About the role
STUDENT ON PLACEMENT – PROGRAMS
PLASP Child Care Services is a charitable organization operating on a not-for-profit basis, providing high quality early learning and child care, for children up to 12 years of age.
The Position Requires:
- Respect for children
- Genuine caring
- Energetic
- Work well with others and have people skills
- Flexible and willing to learn
- Takes direction positively
Your Skills:
- Time Management skills
- Organizational skills
- Communication skills
- Course knowledge
Responsibilities:
- Adhere to your schedule provided
- Complete course work according to your schedule
- Always take direction from the staff
- Become part of the staff team
- Develop a good relationship with your supervisor (your supervisor is there to help you succeed)
- Use your supervisor and the setting as a resource
- Familiar with PLASP’s policies and procedures
- Become familiar with the Supervisory Policy
- Show initiative without being asked
- Be open-minded and be willing to listen and learn
- Ask questions
- Be open to feedback
- Inform staff of issues that need to be discussed with parents
- Contribute to creating a safe work environment
- Wear your ID Badge while in the program
Key Responsibilities When Working with Children:
- Enjoy interacting with the children
- Assist the staff with the children and the program
- Interact directly with all of the children, by talking, listening, and playing with all of the children
- Participate in all aspects of the program
- Plan activities that engage the children’s interests
- Lead indoor and outdoor activities that are geared to the children’s interests
- Eat with the children
- Assist with set-up and clean-up, e.g., lunchtime, craft activities, etc.
- Ensure photo and contract are provided to the Program Director
- Become familiar with policies and procedures
Other
Perform other duties as requested by the staff and/or your supervisor.
All Ontarians have the right to equal treatment with respect to employment without discrimination or harassment. We believe that everyone has worth and value, and that all volunteers/students are entitled to be respected and supported, by their co-workers and supervisors.
PLASP Child Care Services is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the placement process, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). We will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the placement process.
HOW TO APPLY…
If you are interested in being placed for this position, please submit your application through PLASP’s Applicant Tracking System by clicking on “Apply for this Position” on the top right-hand side of this page.
About PLASP Child Care Services
PLASP Child Care Services is a community-based, charitable organization operating on a not-for-profit basis, providing accessible, affordable, high quality licensed child care to all children, including those with diverse learning needs.
PLASP provides care for children from 6 weeks to 12 years of age. The organization operates Before and After School programs in over 240 elementary schools located and 28 Early Learning and Child Care Centres located throughout Peel and in Toronto, and five EarlyON centres in Peel Region. Where there is sufficient need, PLASP provides year-round care for school age children by providing programs during P.A. days, the winter holidays, March break and summer, at selected locations.
Established in 1975, PLASP has built a solid reputation as an excellent provider of child care and early childhood education. PLASP believes that families are entitled to the support of high quality child care that is affordable, safe and reliable , giving them the peace of mind to go to work each day.
All PLASP programs are licensed. PLASP hires staff who are Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECEs) who are registered with the College of Early Childhood Educators. All staff must have a valid First Aid Certificate and clear criminal reference check. Staff in our Before and After School Programs have completed at extensive training to program in providing care to school age children that is recognized by the Ontario Ministry of Education and the Child Care and Early Years Act. Currently, PLASP employees over 1,500 individuals in our programs and at our head office in Mississauga.
PLASP has been voted the number one provider of child care by the readers of the Mississauga News Newspaper and City Parent Magazine every year since 1998. PLASP annually surveys parents regarding their level of satisfaction with the program and continues to receive an overall satisfaction rate of 94%.
About the role
STUDENT ON PLACEMENT – PROGRAMS
PLASP Child Care Services is a charitable organization operating on a not-for-profit basis, providing high quality early learning and child care, for children up to 12 years of age.
The Position Requires:
- Respect for children
- Genuine caring
- Energetic
- Work well with others and have people skills
- Flexible and willing to learn
- Takes direction positively
Your Skills:
- Time Management skills
- Organizational skills
- Communication skills
- Course knowledge
Responsibilities:
- Adhere to your schedule provided
- Complete course work according to your schedule
- Always take direction from the staff
- Become part of the staff team
- Develop a good relationship with your supervisor (your supervisor is there to help you succeed)
- Use your supervisor and the setting as a resource
- Familiar with PLASP’s policies and procedures
- Become familiar with the Supervisory Policy
- Show initiative without being asked
- Be open-minded and be willing to listen and learn
- Ask questions
- Be open to feedback
- Inform staff of issues that need to be discussed with parents
- Contribute to creating a safe work environment
- Wear your ID Badge while in the program
Key Responsibilities When Working with Children:
- Enjoy interacting with the children
- Assist the staff with the children and the program
- Interact directly with all of the children, by talking, listening, and playing with all of the children
- Participate in all aspects of the program
- Plan activities that engage the children’s interests
- Lead indoor and outdoor activities that are geared to the children’s interests
- Eat with the children
- Assist with set-up and clean-up, e.g., lunchtime, craft activities, etc.
- Ensure photo and contract are provided to the Program Director
- Become familiar with policies and procedures
Other
Perform other duties as requested by the staff and/or your supervisor.
All Ontarians have the right to equal treatment with respect to employment without discrimination or harassment. We believe that everyone has worth and value, and that all volunteers/students are entitled to be respected and supported, by their co-workers and supervisors.
PLASP Child Care Services is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the placement process, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). We will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the placement process.
HOW TO APPLY…
If you are interested in being placed for this position, please submit your application through PLASP’s Applicant Tracking System by clicking on “Apply for this Position” on the top right-hand side of this page.
About PLASP Child Care Services
PLASP Child Care Services is a community-based, charitable organization operating on a not-for-profit basis, providing accessible, affordable, high quality licensed child care to all children, including those with diverse learning needs.
PLASP provides care for children from 6 weeks to 12 years of age. The organization operates Before and After School programs in over 240 elementary schools located and 28 Early Learning and Child Care Centres located throughout Peel and in Toronto, and five EarlyON centres in Peel Region. Where there is sufficient need, PLASP provides year-round care for school age children by providing programs during P.A. days, the winter holidays, March break and summer, at selected locations.
Established in 1975, PLASP has built a solid reputation as an excellent provider of child care and early childhood education. PLASP believes that families are entitled to the support of high quality child care that is affordable, safe and reliable , giving them the peace of mind to go to work each day.
All PLASP programs are licensed. PLASP hires staff who are Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECEs) who are registered with the College of Early Childhood Educators. All staff must have a valid First Aid Certificate and clear criminal reference check. Staff in our Before and After School Programs have completed at extensive training to program in providing care to school age children that is recognized by the Ontario Ministry of Education and the Child Care and Early Years Act. Currently, PLASP employees over 1,500 individuals in our programs and at our head office in Mississauga.
PLASP has been voted the number one provider of child care by the readers of the Mississauga News Newspaper and City Parent Magazine every year since 1998. PLASP annually surveys parents regarding their level of satisfaction with the program and continues to receive an overall satisfaction rate of 94%.