Mooney's Bay Permanent Full-time Rece

**Permanent - Full-Time - Unionized**

Andrew Fleck Children’s Services is hiring Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECE) for our Intergenerational Early Learning Centre Do you have an interest in learning more about how Seniors involvement in child care enhances the overall quality of our child care programs? Are you Interested in working outdoors in nearby by forest experiences with our children? IF this sounds like you read further. We have a unique environment for RECEs to enrich their current skills at Mooney’s Bay Intergenerational Learning Cent

Our Mooney’s Bay Intergenerational Early Learning Centre is a 5-classroom facility that backs onto green space and offers high quality, inclusive, and accessible programs for infants and children 3 months to 5 years old. We offer an Intergenerational and Forest & Nature School Program where young children and mature adults share their days in a mutually respective environment.

WHAT DOES AN INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAM DO FOR THE COMMUNITY?
- Brings young people and ‘young at heart’ adults together in various settings to interact, engage, educate, support, and provide care for one another
- Focuses on society’s two most vulnerable sectors - children and seniors
- Provides opportunities for children and seniors to enjoy activities together in various spaces (child care centre, senior centre, parks) developing a sense of community

**Available from**: February 24th, 2025

**Salary**: $25.61 to $29.69 per hour

**Hours**:35 hours per week

**Location**: Mooney’s Bay Intergenerational Early Learning Centre, 2826 Springland Drive

**Closing date**: February 7th, 2025

**What Andrew Fleck Children’s Services offers**
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive benefits package including 3 weeks of vacation & Benefits plan through Canada Life
- A unique culture that fosters leadership, responsiveness, communication, and teamwork
- Weekly scheduled off floor - non-contact time to prepare for programming and connections with families
- A place where your opinions will be respected, and your contributions valued
- A chance to grow - personally and professionally - through workshops, mentorship programs and courses, to upgrade skills, and develop new areas of expertise
- Participate in career development opportunities for a variety of different position types available within the AFCS organization
- A strong commitment to equity and diversity in the workplace and community

**In this role you will**
- Participate in a child-focused curriculum where staff and children work together to expand and develop a wide range of skills and competence based on the emergent curriculum philosophy. An emergent curriculum is one that builds upon the interests of the children. It is often spontaneous and responsive to their immediate interests; topics are driven by the ideas and questions from the children themselves
- Engage in caring, curious, and respectful interactions with children to support their growing relationships with themselves, each other, and the natural world
- Actively encourage and promote outdoor learning and play with the children
- Be committed to the welfare and development of all children, and be available for consultation, information, and resources for families and guardians
- Welcome the diversity of all families, role modelling inclusive and accessible language

**To qualify for this role you have**
- Degree or diploma in Early Childhood Education
- RECE in good standing with the CECE
- Minimum of 2 years of experience working with children in a group setting
- Clear Police Records check completed in last 6 months
- Current Standard First Aid and CPR Certification
- Proven ability to work closely with other team members
- Sensitivity and respect for individual and cultural differences
- Adequate energy level and ability to meet the physical demands of the job

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $25.61-$29.69 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Are you currently a member of the Ontario College of Early Childhood Educators (RECE)

**Education**:

- Secondary School (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Early childhood education: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2025-02-07
Expected start date: 2025-02-24