Supervisor, Children - Hamilton, Canada - Wesley

Wesley

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Hamilton, Canada

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Description

Supervisor, Children & Family Services

Posting #:3708
Posting Date:
August 9, 2023
Posting Closing: August 31, 2023 4:00pm

Have you heard of us?
Wesley is a long-standing local non-profit and a certified Ontario Living Wage Network (OLWN) employer.

We are passionate about our work advocating for harm reduction, housing, poverty eradication and food security in Hamilton, Halton and Brantford.

We're committed to diversity & inclusion and a healthy work life balance. We would love for you to join our team

Are you the one we're looking for?

We are seeking a dynamic, highly motivated
Supervisor, Children & Family Services who demonstrates our values of compassion, accountability, responsiveness and empowerment; to our clients, families and each other.

The
Supervisor, Children & Family Services is in collaboration with other Supervisors, and they provide oversight, coordination and support to Early Years Programs with a specialization in program licensing.

This position will be mainly overseeing a licensed full day child care program.

This position is a
unionized,
permanent, full-time position. The rate of pay is $25.88 per hour. Schedule to be determined but between the hours of 6am-7pm

**Key Responsibilities: - Develop, plan, implement and provide appropriate information including services and programs for children and adults in Early Years programs,

Oversee the daily operation of the various Early Years and Wesley HUB sites and programs
Supervise and mentor staff
Act as the CCEYA licensed specialist, providing oversite, support and mentorship to the audit and licensing process
Attend all Ministry of Ed licensing inspections
Act as the CWELCC specialist in relation to licensing compliance
Work with the Manager, Early Years to identify compliance trends and areas of improvement
Ensuring that program statistics stay within annual targets.
Welcome, support and interact with program participants, remembering to be sensitive to all families including those culturally diverse, LGBTQ, young parents, etc.
Ensure the Wesley Early Years programs are in compliance with all legal and licensing requirements including reporting serious occurrences through the proper reporting procedure.
Ensure a high level of community participation and service delivery in the programs including promotion of the programs in the community. This includes establishing and maintaining a good rapport with neighbourhood schools and community partners.
Ensure that staff are providing quality, playbased learning and supervising parents/caregivers and children attending the Early Years programs at all times.
Organize, participate and contribute to team meetings and staff development opportunities
Follow the policies and procedures of the programs, HWDSB, City of Hamilton and Wesley.
Be responsible for submission of time sheets and other reports as required.
Identify training needs of staff and orient staff, student placements.
Ensuring appropriate staffing levels at all times.
Identify and communicate through appropriate channels any trends, activities, concerns, stories, changes and incidents in the program.
Maintain petty cash and monitor program spending to remain within budget in conjunction with co supervisor and management.
Assist in hiring procedures for program staff.
Participate in internal and external meetings related to Early Learning and Care programs as requested by the Manager, Early Years.
Complete annual staff performance management evaluations.
Gather program statistics on weekly, monthly and yearly basis and participate in ongoing quality assurance monitoring.
Ensure open communications with parents/caregivers and other participants.
Be knowledgeable about content of program and working directly with staff, children and families that access it.
Demonstrate an indepth knowledge of the Ministry of Education's "How Does Learning Happen?" pedagogy for Early Years and ensure this is carried out at all sites.
On an annual basis, review Centers' operational guidelines, policies and procedures and other legislation required as it relates to the delivery of services.
Frequent movement between multiple locations and programs is required.
Other duties as assigned.

What you will bring:

Diploma in Early Childhood Education and registration with the College of Early Childhood Educators.
Minimum 5 years of current supervisory experience in working in a licensed full day child care (infants, toddler and preschool) setting and with community partners.
Current supervisory experience with a full day child care centre that is a member of the Canada Wide, Early Learning and Child Care program.
Experience with staff oversight preferably in a unionized environment
Thorough knowledge of applicable legislation including the Child Care and Early Years Act, 201
Knowledge of requirements under CWELCC
Good written and or