Job Summary
Coordination, planning and delivery of high quality core services as outlined by the Ontario Early Years Child and Family Centre (Early ON) guidelines for children birth to 6 years and their families / caregivers.
Job Specific Responsibilities :
Direct Client Service
- Supports practices and goals for children that are consistent with How Does Learning Happen Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years document.
- Demonstrate children’s learning through conversations and written documentation.
- Provide child initiated and adult supported experiences
- Supports children, parent and caregivers with a sense of belonging, well-being, engagement and expression through daily routines
- Promote children’s mental health by supporting them to form close and secure relationships with adults and peers and encourage them to experience, manage and express a full range of emotions
- Establishes working relationships with relevant agencies / services in order to make referrals pertaining to relevant family needs
- Plan and conduct outreach and marketing strategies to families living in isolation
- Work with children with special needs and provide adaptations when appropriate
- Planning developmentally appropriate programs for young children that reflect the goals and philosophy of the ECEC
- Providing parents, in both formal and informal settings, with ongoing information regarding the program and individual children
- Develops and facilitates workshops
- Sensitive to the needs and preferences of families
Administration
- Maintains electronic / paper client records and protects the confidentiality of the information.
- Performs administrative functions as required by the program.
- Assists in maintaining the program database by entering data, generating reports, supporting analysis.
- Assists in preparation of program and promotional materials and other documents as assigned.
- Participate in chart audits
- Responsible for room set up and clean up
- Review resource inventory for clients and ensure it is up-to-date.
- Reviewing professional journals, ECE publications, websites and books
- Participating in ECEC staff professional development opportunities, reflective practice sessions and collaboration sessions within our ECE larger community
- Assists in maintaining a healthy and safe environment, documents / reports accidents and serious occurrences to supervisors, observes and reports on illness and health conditions, monitors locations for health and safety hazards, conducts site inspections
Human Resources
- Provides support and assistance to volunteers and / or placement students.
- On an annual basis review Centre’s operational guidelines, policies and procedures and other legislation required as it relates to the delivery of services and provide recommendations for the policy reviews.
- Participate in orientation and on-boarding of new staff.
Teamwork and Collaboration
- Assists in the development of program specific policies and procedures / guidelines and in the overall planning and development of the program
- Attends and participates at team and general staff meetings as scheduled
- Participates in the evaluation component of relevant program
- Maintains effective communication of information among internal and external stakeholders
- Follows established policies of off-site organizations where staff are co-located.
- Participating actively as a team member at staff meetings, collaborative reflection sessions, in generating and exchanging ideas, in goal setting and in sharing the responsibility for all the children enrolled
- Assuming responsibility for a share of the team tasks (weekly sanitizing, room set up, end of day clean up)
- The ability to work collaboratively with others to co-construct understandings and teaching strategies; Commitment to building genuine partnerships with others that enable open and constructive conversations about curriculum;
Position Requirements
1. Education
- Diploma in Early Childhood Education.
- Registered and in good standing with College of Early Childhood Education
2. Professional Experience
- Experience working in a child / adult oriented environment.
- Experience in program planning and delivery in accordance to How Does Learning Happen.
- Training
- Demonstrated experience with group facilitation.
- Excellent knowledge of child development, emergent curriculum and Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years; How Does Learning Happen
- Experience working with people of diverse cultures and backgrounds in a community based setting
- Excellent computer skills (Microsoft suite; word, excel, publisher, access, and internet & email and other databases, as required)
- Demonstrates skills in working collaboratively with community partners on early learning and care initiatives
- Experience and sensitivity working with all families including those in an urban core setting, culturally diverse, GLBTQ, young parents, etc.
3. Key Competencies
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
- Demonstrated stress resilience and mental health stamina in the delivery of client services.
- Well-developed interpersonal skills including diplomacy, confidentiality and good judgement as well as the ability to tailor your message to your audience from children through to adults.
- Ability to demonstrate strong motivation and ability to take initiative
4. Personal Suitability / Other Requirements
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with adults and children.
- Availability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.
- The physical demands analysis associated with this job indicates;
- a light to medium level of work (lifting up to 24 kg or 44 lbs) bending, stooping
- the need to have an adequate energy level and ability to meet physical demands of the position
- must be able to work outdoors for at least 2 hours per day year-round; may be exposed to heat, humidity, and cold
- Negative Police Record Check Vulnerable Sector current in the last 6 months
5. Linguistic Profile (for Centres with French Language Service Designations)
- Under the Centre’s designation to provide French Language Services for identified positions.
- Other languages an asset
30+ days ago