD and PDD programs, is important.
- Must work well with different teams, and be willing to collaborate and help with duties or projects outside of the regular job responsibilities, where needed.
- Familiarity and comfort working with a computer and online virtual technologies, including GSuite and MS Office Products.
- Post-secondary education or equivalent training in a related field is beneficial.
- Access to a home office/work space and a reliable internet connection.
Autism Calgary Association will provide the right candidate a competitive salary commensurate with experience and education, alongside flexibility in schedule and a family-like team environment. The position is a combination of virtual work and in-person work at the Calgary office. The contract is temporary (for a 12-month period), with the possibility of extension based on funding.
Please send your cover letter and resume to by Monday, April 18th, 2022 at midnight MST. Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Autism Calgary is excited to announce that we’re expanding our team! We are looking for a part time Adult Support Worker who enjoys collaborating with others and making a difference in the community, to help us part-time for a 12-month period. This role will be serving within Autism Calgary’s Family Support Program, reporting to the Family Support Coordinator.
We’re happy to announce the 2021 Autism Calgary Holiday Party! This will take place on December 20th at Trico Centre for Family Wellness, and will feature ice skating, meeting Santa, and lunch (included in ticket price). To register, visit https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/autism-calgary-association/events/2021-autism-calgary-holiday-party/.
Please note that Trico adheres to the REP Restriction Exemption (attendants over age 12 must be fully vaccinated, and all participants must be masked, unless a medical exemption is provided).
We are currently seeking a part-time Office Associate
Autism Calgary is excited to expand our team! We are looking for an individual who is comfortable with a wide range of office responsibilities, enjoys collaborating with others, and wants to make a difference in the community. This part-time role (~20 hours/week) involves working within Autism Calgary’s operations team, reporting to the Executive Director. The contract is temporary (for a 12-month period of employment) with the possibility of an extension based on funding. Hourly wage will be commensurate with the applicant’s experience and education.
Autism Calgary is a non-profit association of individuals and families living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) striving to assist each other and the broader community, so that those with ASD live meaningful and purposeful lives in a community that values them.
Are you thinking of moving to Calgary and wondering what the ASD-related services are like in this city? Autism Calgary gets a lot of inquiries from families that are pondering this very question. Below, we’ve gathered a lot of answers to the questions we commonly get from people thinking of or preparing to move to Calgary; some of them are about Alberta’s disability support systems, and others have to do with Calgary in particular. The below resources are divided between Children and Youth (to help those on the spectrum under the age of 18) and Adults (for those 18 and older).
Join us for an upcoming virtual presentation, once monthly, Tuesdays 10:30am – 12:15pm. Register here!
More resources can be found on the Resources & Information section of our website. These are lists of various third-party (not offered directly by Autism Calgary) supports and services available to those in the Calgary area, covering a wide variety of needs. We also have some links to ASD organizations in other Alberta regions/cities at the bottom of the page, for those who may not have decided where in Alberta they’ll choose to live.
For further support, or if you have questions not answered on this page, please contact our Family Support Team at
School’s out and summer’s here, and a lot of kids are looking forward to summer camp. Since things have been a bit topsy-turvy with the pandemic, we’ve put together a list of what ASD-friendly camps will be running this year, with information about what ages they’re for and what accommodations they have.
Note that this is by no means a complete listing of all community resources, nor can we vouch for each organization. This is just a listing of some available opportunities. The second section (starting on page 5) will include services that are less disability-oriented, but may still accept participants on a case-by-case basis. Those are more interest-oriented, for those who need fewer accommodations and might want more thematic activities. Let’s have the best summer we can!
2021 Summer Camps & Activities (PDF)
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As part of our celebration of World Autism Awareness Month, The Autism Aspergers Friendship Society and Autism Calgary are hosting a drive in movie night to foster a sense of community even though we can not be together right now!
Join us on May 1st, 2021 at 8:00 for the outdoor showing of the movie Inside Out!
Alberta Health Restrictions will be strictly followed.
We are also working on a Virtual Option for those unable to travel to the Drive In.
Thank you to Sentinel Storage for the support of this event!!!
Community Relations Coordinator
Join the Autism Calgary staff team!
This diverse and highly collaborative role requires an individual with non-profit experience who is prepared to aide a burgeoning grass roots association both behind the scenes as well as on the front lines. 12-18 month maternity leave coverage required.