Position Type: Part-time, Permanent

Hours: 28 hours per week (Monday-Thursday)

Salary: $26-$31 per hour

Work Location: In person

Potential Start Date: To be determined

Jessie’s – The June Callwood Centre for Young Women is a multi-service resource Centre for pregnant young women, young parents, and their children. Jessie’s work includes a broad spectrum of services addressing issues related to the social determinants of health. Jessie’s operates from a feminist perspective and is a pro-choice organization that supports a woman’s

We strive to demonstrate our commitment to feminism, anti-discrimination and positive social change in every aspect of our structure and functioning. Jessie’s staff and participants (clients) come from diverse cultures and sexual orientations. Having a rich history in working with diverse populations is fundamental to this role.

The Infant Child Worker is responsible for ensuring consistent, high quality care for infants and toddlers in the Parent Child Centre. The Infant-Child Worker contributes to a safe and stimulating environment that is welcoming and supportive of parents, prenatal women, and their children.

Responsabilities:

• Provide all programming with an individualized approach according to the needs of the participants

• Plan, implement and assess developmentally appropriate activities for children ages newborn to 6 years, utilizing the Centre’s drop in model

• Ensure guidance of a strengths-based approach to parenting and child development

• Ensure an environment that is healthy and safe

• Ensure positive communication with parents

• Support volunteers and placement students

• Implementation of activities for infants and toddlers

• Provide a safe, secure and predictable environment to parents, children and prenatal women that actively promote diversity, equity, and inclusion

• Plan and provide a balance of age appropriate activities, including indoor/outdoor, quiet/active and individual/group which supports children’s emotional, social, physical and cognitive growth

• Use a variety of instructional techniques including modelling, observing, questioning, demonstrating and reinforcing

• Provide opportunities for child directed play experiences

• Obtain all information required from parents upon arrival and review all recorded information with the parent upon pickup; utilizing the documentation provided

• Adhere to the parent's expectations on all aspects of childcare; food, sleep patterns, comfort, activities

• Provide parents with updates on their child’s activities, progress and development while in the Parent Child Centre

• Recognize and promote the strength of all parent and child relationships within the centre

• Provide positive guidelines utilizing language, reinforcement and redirecting

• Support parent(s) and child(ren) through the process of separation

• Provide effective parenting strategies as well as access to supports to promote

  resilience and positive parent-child dyad and family relationships

• Adhere to the Parent Child Centre guidelines and philosophy

• Oversee the Parent Child Centre at all times

• Participate in case coordination meetings, and work with an interprofessional team with the Counsellor/Case worker(s), Nurse, Housing Access worker(s), Parent Support worker, and Infant-Child worker(s). When applicable, consult with Child Welfare Agencies and other support worker

Qualifications:

• E.C.A. or equivalent

• E.C.E. Diploma an asset

• First aid and CPR certification

Requirements:

Applicants must have experience in group care of infants and toddlers

• Experience in program planning for infants and toddlers

• Experience working with young parents and/or drop-in programs is an asset

Physical Demands:

• Multiple demands and constant interruption in tasks

• Lifting, carrying and holding children up to 35lbs. while standing and seated

• Sitting and standing for prolonged periods of time

• Kneeling and squatting on the floor during play and supervision of children

• Outdoor supervision of children and parent activities

• Exposure to cleaning products

• Exposure to bacterial and viral infections

• Exposure to noise

Assets:

• Fluency in another language, as we service some participants who do not speak English as a first language

How to apply: Interested candidates should submit a resume, cover letter, and answer the following question “Do you have experience in planning and implementing activities for infants and toddlers  in a group care setting? If yes, please provide specific examples.“ to faith@jessiescentre.org.

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Please, no phone calls.

Jessie's Centre is committed to the principles of employment equity. We strongly encourage applications from women of diverse race and cultural groups, Indigenous women, women with ‘dis’abilities, and the 2SLGBTQ+ community.