Job Id: 6885

The Bridge Educational Society

ecmanager@bridgeeducational.org

September 15, 2024

Lumby

Canada

Full Time

Job Title: Early Childhood Assistant

Location: On-site (No remote work option available)

Job Type: Full-Time

Education:

• College, CEGEP, or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to 2 years

Experience:

• Experience required

Responsibilities:

• Assist co-workers with housekeeping and cooking duties
• Bathe, diaper, and feed infants and toddlers
• Maintain daycare equipment
• Support early childhood educators in implementing programs that promote children’s physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development
• Assist in keeping records
• Encourage children to express creativity through art, dramatic play, music, and physical activity
• Engage children in activities such as storytelling, teaching songs, and preparing crafts
• Guide and support children in developing proper eating, dressing, and toilet habits
• Prepare snacks and arrange rooms or furniture for lunch and rest periods
• Submit written observations on children to educators or supervisors
• Attend staff meetings to discuss children’s progress and any issues
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with co-workers and community service providers
• Plan and maintain an environment that ensures the health, safety, and well-being of children
• Supervise and care for children

Credentials:

• Child Development Assistant (ECE Level 1)
• Early Childhood Education (ECE) Certificate
• First Aid Certificate

Experience and Specialization:

• Target Audience: Children

Additional Information:

• Security and Safety: Criminal record check and vulnerable sector check required

• Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities:

  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, and walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Benefits:

• Health Benefits:

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan

• Financial Benefits:

  • Life insurance
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

• Other Benefits:

  • Free parking available
  • Employer-paid learning/training
  • On-site daycare available
  • Paid time off for volunteering or personal days
  • Team building opportunities
  • Variable or compressed work week