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Child Care Worker

Employment Application

Job Title: Childcare Provider
Reports To: Child Advocate
Time Requirement: 15+ Hours/Week | Non-Exempt
Location: Pam’s House

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The Childcare Provider will assist staff and residents by preparing meals/snacks for children, maintaining their hygiene, monitoring them for health, behavioral, and emotional concerns, providing them with age-appropriate instruction and working to ensure that children are learning and socializing in a positive way. They may also assist with sterilizing toys and play areas and other duties to ensure that the children are in a safe, engaging, and clean environment.

PROGRAMS & CLIENT SERVICES:  

  • Providing care for children, such as feeding, changing diapers, and cleaning rooms and toys.
  • Developing and encouraging age-appropriate learning and socialization to ensure children learn basic skills and concepts, such as communication, manners, sharing, etc.
  • Maintaining a safe place by monitoring children for health, behavioral, and emotional issues and reporting concerns to staff and parents.
  • Ensuring children are learning positive behaviors and providing guidance or approved discipline, as needed.

RECORD KEEPING  

  • Keeping records relating to child care.
  • Communicates and follows up on necessary information.  

GENERAL  

  •   Treats residents with respect, dignity, and empathy.  
  •   Prevent, identify, and remove discriminatory barriers in services       provided.  

CULTURAL INCLUSIVITY  

  • Recognize that we hold attitudes and beliefs that can detrimentally influence our perceptions of and interactions with individuals who are diverse from ourselves.    
  • Recognize the importance of multicultural sensitivity, responsiveness to, knowledge of, and understanding about diversity.  
  • Apply the principles of multiculturalism and diversity in training and staff development.  
  • Apply culturally appropriate skills in all interactions with residents, co-workers, volunteers, partner agencies, and other community members.  

OTHER  

  • Commit to AARC’s organizational mission, vision, and operating philosophy.  
  • Attend staff and other relevant meetings, trainings, and in-services as assigned.  
  • Other duties and projects as requested by supervisor or Executive Director.    

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.   The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

  • Decisiveness, patience, and stamina to chase after, lift, or carry children.
  • Knowledge of sexual assault and domestic violence issues
  • Record of immunizations and ability to pass a background check.
  • Attentiveness to the needs and safety of children.
  • Displays a positive attitude, works well with others, and accepts direction well.  
  • Ability to empathize, encourage and guide.  
  • Ability to read, write and speak English.  

SALARY RANGE

$13.00/hour Dependent on training, education and experience.


The AARC is an equal opportunity employer.