Compass Early Learning and Care (CELC)

Licensed Home Child Care Provider

Come Work with Compass ELC:

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 provider’s own children under the age of 4 (If your child is in kindergarten, your child no longer is included in ratio).

Accountabilities

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

EEO Statement

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, Metis 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.

Contact

For questions related to becoming a licensed HCC provider please contact: April Williams at [email protected] or (phone hidden)

📌 Licensed Home Child Care Provider - Durham Region (Ontario)
🏢 Compass-Early-Learning-and-Car
📍 Ontario