Childcare Provider

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 childcare 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 trainings.

• 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 logbooks)

• 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 preferred (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

• Computer skills (e.g. laptop, e-mail, MSOffice)
• 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; identifies opportunities to improve processes or procedures)

•Patience and flexibility (is patient with children and behavioral issues; can switch gears or be interrupted without becoming annoyed or stressed; can adapt quickly to emergency or crisis situations without becoming overwhelmed; self-regulates reaction and has good impulse control; is resilient)

•Development focused (takes every opportunity to develop children; teaches/guides them to develop good behaviors, socialization, sharing, communication, creativity, etc.)

•Problem Solving (can resolve problems independently by using sound judgement and good decision-making; determines what to do in the moment; calms the situation effectively)

•Safety minded (ensures safety and health related procedures are followed; ensures the safe handling and storage of food, medications, etc.)

•Teamwork (offers to help team without being asked; shares information with team and participates in group activities and provides support to ensure the success of the entire team)

•Professional Attributes (understands and demonstrates the values of the organization, respects confidentiality and privacy of information)

Working Conditions

• Driving, sitting and standing for extended periods of time, climbing, lifting, pushing, pulling
• Significant distractions and interruptions
• Physical and emotional stamina – may be exposed to stressful family dynamics

Additional Notes:

• Employment is conditional upon a positive outcome from a criminal and vulnerable background check
• Verification of education is required
• Reference checking will be conducted

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Work Location: In person