Childcare Assistant

**Requisition ID**: 357577

**Position Number**: 20067185

**Posting End Date**: Open Until Filled

**City**: Churchill

**Employer**: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

**Site**: Churchill Health Centre

**Department / Unit**: Children's Centre

**Job Stream**: Non-Clinical

**Union**: MGEU

**Anticipated Start Date**: ASAP

**FTE**: 0.00

**Anticipated Shift**: Days

**Work Arrangement**: Hybrid

**Daily Hours Worked**: 7.50

**Annual Base Hours**: 1950

**Salary**: $18.511, $18.896, $19.278, $19.663

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Position Overview

Under the direction of the Children's Centre Coordinator, the Child Care assistant attends to the care and learning of the children at the Children's Centre. The Child Care Assistant must continuously take initiative in keeping the children busy with the equipment/supplies provided.

Experience
Previous experience in a child care setting an asset and completed or willing to complete the 40-hour course requirements for working in a Children Centre.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
High school graduate or equivalent.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
Must have CPR and First Aid certificates.
Qualifications and Skills
Demonstrated ability to relate effectively to children, parents and community.
Demonstrates a calm and confident manner during difficult situations.
Demonstrated ability in planning activities for children and/or shows initiative.
Maintains confidentiality with all information entrusted to the position.
Represents the CRHA in a professional and positive manner.
Physical Requirements
Possible lifting at times.
Possible eye strain.
Possible posture and muscle problems.
Other demands as it pertains to position.
Possible contact with children with aggressive behavior.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.