This information was last updated on February 1, 2013 prior to the CCHRSC’s dissolution. For more information, please see the message from the Board.
Our projects produced research and developed strategies and tools to meet the needs of the child care workforce and achieve related goals. Click on the titles of our projects for more information.
A skilled and competent child care workforce is critical to providing high quality child care that benefits children’s early development and learning. The challenge for the sector is to increase the skills and education of the child care workforce to improve the quality of early learning and care that children experience.
In 2011, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada announced changes to the Sector Council Program, including the elimination of core funding for all councils by March 2013.
Statutory is defined as something “fixed, authorized, or established by statute”. Therefore the benefit packages that Canadian employers offer are designed to enhance the well-being of their employee base, and will contain both statutory and discretionary benefits. Statutory benefits are some of the benefits also referred to as “employer paid” benefits.
International credentials and applications are handled on a case-by-case basis. Applications are submitted to Child Care Staff Classification Services.
International applicants must include an English or French translation of all documentation submitted along with the application form.
All staff working with children in a licensed child care facility must be classified. There are four levels of Classification:
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