Playroom Associate - Vancouver - Altea

Description

Playroom Associate (Part Time) – Altea

Availability: Mon - Sun 8am to 5pm

Description

The Playroom Associates are zealous about cultivating a quality childcare program for the members of Altea and our community. They create a clean, safe, and nurturing environment for children ranging from six weeks of age to 12 years old that address each child's unique needs, while effectively communicating with parents. They have a passion for being creative by developing play-based, age-appropriate activities while ensuring overall health, safety, and the well-being of all children in their care.

These nurturing folks take pride in creating relationships with parents and children while being mindful and respectful of individual differences. They offer a positive, welcoming environment that delivers fun, enriching and socially engaging activities that stimulate children, and plan and carry out experiences that foster an understanding of a variety of cultures and value systems. They lead daily activities in harmony with the centre's philosophy, observe child interactions to expand play and plan activities, and ensure guidance of children's behaviour that encourages positive guidelines such as redirecting, positive language and positive reinforcement.

Qualifications and Skills

• You Have Youthful Energy: You light up when you are around children. You flourish when you can plan and carry out creative play-based learning. You act as a role model of appropriate behaviour. Ability to work cooperatively as a member of the childcare team, facilitating a team environment through personal behaviour, work contributions and sharing of expertise and knowledge. You're caring, thoughtful, nurturing and incredibly patient.
• You Have A Positive Attitude: You're always upbeat, energetic and have a positive attitude.
• You're A Team player: You actively participate and foster an environment that sustains a collaborative approach to working with others.
• You're Detail Oriented: You cross your T's and dot your I's by maintaining client records highly organized with flawless attention to detail. You're not one to cut corners. You pay attention to the details and stay focused so nothing falls through the cracks on your watch.
• You're Flexible: You can roll with the punches and positively adapt to change. You're able to remain flexible with working long hours, evenings, and weekends.
• You're Responsible & Reliable: You won't burn the house down; you're responsible and trustworthy. You're reliable.
• You're Motivated & Driven: You take initiative, identify opportunities and issues, and proactively act and follow through on work activities to resolve them. You're going to take ownership of the time you spend with us and truly make a difference.

Typical Day

• Meet and greet a large number of familiar and unfamiliar faces.
• Answer the telephone promptly with an energetic tone of voice.
• Process registration and check‑ins including payment using the software system.
• Plan, carry out, and assess developmentally appropriate activities and experiences in harmony with the centre's philosophy.
• Observe how children use materials and interact with each other and adults.
• Use observations to expand play and plan activities that recognize individual differences.
• Set up crafts at the table for one group of children, set up another group with reading books and others with music.
• Ensure the child's environment is healthy and safe.
• Communicate positively and build trust with parents.

Position Requirements

• Post‑secondary education related to early childhood education, child development, elementary education, or special education and additional certifications.
• Workshops related to child care are an asset.
• Experience working with children from six weeks old to 12 years old is required.
• All team members must have current CPR/First Aid certification prior to start date and must be maintained throughout employment.
• A recent Criminal Background Check (Vulnerable Sector) prior to commencement of training and/or work.

Perks &

• A competitive salary.
• Complimentary individual membership.
• Team member perks.
• Complete training and development package.
• Working alongside great people in a culture that fosters empowerment.
• Career‑defining growth and development opportunities.

Application Instructions

In your cover letter, please include an explanation of why your experience is specifically relevant to this role at Altea Active. We want to see your personal style—what makes you tick and why you think your next opportunity is with us.

We are an equal opportunity employer and believe in treating everyone fairly regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status or any other legally protected factor. We consider all qualified applicants for employment and upon request will provide accommodations to candidates taking part in the selection process.

We thank you for your interest; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.