JOB POSTING #2023-112-01
INTERNAL/EXTERNAL

Multicultural Programs

On-Call Childcare Worker (several positions to be filled)

Candidates needed for July programming and the 2023/2024 school year starting in September

Wage: $20 per hour

On-Call, Permanent

On Site Work

Opportunity to work with Pre-School Children in Day Care

Join the Team at Archway – Come Help Us Help People!

Location:  Abbotsford, BC

On Site

Job Summary:

Provide support and direct care to children, encouraging their intellectual, physical and emotional growth in a quality Early Childhood program.

Your Role:

Archway’s On-Call Childcare Worker for the Multicultural Programs contributes by:

• Working with an Early Childhood team facilitating developmentally appropriate activities and experiences for children.
• Following program schedules which may include indoor/outdoor, active/quiet and individual and group a
• Attending to the children’s physical needs which may include toileting, feeding, sleeping, etc.
• Attending to children’s psychological and emotional needs which may include cuddling, rocking, holding infants and children.
• Providing a caring, nurturing environment.
• Ensuring a healthy and safe environment. Administering First Aid when necessary. Observing and removing potential hazards. 
• Following childcare licensing requirements.

OUR OFFER:

• Wage: $20 per hour.
• A permanent, on-call position
• As an on-call Childcare Worker, the Program operates from Mondays to Fridays, from 8:30 AM to 9:00 PM as some programs run evening workshops. Therefore, you will need to coordinate your availability with the Supervisor, around this schedule. 
• Benefits include:
  • Great in-house training opportunities.
  • Build your experience in the field of childcare.
  • Rewarding work in a positive and supportive environment.
  • Opportunity to network with Archway colleagues.

Getting an Interview – You will be considered if you have:

• Early Childhood Education Assistant Training OR 20 Hour Responsible Adult Training OR Family Childcare Certification through the ECE Registry.
• Early Childhood certification or license to practice is an asset.
• Experience working with immigrant children and awareness of settlement issues.
• Knowledge of age-appropriate childcare facilitation techniques.

THE JOB REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE:

• Ability and comfort talking to children and their parents.
• Well-developed oral and interpersonal and communication skills, including working with children and families from diverse backgrounds.
• Good organization, time and general management skills.
• A satisfactory Criminal Records Check is a condition of employment.
• A Current First Aid Certification is a condition of employment.

Closing date is August 25, 2023

No phone calls please. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Archway Community Services is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all equity seeking groups.

Your resume may also be forwarded to other Programs for their consideration for their job vacancies.  If you do not wish for your application to be shared with other Programs, please send an e-mail to with DO NOT FORWARD TO OTHER PROGRAMS, in the subject line of the e-mail and the job reference number to which you applied, in the body of the e-mail.

Archway's goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Equity and diversity are essential to excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.

We invest in the mental health and wellbeing of our employees.