Job detail
Child Care Worker - Part-Time from 12:00pm - 8:00pm Monday - Friday
Young Women's Christian Assoc.
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta
Quick overview
The child care worker is responsible for providing a safe and nurturing environment while planning and supervising daily activities for children. They must also maintain the cleanliness of the facility, manage child statistics, and provide regular updates to parents.
Requirements summary
Candidates should possess strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. Knowledge of child development stages, trauma-informed care, and activity programming is required.
TeamworkSupervisionCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsTrauma informed careHealth monitoringChild careChild developmentFirst aidHarm reductionActivity planningHousing first philosophyActivity programmingLearning through play
Job description
Position
Duties: and Responsibilities:
- Service delivery
- Child Care Services – caring for children in a nurturing and safe environment.
- Plan, implement, and supervise a variety of activities for the children.
- Interact with the children, taking part in active play activities.
- Attend to children’s personal needs
- Safety and maintenance
- Ensure the safety and well-being of children, through supervision of activities.
- Monitor the childcare spaces and ensure that toys, equipment, and furniture are safe. (Free of sharp edges, stable, non-swallowable sizes).
- Replace bedding after every use.
- Ensure cleanliness of the playroom daily.
- Wash and disinfect toys, tables, and chairs on a regular basis.
- Administration
- Maintain child statistics and forms, recording daily the arrival and departure times of the children.
- Other duties as required.
- Internal and External Relations
- Provide verbal reports to all parents (child’s activities/behaviors).
- Monitor and provide direction for volunteers, students to the program, as required.
- Administer first aid as needed.
- Prepare Incident Forms when a child requires first aid.
- Skills and Qualifications
- Possess good interpersonal skills.
- Possess sound communication skills (oral and written).
- Demonstrate ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
- Knowledge of the Housing First Philosophy.
- Knowledge of the Trauma Informed Person-centred approach.
- Knowledge of the Harm-Reduction Philosophy.
- Knowledge of "Learning Through Play" philosophy.
- Knowledge of child developmental stages.
- Knowledge of childhood diseases/health issues.
- Knowledge of activity programming.
