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Bethany Athletic Club's new childcare center Bkids, seeks Teachers & Float Teachers to join the Bkids team!  The successful candidate will be responsible for supervising, nurturing, and caring for children from 6 weeks – 5 years old. This individual is expected to, among other things, welcome children each day, engage in crafts and activities, change diapers and ensure the safety of all children.

Center Hours: Monday-Friday 7:00am-5:30pm

Pay: $18.00 - $22.50 / Hour 

Job Type: Full-Time  

Main Responsibilities:

• Nurtures and cares for children.
• Provides a clean, safe, and fun childcare environment.
• Utilize the center’s software to add regular updates to families of the children.
• Ensures safe playing conditions and follows established security procedures.
• Develops and implements activities for the children on an ongoing basis.
• Treats children if injured and completes incident reports as well as notifies parents, supervisors and club managers of any incidents
• Perform general administrative tasks as needed such as taking attendance, editing internal paperwork, making phone calls, etc.
• Maintains a clean work environment by performing janitorial duties as required or assigned including but not limited to body fluid cleanup, sanitizing areas and other light housekeeping

Qualifications:

• Certified in CPR/First Aid
• Highly motivated
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent management and leadership skills
• Excellent organizational skills

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree (BS/BA) from college or university with a major in:
  • Early childhood education

• • Child development
  • Elementary education
  • Special education
• Associate degree (AS/AA) from a college with a major in:
  • Early childhood education
  • Child development
• A one-year state or nationally recognized credential related to preschool-age care.
• Completion of 20 credits (semester system) or 30 credits (quarter system) of training at a college or university in:
  • Early childhood education
  • Child Development
  • Elementary education
  • Special education
  • AND at least one year of qualifying teacher experience* in a Certified Child Care Center or comparable group care program, in the care of preschool-age children
• At least two years of qualifying teaching experience, with at least one year as a teacher, in a Certified Child Care Center or comparable group care program, in the care of preschool-age children
• Documentation of attending at least Step 8.5 in the Oregon Registry

TRAINING:

• Head teachers must have completed OCC approved health and safety training (before having unsupervised access to children)
• Have completed a minimum of two hours of training on child abuse and neglect that is specific to Oregon law before they can have unsupervised access to children.

If the center is certified to care for infants, the head teacher must have completed OCC approved safe sleep training.

Language Requirement

All team members must have the basic abilitytouse computer/smart phone applications for training and company system purposes. Employees must also be able to comprehend writtendocuments suchasworkorders,safetyrules,instructions,policies, and procedures. Also required is the ability of employees to speak and communicate effectively with clients, coworkers and management.

Company Benefits

• 401k with matching after 6 months
• ComplimentaryBethanyAthletic Club membership
• EAP with counseling, financial+legalassistance
• Discount on food from Bethany Athletic Club+Laurel Parc
• Discounts throughBenefitHub+Life Balance
• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Holiday payperks
• Employee appreciation+wellness events

Additional Benefits for Full Time Employees

• Medical, Dental+Vision options for employee, partner + dependents after60 days
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Up to 16 PTO days first year (19 daysafter 1 year and 20 days after 2 years)
• Paid + FloatHolidays
• Complimentary Bethany Athletic Club membershipfor family
• 15% discount at West Parc & South Parc Apartments

About Central Bethany

CentralBethany is afull-servicerealestate development,property managementandinvestmentcompany based in Portland, OR. Founded in 1991, Central Bethany remains committed to building organizations and mix-usecommunitiesthatthrive including Bethany Athletic Club, Laurel Parc, West Parc, South Parc and LaScala Apartments, and Downtown Rockwood. Central Bethany's diverse portfolio in Bethany Village and the surroundingPortlandmetroarea offers employees a fast-paced, service-focused environment with opportunities for growth across various industries, making it a unique and rewarding place to work.

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