About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
Work setting: Day care centre or nursery school.
Tasks
- Assess the children's development in order to prepare a learning plan tailored to his needs..
- Assist co-workers in housekeeping and cooking duties . Bathe, diaper and feed infants and toddlers.
- Develop and implement child-care programs that support and promote the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children.
- 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.
- Assist early childhood educators or supervisors in keeping records.
- Encourage children to express creativity through the media of art, dramatic play, music and physical activity.
- 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.
- Observe children for signs of potential learning or behavioural problems and prepare reports for parents, guardians or supervisor.
- Submit written observations on children to early childhood educators or supervisors.
- Discuss progress and problems of children at staff meetings.
- Establish guidelines for behaviour.
- Attend staff meetings to discuss progress and problems of children.
- Plan and maintain an environment that protects the health, security and well-being of children.
- Target audience: Children.
Security and safety: Criminal record check.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Manual dexterity.
- Personal suitability: Punctuality.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Judgement.
- Team player.
- Creativity.
- Ability to multitask.
- Screening questions: Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Day.
- Support for youths: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
- Support for Indigenous people: Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers .