Licensed Home Child Care Provider - CELC Durham Region

CELC01 Compass Early Learning and Care; Golden Horseshoe; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Compass Early Learning and Care (CELC) seeks a Licensed Home Child Care (HCC) Provider in Durham Region. You will operate as an independent HCC provider, setting your own schedule and caring for up to six children in a home-based program, with adherence to licensing requirements.

You will plan play-based experiences, document children's learning, build strong relationships with families, and work closely with fellow providers and community partners to create a nurturing, inclusive learning

Qualifications

• Have experience with young children.
• Rent or own your home/apartment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong behaviour guidance skills with problem solving, positive reinforcement and redirection.

Responsibilities

• Plan, lead, and guide play-based experiences around children's interests.
• Observe and document children's learning.
• Build relationships with families and include them in the learning process.
• Work as part of a team with Providers, Families, Community Partners, and Children.
• Ensure the safety of children by learning and acknowledging diverse needs and creating equitable opportunities.
• Demonstrate respect for spaces by keeping equipment, furniture, and materials safe and clean.
• Actively engage in professional learning.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Warmth and sincerity

Behaviour guidance skills

Education

Standard First Aid/CPR Level C

Police Vulnerable Sector Check (recent)

Food Handler's Certificate

Immunization records up-to-date or exemption

Job description

Licensed Home Child Care Provider - CELC Durham RegionCompass Early Learning and Care (CELC)

Come Work with Compass ELC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThKvQx9poBw

Compass Early Learning and Care does not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make hiring decisions. We value authentic applications that accurately reflect each candidate's skills, experience, and qualifications. Applicants are responsible for ensuring all information submitted is truthful and represents their own work and experience.

About Us: Compass Early Learning and Care (CELC) has been in operation since 1981 and is one of the largest not-for-profit child care organizations serving East-Central Ontario. With over 700 Staff and 80 Home childcare providers, we offer 46 high-quality licensed childcare centres and over 80 licensed homes serving over 4,000 families For over forty years, Compass ELC has been dedicated to early learning and child care. We believe in creating nurturing environments that celebrate children's curiosity and whole selves. Our organization fosters a culture of growth, collaboration, and inclusivity, where every team member has the opportunity to thrive. We are committed to supporting children and families in our community.

About Us: For more than forty years, our organization has been growing and evolving. Over those years we’ve expanded our vision of early learning and child care, enhanced our learning environments to truly honour our belief in children as competent and full of wonder, worked to develop an organizational culture that is strength-based and creates opportunities for growth and development for all of us, deepened our understanding of the principles of organizational democracy, provided care for thousands of children and their families, and experienced the growth of our organization from the three original to over 750 people working together on behalf of children and families.

Start Date: Is dependent on current government funding and licensing capacity. At this time, we are gathering applicants for our Provider waitlist. We will connect with qualified applicants once we are able to initiate the onboarding process. We will then schedule a first initial home visit around your availability.

About the role

At Compass ELC, you will work as a Home Child Care (HCC) Provider alongside some of the most passionate, caring, and dedicated educators in the industry. You will spend your time engaging, connecting, and learning alongside Children, Families, Community Partners, and other Providers. You are passionate about early learning and care, emergent curriculum, and life-long learning. You are energetic, resourceful, and creative in your pursuits of creating learning opportunities, building connections, and engaging with children and families. As a Licensed Home Child Care business, you have the flexibility to create your own program. You can set your own schedule and hours (part day, full day, extended day, evenings, weekends, overnight).

Capacity: As a Licensed HCC Provider, you may have up to 6 children under the age of 13 years (no more than 3 under the ages of 24 months). This includes provider’s own children under the age of 4 (If your child is in kindergarten, your child no longer is included in ratio).

Some accountabilities associated with the role include:

• Plan, lead, and guide play-based experiences surrounding children's interests throughout the day.
• Observing and documenting children's learning.
• Building relationships with families and including them in the learning process.
• Working as part of a team with Providers, Families, Community Partners, and Children.
• Ensuring the safety of children by learning and acknowledging all children's diverse needs, backgrounds, and creating equitable opportunities for all children to engage.
• Demonstrating respect for spaces by ensuring the safety and cleanliness of all equipment, furniture, and materials.
• Actively engaging in professional learning.

Qualifications

• Access to suitable operational space for up to 6 children (this includes: play, meals, sleep, outdoor areas).
• Have experience with young children.
• Show warmth, sincerity and genuine interest when working with children.
• Rent (would need Landlord's approval) or own your home/apartment.
• Have strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Have strong behaviour guidance skills that include problem solving, positive reinforcement and redirection strategies.
• Have a valid/accredited Standard First Aid/CPR Level C certificate.
• Updated immunization records (Or a signed and notarized refusal of affidavit or medical exemption).
• Have a current Police Vulnerable Sector Check (not more than three months old).
• Have an active Food Handler's Certificate.

Inclusivity and Accessibility

To address issues of systemic inequity within our communities, we strongly encourage individuals from communities and groups that have historically been disadvantaged and/or marginalized, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, Indigenous Peoples of Canada, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, individuals who identify as women and/or gender diverse, 2SLGBTQ+ persons, and persons with lived or living experience of homelessness to apply. In keeping with Compass Early Learning & Care's commitment to providing service in a manner that is accessible to all, reasonable accommodations will be provided for applicants upon request. We are committed to reducing barriers to employment and we encourage you to bring your true or whole self and way of being to the interview process. We welcome differences and we are happy to make meetings accessible based on your needs.

For questions related to becoming a licensed HCC provider please contact April Williams at [e-mail] or 437-997-3547.