Out of School Care Leader at Kiwassa Neighborhood Services Association – Vancouver, British Columbia

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Overview: Kiwassa Neighbourhood House grows a welcoming and inclusive community in the vibrant Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland neighbourhoods of East Vancouver, Located on the traditional, unceded and occupied territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səlílw̓ətaʔ/Selilwitulh (TsleilWaututh), and xʷməθkwəyə̓ m (Musqueam) Nations.

Job Summary:

We are seeking three (3) enthusiastic and experienced Out of School Leader for a full-time temporary contract position this summer at Kiwassa Neighbourhood House (2425 Oxford Street). This position will have a start date of June 1, 2025 to August 31, 2025 with 24 hours per week from June 1 to July 1, 2025 and 35 hours a week July 2 to August 31st, 2025.

The Children’s Program Leader supports Kiwassa’s vision to grow a welcoming and inclusive community through building safe and engaging spaces to learn and grow. The Leader plans and provides hands-on activities and care for participants in a multicultural, inclusive after school program and is responsible for: developmentally appropriate activity planning for a group of children ages 6 to 12, direct supervision and evaluation of children, incident reporting and communication with families and caregivers. Children’s programming at Kiwassa works directly with vulnerable children with high needs often working with learning challenges as a result of trauma and/or insecurities due to food, housing or settlement.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works with staff team and coordinator to develop curriculum and implement activities and experiences for individual and group needs of all children within a consistent child centred program environment
• Creates and maximizes a healthy and safe place for children
• Assess needs and abilities and ensures activities are developmentally appropriate and inclusive
• Refers to or consults with the Children’s Program Coordinator when necessary
• Prepares and serves program snacks/lunch to children as required
• Ensures children’s safety
• Reports critical incidents as required
• Upholds safety standards as per Kiwassa requirements
• Ensures all policies and procedures pertaining to facility are followed
• Maintains positive and regular communication with parents, caregivers and family support worker regarding development
• Maintains relationships with external resources, school and KNH staff members
• Purchases supplies within budget and Kiwassa standards
• Maintains program and participant records
• Provides updates and reporting as required
• Other duties as assigned

Reporting Relationships

The position reports to the Out of School Care Coordinator and Youth and Childcare Manager

Qualifications:

Education and Knowledge

• One-year recent related experience
• Responsible Adult certificate
• Emergency Child Care First Aid
• FoodSafe certificate
• Applicants must be a minimum of 19 years of age on their first day of work

Salary: $23.76/hour

We strongly encourage applications from and prioritize from diverse backgrounds and experiences, including folks with disabilities, Indigenous people, racialized people and 2SLGBTQIA+ folks. We encourage, though don’t require, folks of these identities to indicate this on their cover letter.