Davisville Care Programme Inc. (DCP) has been part of the community for over 42 years, as a before and after care program. We are a non-profit childcare centre that is operated by a Board of Directors consisting of parents from our childcare centre. We are located in the same building as Davisville Public School.

We offer a kindergarten and school-age before and after care program. DCP is currently working to expand our program to offer our community infant, toddler, and preschool programs.

Our team is founded by Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECE), Early Childhood Assistants (ECA) and Student Volunteers.

We seek a Full Time Permanent Early Childhood Assistant for our Toronto location;

Essential Functions / Major Responsibilities

• Supervise children to protect their safety and personal well-being at all times while in care. Make sure equipment and physical environment is maintained free of safety or health hazards.
• Encourage active learning to build self-esteem in an inclusive and respectful environment. Facilitate planned and spontaneous experiences.
• Observe children’s strengths, areas of challenge, emerging skills and interests.
• Identify, select, and modify work in the room to meet the needs of children with varying backgrounds, learning styles, and special needs
• Demonstrate positive adult/child interaction, use effective and appropriate communication with children, promote children’s independence and problem-solving skills, build children’s confidence, assist children with understanding and dealing with the consequences of their behaviour and model mutual respect and kindness
• Communicate sensitively and appropriately with parents/families. Provide meaningful feedback and information regarding their child’s learning and development, emerging skills and interests and the purpose of activities
• Participate in school special activities and celebrations
• Participate in classroom set-up including play areas
• Responsible for diaper changing and/or assisting with toileting while demonstrating respect for the child
• Work with the team to effectively manage children’s medication schedule and allergies
• Serve and clean up lunches, prepare snacks, maintain a clean, organized and sanitary kitchen, and perform housekeeping duties as assigned/as needed.
• Participate in outdoor activities with children for at least 2 hours per day
• Performs other duties as assigned

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

Ideal Applicant Profile: 

Minimum Bachelor level education with 1 to 2 years of relevant experience. Must have experience working with children.

Any Additional Languages apart from English: French/Urdu/Hindi/Tamil/Malay/Arabic/Spanish/Telugu/Bangla/Taglog/Vietnamese/Kannada/Cantonese/Mandarin

Required:
Emergency child care first aid and CPR
Clear criminal record check
Clear Medical exam and Immunization records including Tuberculosis test

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

To apply, email your resume at jobs.davisvillecare@outlook.com