This job position of Auxiliary/Subsitute is to work with both infant & toddlers and 3-5-year-old children.  Our infnat & toddler and 3-5 programs are located at the same location but opperate in different spaces. 

Key Responsibilities:

Administration

• Follow all McGregor’s policies & procedures, licensing and legal requirements.
• Ensure all safety and supervision standards are implemented and maintained.
• Maintain confidentiality of all information related to the centre, children, families and staff.
• Complete all required daily shift duties with efficiency.
• Preform other duties as directed.
• Working with the staff team to promote the growth and integration of child requiring extra supports.

Teamwork

• Follow all direction provided by the Regular staff, Supervisor and Manager.
• Establish and maintain respectful, positive, collaborative, supportive working relationships with all co-workers.
• Work with reasonable autonomy and independence in arranging materials and ideas for the children, under the direction of the Program Staff.

Program Development

• Notice, record and collect children’s interactions with their surroundings, materials activities, discoveries and growth and share these observations with program staff. 
• Arrange the physical set up of the centre and maintain a stimulating, neat, orderly, safe and clean environment.
• All interactions must align with the ECEBC Code of Ethics.

Child Growth & Development

• Interact directly with the children, providing and creating positive attachments.
• Understand each child’s unique personality and respond and replicate a caring and compassionate relationship with collaborative dialogue and actions.
• Provide each child with opportunities and supports to navigate all developmental domains with a focus on self-help skills, Language and communication and development in ethe areas of physical, cognitive and social and emotional development.
• Establish clear boundaries, consistent and simple expectations and limits with children.

Salary & Benefits:

Working conditions

All work will be dependent on the needs of McGregor Child Care.  Shifts may be as short as 4 hours in length, up to 7.5 hours in length.

Start and end times of each shift will vary between starting at 7:30 am and ending at 5:30 pm.

McGregor.  McGregor is closed for statutory holidays and weekends. McGregor is also closed for a short period over the winter holidays.

Wages

Hours wages for this position are from $18.54 per hour to $19.12 per hour. Current Wage Enhancement funds offered by the government of BC are in addition to the wages mentioned.

Workload

Auxiliaries’ will mostly be focusing on housecleaning duties but are required to work directly with the children when directed.

Inclusion and diversity

At McGregor Child Care, we believe that when people feel respected and included, they can be more creative, innovative and successful. 

Unionized

McGregor Child Care in a unionized center with the BCGEU as the exclusive bargaining agent.

Additional Notes:

McGregor Child Care is an independent non-profit child care located at 1155 West Broadway on the 5th floor of Vancouver Community College Broadway campus. 

McGregor Child Care provides care for children from 0 – 5 years of age.  We are focused on providing care that is in harmony with current best practices, the image of the child, attachment theory and the ECEBC Code of Ethics.

Job purpose

Reporting to the Regular Program Staff and manager, the ECE(A) will work directly with children aged 6 months to 5 years of age in a group setting.  With support from the program staff, the Auxiliary ECE(A) will use their knowledge and skills to assist in creating an environment that supports children’s developmental growth and well-being.

Physical requirements

All staff are expected to frequently interact, care for and play with the children.  This includes lifting up to 30 lbs, bending while holding up to 30 lbs, frequent bending, sitting and lying on the floor, squatting, standing for long periods of time and light exercise such as running, dancing, throwing, kicking and jumping.

McGregor is an inclusive program

McGregor Child Care provides an inclusive program, providing early childhood experiences for children with extra support needs.  These children may be children who have language and / or other developmental delays, physical, emotional or behavioral challenges, or exceptional health care needs.