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Raising Hope is a program that provides a supportive Apartment Living environment for pregnant and post partum women struggling with addiction issues. The Child Care Workers provide child care support to apartment residents for children from the age of newborns to 12 years of age, and organize and supervise structured activities and events for children. The Child Care Workers protect and promote the psychological and physical safety, health and well-being of each child being cared for and develop and maintain a warm, caring and responsive relationship with every child and parent. Training in early childhood development and/or experience working within that model would be an asset. The hours for this position are from 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm Monday to Friday.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Valid driver's licence
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate
- Child and Youth Care Worker (CCW/CYW) Diploma
- Cultural Awareness Training
- Babysitting Certificate
Additional Skills
- Housekeeping activities
- Food preparation
Type of Community or Social Service
- Child welfare
- Personal and social adjustment and health (substance abuse, gambling, behaviour disorders)
- Socio-economic needs or conditions (housing, nutrition, unemployment, financial assistance)
- Services for pregnant teens
- Services for the homeless
- Programs dealing with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Specific Skills
- Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs
- Resolve conflict situations
- Supervise children's visits with parents to ensure their safety
- Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
- Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
Work Setting
- Social service agency
Work Location Information
- Urban area
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Child welfare check
Target Groups or Clients
- Male
- Female
- Families
- Children
- Aboriginal groups
- Street population
- Persons with intellectual disabilities
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with learning disabilities