Job DescriptionJob Description
About This RoleMaintain a safe play environment. Observe and monitor children's play activities. Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues. Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts. Care for children in institutional setting.
What You'll DoMaintain a safe play environment.Observe and monitor children's play activities.Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.Care for children in institutional setting.Sanitize toys and play equipment.Dress children and change diapers.Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered.Identify signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to parents' or guardians' attention.Instruct children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits.Organize and store toys and materials to ensure order in activity areas.Create developmentally appropriate lesson plans.Read to children and teach them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs.Assist in preparing food and serving meals and refreshments to children.Regulate children's rest periods.
RequirementsMust have all qualifications prior to entry:
High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D.)
Level 1 IVP Fingerprint card
Must have after hire;
First Aid/CPR
Food Handlers Card
Physical Requirements:
Positions in this class typically require: stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and seeingIncumbents may be subjected to blood and other body fluidsMedium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects
Nice To HavesCDA
6 month experience in the child care field
BenefitsSick LeaveRetirement Plan
Paid Holiday Closures
Paid Breaks
Paid Professional Development
Discounted Child Care
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