About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. Work setting: Child care centre.
Tasks
- Assist co-workers in housekeeping and cooking duties . Maintain daycare equipment.
- Storytelling.
- Synthesize the overall situation of the children and communicate the information to the parents.
- Assist early childhood educators in carrying out programs that promote the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children.
- Lead activities by telling or reading stories, teaching songs and taking children to local points of interest.
- Order supplies and equipment.
- Assist early childhood educators or supervisors in keeping records.
- Engage children in activities by telling stories, teaching songs and preparing crafts.
- Guide and assist children in the development of proper eating, dressing and toilet habits.
- Prepare snacks and arrange rooms or furniture for lunch and rest periods.
- Submit written observations on children to early childhood educators or supervisors.
- Discuss progress and problems of children at staff meetings.
- Plan and maintain an environment that protects the health, security and well-being of children.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : First Aid Certificate.
Target audience: Children. Area of specialization: Pre-school education.
- Security and safety: Criminal record check.
- Medical exam.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Manual dexterity.
- Screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years.
- Other benefits: Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP).
- Learning/training paid by employer.
- On-site amenities.
- On-site daycare available.
- On-site housing options.
- On-site recreation and activities.
- Other benefits.
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days).
- Team building opportunities.
- Parking available.
- Support for persons with disabilities: Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.).
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities.
- Support for newcomers and refugees: Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.).
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
- Support for youths: Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
- Support for Indigenous people: Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers . Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers . Support for mature workers: Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination . Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities) . Provides workspace accommodations, such as age-appropriate ergonomic considerations, to meet the physical needs of mature workers (for example: adjustable desks and chairs, accessible parking, etc.) . Supports for visible minorities: Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees.
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.