Motivated Child Care Assistant School Age Split Shift at Manitoba Child Care Association

Full Description

• Works with, supports and/or replaces the ECE for periods of time, ensuring the children's health, safety and well-being
• Maintains a safe and healthy learning environment where the needs of children and families are met. This includes supporting the ECE in implementing an organized, purposeful program which utilizes safe and injury free practices, creative, well balanced, and stimulating activities, and learning experiences which offer physical, social, emotional and sensory development
• Advances children's physical and intellectual competence by being aware of normal development and working with a variety of equipment, activities and opportunities to promote children's physical, cognitive and communication skills as well as their creativity. This includes indoor/outdoor activities, activities that allow for questioning and probing and activities that encourage listening, understanding and expressing themselves with others
• Assists the E.C.E. in creating an environment that builds positive self-concept and individual strength. Treats children as individuals in a respectful way, celebrates their successes, provides support and encouragement and is sensitive to different values and expectations
• Promotes positive functioning between children and adults by assisting in the development of social skills, encouraging feelings of empathy and mutual respect and setting realistic behavioural expectations which encourage self-control and positive reinforcement while following behaviour management guidelines
• Assists in organizing, decorating and tidying the premises as well as prepares and stores material used in various activities or special events
• Maintains a high level of professionalism including confidentiality, ethical and professional behaviour
• Attend field trip outings, ensuring safety and fun for all
• Position is to work with kindergarten age and grade 1 age.

Rate of pay is $19.40 hour providing you have completed the mandatory 40 hour course. Minimum wage if not. 40 hour course is mandatory to take after 1 year of employment.

Shift is split shift. 7-9 am and 12-6 pm. Monday to Friday. Full 8 hour straight shift on days with no school including summer.

You will need a valid first aid and cpr level C, a criminal record check with vulnerable sector search checked as well and a child abuse registry check completed with in the last 6 months.

After 3 months. MCCA paid membership and professional development, Group Health benefits and Pension plan. Holiday time starts at 2 weeks after 1 year of employment. 12 sick days a year and 1 personal day a year is granted with director approval.

The Manitoba Child Care Association acknowledges that we are located on Treaty 1 Territory and on the lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree, Anisininew, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the Red River Métis Homeland.

We respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past and we move forward in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.