Early Childhood Assistant

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 hours per week
- Education: Bachelor's degree
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- **Asset languages**:

- Arabic
- Mandarin
- Hindi
- Urdu
- Cantonese
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Kannada
- Malay
- ** Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- Noisy
- Non-smoking
- Air conditioned
- ** Work setting**:

- Child care centre
- Kindergarten
- Before and after school programs
- Day care centre or nursery school
- ** Tasks**:

- Assist co-workers in housekeeping and cooking duties
- Bathe, diaper and feed infants and toddlers
- Storytelling
- Assist early childhood educators in carrying out programs that promote the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children
- Lead activities by telling or reading stories, teaching songs and taking children to local points of interest
- Engage children in activities by telling stories, teaching songs and preparing crafts
- Guide and assist children in the development of proper eating, dressing and toilet habits
- Prepare snacks and arrange rooms or furniture for lunch and rest periods
- Observe children for signs of potential learning or behavioural problems and prepare reports for parents, guardians or supervisor
- Discuss progress and problems of children at staff meetings
- Attend staff meetings to discuss progress and problems of children
- Plan and maintain an environment that protects the health, security and well-being of children
- Plan and organize activities for school-age children in child-care programs before and after regular school hours
- ** Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Emergency child care first aid and CPR
- ** Target audience**:

- Children
- ** Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
- Medical exam
- Immunization records
- Tuberculosis test
- Vulnerable sector check
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Manual dexterity
- ** Personal suitability**:

- Punctuality
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Creativity
- Ability to multitask
- ** Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- ** Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- ** Other benefits**:

- Parking available
- ** Support for persons with disabilities**:

- Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.)
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
- Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities
- **Support for newcomers and refugees**:

- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
- **Support for youths**:

- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
- ** Support for Veterans**:

- Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.)
- **Support for Indigenous people**:

- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
- **Support for mature workers**:

- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
- Provides workspace accommodations, such as age-appropriate ergonomic considerations, to meet the physical needs of mature workers (for example: adjustable desks and chairs, accessible parking, etc.)
- Offers resources to help mature workers plan their retirement (for example: financial planning, access to pension and benefits, lifestyle adjustments, etc.)
- **Supports for visible minorities**:

- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees