Is Family Day the place for you to put your training, experience and passion for quality child care and early learning to work?

Working at Family Day | Centre Supervisor | On-call Staff Positions

Family Day offers:

• room to grow professionally
• competitive salaries
• 3 weeks vacation to start
• company pension plan
• annual professional development fund for all staff
• a commitment to high quality in all we do
• staff discount for child care

In our Centres, we have:

• on-site staff training by four program consultants in
        • High/Scope® curriculum
        • Learning Language and Loving It!™
• creative environments
• full-day care and before and after school programs

In our five Ontario Early Years Centres staff:

• work closely with families
• facilitate parent workshops
• provide role-modelling for parents and caregivers
• work with community partners.

Interested? Email or fax your resume with covering letter to humanresources@familydaycare.com/ 416-922-9614. Resumes are kept on file for six months.

Centre Supervisor

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Reporting to the Program Manager, the Supervisor is accountable to foster a positive work and early learning environment and for the day-today operations of the school age and resource program. This position has the overall responsibility to manage all centre enrolment, staffing and volunteers, employee relations, parent relations, Health & Safety, financial accountability and electronic data management, while ensuring compliance with the Day Nurseries Act (DNA), municipal guidelines and the policies and procedures of Family Day .

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership in the development and execution of culturally competent, inclusive and developmentally appropriate programming
• Ensure a child/family early learning environment that is respectful of children and families strengths and needs
• Implement a philosophy of early learning and care aligned to the organizations philosophy and strategic priorities
• Manage enrolment, conduct family interviews and orientation to the centre, data collection, the preparation of monthly parent billing and meets annual service targets
• Ensure that program delivery meets all provincial legislation, municipal and regional regulations and guidelines
• Provide program support to staff and ensure age appropriate programs are monitored and evaluated to meet the needs of the children and families
• Provide and/or facilitates parenting programs to meet the needs of the community
• Conduct staff meetings regularly and individual staff meetings on a monthly basis
• Manage within the Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety standards
• Liaise with United Way, Thorncliffe Neighborhood Office and other existing partnerships.
• Manage and establish linkages with new partners in the community to strengthen and maximize partnership opportunities for children and families
• Manage required statistics, gathering and documentation for resource program.
• Prepare, examine and interpret financial statements and perform routine payments, and deposits
• Perform other duties as required

Qualifications and Requirements:

• E.C.E. Diploma or equivalent as recognized by the AECEO
• E.C.E. Degree will be an asset
• Minimum of 5 years supervisory and/or designate experience an asset
• Minimum of 5 years of child care experience
• Family support education and/or experience an asset
• Well-developed skills in areas such as leadership, communication, organization, assessment, teamwork, confidentiality, commitment and accountability, initiative and creativity
• Knowledge of best practices in the Early Learning development field
• Social and multicultural sensitivity
• Strong and effective relationship builder
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Demonstrates the ability to network with community agencies and partners
• Medical required – including TB 6 months current to hiring date
• Criminal Reference Check 90 days current to hiring date
• Current First Aid and CPR

Job Posting#: T30-08
Posted: May 9, 2008
Application deadline: May 23, 2008

Fax or e-mail your cover letter and résumé, quoting position title and number, to:

Nan Wightman, Human Resources
Fax: 416-922-9614
Email: humanresources@familydaycare.com

On-call Casual Staff: E.C.E. Teachers, Assistant Teachers and Cooks

Required for Mississauga, Brampton, York Region and North Scarborough Child Care Centres

On-call casual Cooks

required for North Scarborough and York Region Child Care Centres

On-call casual staff

• must be available to work Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• must be able to travel to different locations
  
• E.C.E. Teachers - must have an E.C.E. diploma/degree approved by AECEO
• Assistant Teachers - previous experience working with children in a child care setting an asset
• Cooks - experience in cooking for large groups of children; working knowledge of Public Health Guidelines

Please send your resume and a covering letter to Human Resources -

e-mail: humanresources@familydaycare.com
Fax: 416-922-9614

Resumes are kept on file for six months.

Caregivers

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