Infant Daycare Worker, Summerland, BC (LMIA)

AI Summary

This Infant Daycare Worker position with The Learning Cove in Summerland, BC involves developing and implementing child-care programs, assessing children's development, providing direct care to infants, and communicating with parents. Key requirements include a Bachelor's degree, an Early Childhood Education (ECE) Certificate, First Aid, CPR, and 1 to 2 years of relevant experience.

About the Role

As an Infant Daycare Worker, you will assess children's development to create tailored learning plans and assist co-workers with housekeeping and cooking duties. Your responsibilities include bathing, diapering, and feeding infants and toddlers, as well as developing and implementing child-care programs that foster physical, cognitive, emotional, and social growth. You will maintain daycare equipment, engage children through storytelling, songs, crafts, and local outings, and guide them in developing proper eating, dressing, and toilet habits. Preparing snacks and arranging rooms for lunch and rest periods are also part of the role.

You will observe children for potential learning or behavioural problems, preparing reports for parents, guardians, or supervisors, and synthesizing their overall situation for communication with parents. The role involves assisting early childhood educators in program implementation and record-keeping, ordering supplies, and encouraging children's creativity through various media. You will establish guidelines for behaviour, attend staff meetings to discuss children's progress, and build collaborative relationships with co-workers and community service providers. A key aspect is planning and maintaining an environment that ensures the health, security, and well-being of the children, alongside supervising and coordinating activities of other early childhood educators and assistants.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree and an Early Childhood Education (ECE) Certificate, along with First Aid and CPR Certificates. A minimum of 1 year to less than 2 years of experience in this field is required. The work setting is a child care centre, focusing on infants (3 months - 11 months) and toddlers to pre-schoolers (1 - 3 years). Applicants must be able to pass a criminal record check.

Essential personal suitability traits include punctuality, dependability, efficient interpersonal skills, excellent oral and written communication, flexibility, interpersonal awareness, reliability, teamwork, honesty, and the ability to multitask.

Why this job suits newcomers

This position is open to international candidates and is LMIA-positive, which significantly supports Canadian work permit applications for eligible foreign workers. It offers an excellent opportunity for newcomers to gain valuable Canadian work experience in a regulated child care centre in British Columbia.