Playroom Associate

**Shift: Wednesday, Friday & Saturday Open Shift**

The Playroom Associates are zealous about cultivating a quality childcare program for the members of Altea Active and our community. They create a clean, safe, and nurturing environment for children ranging from six weeks of age to 12 years old that address each child's unique needs, while effectively communicating with parents. They have a passion for being creative by developing play-based, age-appropriate activities while ensuring overall health, safety, and the well-being of all children in their care.

These nurturing folks take pride in creating relationships with parents and children while being mindful and respectful of individual differences. They offer a positive, welcoming environment that delivers fun, enriching and socially engaging activities that stimulate children.

These problem solvers, plan and carry out experiences that foster an understanding of a variety of cultures and value systems. They lead daily activities in harmony with the centre’s philosophy. They observe child interactions in order to expand play and plan activities. They ensure guidance of children’s behaviour that encourages positive guidelines such as redirecting, positive language and positive reinforcement.

**This job might be for you if you have the following talents & spirit**:

- **You Have Youthful Energy**: You light up when you are around children. You flourish when you can plan and carry out creative play-based learning. You act as a role model of appropriate behaviour. Ability to work cooperatively as a member of the childcare team, facilitating a team environment through personal behaviour, work contributions and the sharing of expertise and knowledge. You’re caring, thoughtful, nurturing and incredibly patient
- **You Have A Positive Attitude**: You’re always upbeat, energetic and have a positive attitude
- **You’re A Team player**: You actively participate and foster an environment that sustains a collaborative approach to working with others. You’re a team player who thrives in a collaborative environment.
- **You’re Detail Oriented**: You cross your T’s and dot your I’s by maintaining client records highly organized with flawless attention to detail. You’re not one to cut corners. You pay attention to the details. As far as your concerned, anything worth doing, is worth doing right, every single time. You stay focused and nothing falls through the cracks on your watch.
- **You’re Flexible**: You can roll with the punches and positively adapt to change. You’re like Gumby and can remain flexible with working long hours, evening, and weekends.
- **You’re Responsible & Reliable**: You won’t burn the house down, you’re responsible and trustworthy. You’re reliable.
- **You’re Motivated & Driven**: You’re motivated and driven. You take initiative. You identify opportunities and issues, and proactively acts and follows through on work activities to resolve them. You’re going to take ownership of the time you spend with us and truly make a difference.

**As a Playroom Associate a typical day might include the following**:

- Meeting and greeting a tonne of familiar and unfamiliar faces
- Answering the telephone promptly with an energetic tone of voice
- Process registration and check-ins including processing payment using the software system
- Plan, carry out, and assess developmentally appropriate activities and experiences in harmony with the centre’s philosophy
- Observe how children use materials and interact with each other and adults
- Use observations to expand play and plan activities that recognize individual difference
- Set up crafts at the table for one group of children, set up another group with reading books and others with music.
- Ensure the child’s environment is healthy and safe
- Communicate positively and build trust with parents

**To land this role you need to have;**
- Post-secondary relating to early childhood education, child development, elementary education, or special education and additional certifications
- Workshops relating to child care are an asset
- Experience working with children from six weeks old to 12 years old is required
- All team members must have current CPR/First Aid certification prior to start date and must be maintained throughout employment
- A recent Criminal Background Check (Vulnerable Sector) prior to commencement of training and/or work.

**Perks of this position include;**
- A competitive salary
- Complimentary individual membership
- Maternity/Paternity top up
- Team Member Perks
- Complete training and development package
- Working alongside great people in a culture that fosters empowerment
- Career-defining growth and development opportunities

In your cover letter, please include an explanation of why your experience is specifically relevant to this role at Altea Active. We want to see your personal style - what makes you tick and why you think your next opportun