Licensed Home Child Care Provider

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.

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 the 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 affidavit or medical exemption).
• Have a current Police Vulnerable Sector Check (not more than three months old).
• Have an active Food Handler's Certificate.

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 Tabitha Lang at tlang@compasselc.com.