Scott Mission was founded in 1941 by Rev. Morris and Mrs. Annie Zeidman as a non-denominational Christian organization. Each year, it offers practical, emotional, and spiritual support to thousands of people who are experiencing poverty and homelessness in the City of Toronto. The Mission is a community that continually seeks to be:

- Centered in and dependent on Jesus Christ
- Gracious, generous, and collaborative in our relationships
- Servant hearted, innovative, and professional in our work
- Rooted in God’s rescuing work in history

Scott Mission’s vision prayer captures the heart of its goal: Poverty in full retreat, flourishing for all, in Toronto and beyond. The Mission is currently implementing a transformational, five-year strategic plan with the following objectives: Increasing capacity and enhancing basic needs services, deepening clients’ transformational impact, multiplying partnerships, and offering spiritual leadership to Canadians.

Position: Registered Early Childhood Educator (RECE)

Department: Child Care Centre

Reporting To: Manager of Childcare

Status: Full Time, Permanent

Position Summary

The RECE will be based in 1550 O’Connor Drive and report directly to the Manager of Childcare. The incumbent will assist in providing care for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of children.

Duties & Responsibilities:

· Provide a warm, nurturing, and caring environment for children to support their overall growth.

· Provide support to the team in fulfilling TSM’s mission, vision, and values.

· Plan activities with the development and implementation of daily programming, for the assigned age group.

· Monitor classrooms, playgrounds, parks area; identity potential behavioural problems.





· Observe and identify designated needs for program development and program planning.

· Cater to children’s physical needs including snacks, meals, bathroom routines.

· Develop positive and secure relationships with children and collaborative relationships with parents; provide support as needed.

· Maintain and produce daily logs, program reports, attendance records, bulletin boards/birthday board, incident/accident reports, observation reports.

· Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work-space environment; cleaning and sanitizing as required.

· Ensure classroom meets Ministry of education and AQI standards.

Required Experience and Education:

· Registered Early Childhood Education Diploma, minimal 2 years of experience.

· Demonstrated experience engaging families, communities, and marginalized groups.

· Knowledge of Emergent Curriculum, early learning, and How Does Learning Happen framework.

· Food Handling Certificate; current training in First Aid and CPR Level C.

· Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

· Able to work independently with minimal supervision.

· Flexible, dependable, and a outstanding team member with a collaborative attitude.

A combination of education and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the responsibilities of this position may be considered in lieu of stated education and experience requirements.

Interested applicants are invited to apply with a copy letter and resume: [email protected] The Scott Mission welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Employment is conditional to results of Police Reference Check and satisfactory reference.

Pay: $51,000.00-$53,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

📌 Registered Early Childhood Educator (East York)
🏢 The Scott Mission
📍 East York