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Reporting to the Director, the Daycare Worker is responsible for ensuring quality care for the centre's children in accordance with Child Care Regulations and our policies.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Continuous learning
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate
Early Childhood Education Skills
- Provide opportunity for creative expression through the mediums of art, dramatic play and music
- Plan and develop child care and nursery school programs
- Assess the developmental level of children
- Knowledge of licensing regulations
Additional Skills
- Maintain day care supplies and equipment
- Assist in housekeeping duties
- Assist in maintaining records of children
Early Childhood Educator Assistant Skills
- Prepare craft materials and assist children to use them
- Prepare and serve snacks
- Observe children and report on observations to supervisor
- Guide children in development of proper eating, dressing and toilet habits
- Discuss progress and problems of children at staff meetings
- Conduct and monitor activity programs designed for young children
- Bathe, diaper and feed infants and toddlers
- Arrange transition periods such as lunch and rest for children
Work Setting
- Day-care centre
- Before and after school programs
- Child care centre
Work Location Information
- Rural community
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Child abuse registry check
- Tuberculosis test