Earlyon Assistant Supervisor

**EarlyON Assistant Supervisor**

**Location**: Waterloo Region

**Work Hours**: 37.5 hours Per Week

**Employment Type**: Full Time, Contract

**Number of Vacancies**: 1

**Anticipated Start Date**: January 2025

**Contract End Date**:December 31, 2025

**Deadline to Apply**: January 17, 2025

**Total Rewards Package**:
**Time Away from Work for your Well-being -**At the YMCA of Three Rivers, we recognize the importance of work-life harmony All full time team members are entitled to earn 3 weeks of vacation and have the opportunity to earn more as length of service increases. To support your overall well-being, we also offer 12 well-being days that team members use for sick time off or to care proactively for yourself. Bereavement days are also available.

**Wellness -**The YMCA of Three Rivers is committed to the health and wellness of our teams. Full time employees receive
- Well-being days that can be used as they are earned
- Access to an Employee (and Family) Assistance Program which provides free and confidential counselling, resources and services
- A free YMCA membership for yourself and your family which can be used to access our fitness centers
- Discounts on programs and services offered by the YMCA including child care services

**Pension Plan -**All full-time employees have the opportunity to participate in a group pension plan after two consecutive years of employment, employees contribute 5% of their gross earnings per pay which is matched by the Y. After three consecutive years of full-time service, participation in the YMCA pension plan is mandatory.

**Healthcare and Dental Benefits -**The YMCA of Three Rivers offers full time employees a comprehensive group benefit package (after 3-months from start date) that includes: Prescription drugs, Basic dental coverage, Professional services such as Registered Massage Therapist, Physiotherapist, Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Chiropractor and Naturopath, Vision care.

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Are you a passionate professional with extensive knowledge of the early years and family support? Are you driven by work that matters and the knowledge that your success makes a difference in the lives of children and families?_**

EarlyON Child and Family Centres support all children, parents and caregivers in learning, growing and connecting - together. This aligns with Ontario’s renewed vision for the early years and child care, where all children and families have access to a range of high-quality, inclusive and affordable early years and child care programs and services that are centred around children and families, and contribute to children’s learning, development and well-being.

The YMCA of Three Rivers is one of the community’s largest non-profit organizations. We are dedicated to the enrichment of our communities through the development of people and families. Through our work, we foster belonging and wellbeing and dedicate ourselves to building a healthy and vibrant community every day and we know EarlyON Child and Family Centres are an important piece of this work. That’s where you come in.

**What you will do**
- Division of Administration tasks and direct delivery programming at EarlyON Mobile locations and EarlyON Centres.
- Regular hours for this position include a rotation of daytime, evening (up to 9pm) and Saturdays.
- Full time position - 37.5 hours per week.
- To assist in ensuring EarlyON mobile sites are offering high quality, age and developmentally appropriate EarlyON programs and services
- To assist in ensuring that our EarlyON Experience at mobile programs aligns with the family support framework, and it meets and/or exceeds the regulations outlined by the Child Care and Early Years Act (2014); the Service Guidelines for EarlyON Child and Family Centres; the expectations of the Consolidated Municipal Service Manager; the Public Health Unit; and the policies, procedures and protocols outlined by the YMCA of Three Rivers.
- Ensures that all requirements outlined in EarlyON Best Practices are in place and being followed.
- Ensures that the YMCA of Three Rivers Safeguarding Policy is being followed.
- To provide onsite leadership support to EarlyON mobile teams when a Supervisor is not onsite.
- Recording observations and reflections and creating own and reviewing team documentations, environmental set up and program planning alongside Supervisor
- Monitoring program implementation, training new staff on curriculum and EarlyON expectations alongside EarlyON Leadership team.
- To assist with supervision of staff, volunteers and students through recruitment, selection, orientation, scheduling, training, performance reviews and other human resource-related tasks as requested by leadership.
- To assist in ensuring fiscal parameters are maintained under the direction of the EarlyON Supervisor
- Maintains effective and positive communication with the YMCA of Three Rivers as an organization, children, parents and community contacts.
- Ensures quality programs