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| Department |
Children's Services |
| Reports To |
Child Care Provider Supervisor |
| Hours |
Day: 6:45 am - 3:00 pm
Evening: 2:45 pm - 11:00 pm
Overnight: 10:45 pm - 7:00 am |
| Salary |
Per Union Contract: $10.91
After successful completion of probationary period $11.11 |
| Summary |
The CCPI provides the primary care for the children newborn through six years of age who are placed by parents at the Nursery. Their responsibility is to provide a safe, healthy, loving and nurturing environment, which fosters physical, emotional, social, personal, creative, and language development in the children. All staff report to Shift Supervisor |
| Responsibilities |
- Maintain a healthy and loving environment and assure good physical care and hygiene of the children
- Manage children's activities
- Role model healthy, professional, adult behavior
- Communicate effectively
- Work as part of a team and effectively with volunteers
- Manage children's behavior in a positive manner and assure meeting of medical and health care needs
- Complete required documentation
- Support Nursery-Community relations
- Prepare for shift work; i.e., read files, read logs, read dry marker boards, check mailbox
- Complete other duties as assigned to meet agency needs
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| Education |
High School Diploma or equivalent, early childhood training preferred |
| Experience |
One or more year(s) experience working with children in similar childcare or residential settings, cross cultural experience, experience working in crisis situation and early childhood development |
| Abilities |
- Work under pressure
- Be attentive to children as well as provide loving, positive, and nurturing care to children
- Work as a team player
- Carry out group and individual activities
- Work with diverse economic, cultural, and racial backgrounds
- Problem-solve under pressure and to do multiple tasks
- Work every other weekend
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| Skills |
- Creativity and Initiative
- Role-modeling appropriate behavior for young children
- Written and oral English communication skills
- First Aid and CPR certified preferred
- Must be 19 years of age for days and evening shift and 21 years of age for overnight, according licensing requirements
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