Job Title: Early Childhood Assistant
Location: On-site (No remote work option available)
Job Type: Full-Time
Education:
- College, CEGEP, or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to 2 years
Experience:
- Experience required
Responsibilities:
- Assist co-workers with housekeeping and cooking duties
- Bathe, diaper, and feed infants and toddlers
- Maintain daycare equipment
- Support early childhood educators in implementing programs that promote children’s physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development
- Assist in keeping records
- Encourage children to express creativity through art, dramatic play, music, and physical activity
- Engage children in activities such as storytelling, teaching songs, and preparing crafts
- Guide and support children in developing proper eating, dressing, and toilet habits
- Prepare snacks and arrange rooms or furniture for lunch and rest periods
- Submit written observations on children to educators or supervisors
- Attend staff meetings to discuss children’s progress and any issues
- Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with co-workers and community service providers
- Plan and maintain an environment that ensures the health, safety, and well-being of children
- Supervise and care for children
Credentials:
- Child Development Assistant (ECE Level 1)
- Early Childhood Education (ECE) Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
Experience and Specialization:
- Target Audience: Children
Additional Information:
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Security and Safety: Criminal record check and vulnerable sector check required
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Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities:
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, and walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Benefits:
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Health Benefits:
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
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Financial Benefits:
- Life insurance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
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Other Benefits:
- Free parking available
- Employer-paid learning/training
- On-site daycare available
- Paid time off for volunteering or personal days
- Team building opportunities
- Variable or compressed work week