Staff Qualification Requirement

STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

• Each primary staff member and volunteer that has unsupervised access to children
  must have:
  • a criminal record check, including vulnerable sector search, dated not earlier
    than 6 months prior to the date of commencement with the program and every
    3 years after that date.
  • a Child Intervention Check with no intervention services recorded (Must be
    within 10 weeks of hire date).
• All Primary staff must hold a Childcare certification.
• Staff who are hired without an Early Childhood Certification, must obtain a
  certification as a Child Development Assistant (Level 1) within 6 months of
  commencement with the program, and
• Must not have unsupervised access to children until the primary staff member has
  obtained a childcare certification as a Child Development Assistant.
• All staff must also obtain First Aid, and annual WHIMIS, and Workplace Violence and
  Harassment Awareness Training.