Employment Information
- Post ID: 599108432
- Posted Date: Dec 21, 2024
- Closing Date: Feb 23, 2025
- Company: KIDS-HUB
- Category: Childcare & Caregiving
- Business Location:Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Total Views: 200
- Duration: 0 calendar days (0 business days)
- Last Updated: 11 hours ago
- Job URL: https://tribaljobs.ca/jobs/599108432/northwest-territories/yellowknife/early-childhood-assistant/
Job Details
- Experience: 1 year - 2 years
- Opening Positions: 6
- Remuneration: $3,000 to $4,500 per month (To be negotiated) / 35 to 40 hours per week
- Commencement Date: : 2025-01-02Enddate: 2026-06-30
- Education: College certificate or diploma more than 2 years
- How to apply: email to [email protected]
Job Description
Tasks
- Assess the children’s development in order to prepare a learning plan tailored to his needs.
- Assist co-workers in housekeeping and cooking duties
- Bathe, diaper and feed infants and toddlers
- Develop and implement child-care programs that support and promote the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children
- Maintain daycare equipment
- Storytelling
- Supervise staff, trainees or volunteers
- Synthesize the overall situation of the children and communicate the information to the parents
- Assist early childhood educators in carrying out programs that promote the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children
- Order supplies and equipment
- Assist early childhood educators or supervisors in keeping records
- Encourage children to express creativity through the media of art, dramatic play, music and physical activity
- Engage children in activities by telling stories, teaching songs and preparing crafts
- Guide and assist children in the development of proper eating, dressing and toilet habits
- Prepare snacks and arrange rooms or furniture for lunch and rest periods
- Observe children for signs of potential learning or behavioural problems and prepare reports for parents, guardians or supervisor
- Submit written observations on children to early childhood educators or supervisors
- Discuss progress and problems of children at staff meetings
- Knowledge of licensing regulations
- Establish guidelines for behaviour
- Attend staff meetings to discuss progress and problems of children
- Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with co-workers and community service providers working with children
- Plan and maintain an environment that protects the health, security and well-being of children
- Plan and organize activities for school-age children in child-care programs before and after regular school hours
- Supervise and co-ordinate activities of other early childhood educators and early childhood educator assistants
Experience and specialization
Target audience
- Children
Experience with special needs children
- Children with a physical disability
- Children with an intellectual disability
- Children with behavioural issues
- Children with Down syndrome
Area of specialization
- Pre-school education
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Child development assistant (ECE level 1)
- Emergency child care first aid and CPR
- HIGH FIVE training (principles of healthy child development)
- Plan to Protect training
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate