Licensed Home Child Care Provider - Durham Region

Come Work with Compass ELC:

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 600 people working together on behalf of children and families.

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.

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).

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).

• 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.

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

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