About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work setting: Child care centre.
Tasks
- Storytelling.
- Lead activities by telling or reading stories, teaching songs and taking children to local points of interest.
- Encourage children to express creativity through the media of art, dramatic play, music and physical activity.
- 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.
- Attend staff meetings to discuss progress and problems of children.
- Plan and organize activities for school-age children in child-care programs before and after regular school hours.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : Child development worker (ECE level 2).
- Personal suitability: Punctuality.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Flexibility.
- Interpersonal awareness.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Values and ethics.
- Creativity.
- Honesty.
- Ability to multitask.
- Screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Experience: 1 to less than 7 months.
Employment terms options: Day.
- Health benefits: Dental plan.
- Disability benefits.
- Health care plan.
- Other benefits: Free parking available.
- Learning/training paid by employer.
- Other benefits.
- Parking available.
- Support for youths: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.