Child Caretaker

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The Child Care Provider takes direction from the House Leader or, alternatively, the Assistant House Leader depending upon the shift. This role is responsible to provide children with a safe and caring environment within the TCOC home. Responsibilities include maintaining supportive relationships with the children, providing age-appropriate and activities and programs, handling behavioral or related issues, providing nutritious meals and snacks and ensuring the home and play areas are safe, clean and well-maintained.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Ensures all programming, appointments, medications, visits, reminders and any other matters relating to individual or collective child care needs are identified, recorded and initialed daily.
- Reviews the daily records/information from the previous shift and initializes.
- Provides children with age-appropriate activities and programs; accompanies children on outings (e.g. library, splash park, etc) and involves children in a variety of other activities in support of their learning, growth and play (e.g. baking, planting flowers, reading, games, etc)
- Participates and supports visits from family members in TCOC homes; establishes and maintains positive relationships with family members on behalf of the child(ren).
- May transport children to appointments as required (e.g. medical, dental, eye, hearing, counselling, pediatrician, immunizations); completes physician report and forwards to the House Leader.
- Assists with preparing and serving nutritious meals and snacks for the children; ensures food handling and storage follows appropriate safety guidelines.
- Participates in pre-bedtime, napping and wake-up activities, ensuring children follow a schedule.
- Ensures all hygiene and cleanliness items are attended to with the children (e.g. bathing, brushing teeth, washing hair, etc).
- Accompanies children to school as appropriate; assists children with homework or school projects.
- Safely administers and monitors medications for children; monitors health and brings concerns forward.
- Supports the in-take process (e.g. checks physical appearance of the child, provide a meal/snack, draws a bath, provides reassurance, etc) and documents all items belonging to the child.
- Supports the discharge process (e.g. gathers all items belonging to the child to send with him/her).
- Provides guidance or information to new employees with learning and understanding role and responsibilities.
- Assists with handling injuries incurred by children and/or takes to the doctor/emergency or calls 911; may stay with child at the hospital if required; completes an injury report and notifies management immediately.
- Monitors behavioral issues and responds appropriately ensuring the child, other children and staff are safe; calls crisis team members and/or management as appropriate.
- Attends staff meetings and participates in safety related initiatives to ensure the safety of the children and team; follows all safety protocols.
- Adheres to all internal policies and procedures; attends required training.
- Cleans and sanitizes the home; responsible for laundry and general house/yard maintenance (e.g. shovels snow, mows/waters lawn etc)
- Ensures the Assistant House Leader and/or House Leader is kept apprised of all issues related to the children’s well-being and safety and other matters.
- Completes ad hoc or regular reports(e.g. in-home visit reports, incident reports, daily log books)
- Maintains confidentiality and privacy of child/family information.
- Performs related duties as required and may assume the Assistant House Leader role in his/her absence.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Formal Education
- Completion of development courses or post-secondary education relevant to this role is a requirement (e.g.

Early Childhood Education, crisis/risk management, etc)

Certifications/Training/Associations
- CPR/First Aid is required. Individuals must attend required training upon commencement (e.g. OH&S, crisis intervention, etc).

Licenses
- A valid driver’s license is necessary.

Experience
- Successful and relevant experience working with children of all ages who have behavioral issues or unique

backgrounds/special needs will be given preference.

Knowledge
- Knowledge of behavioral issues specific to children, underlying causes, and how to respond effectively

Knowledge and appreciation of Indigenous history and culture

Knowledge of safe working practices, proper hygiene/cleanliness/nutrition

Knowledge of internal policies, procedures and protocols

Skills

Writing, spelling, grammar, sentence structure

Attributes
- Interpersonal - (is personable and approachable; listens well to others; has empathy and understanding for a situation; can manage emotions well; demonstrates respect for diversity and inclusion and is non judgmental of others background or situation)
- Initiative (is self-motivated, takes responsibility to act without being directed - does not wait for others to delegate work;