Childcare Workers

Job Description

Job Description

About This Role

Maintain a secure and stimulating environment for children. Monitor their activities, engaging with them to promote social, emotional, and cognitive development. Collaborate with parents to share daily experiences, behaviors, and any concerns that may arise. Provide nurturing care in a childcare setting, where every child feels valued and supported.

• Provide a safe and healthy environment for children.
• Engage with children, observing and participating in their play activities.
• Communicate with parents about daily events, behaviors, and relevant issues.
• Nurture children's emotional and social growth, fostering empathy and positive self-image.
• Care for children in a childcare setting.
• Sanitize play equipment and toys.
• Clothe children and change diapers as needed.
• Maintain records on individual children, including daily observations and information on meals, activities, and medications.
• Identify signs of emotional or developmental issues in children and bring them to the parents' attention.
• Instruct children in health and personal habits.
• Organize and store toys and materials to maintain a tidy environment.
• Develop engaging lesson plans tailored to children's needs.
• Read to children and introduce them to art, music, and other creative activities.
• Assist in meal preparation and serving.
• Establish a regular routine for rest periods.

Must 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 seeing
• Incumbents may be subjected to blood and other body fluids
• Medium 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

CDA certification

At least six months of experience in the childcare field

• Sick Leave
• Retirement Plan

• Paid Holiday Closures

  Paid Breaks

  Paid Professional Development

  Discounted Child Care