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Job Description:

Posting Specifics

• Pay Rate: Based on experience

• Shift Details: Part-time positions (10 hrs/wk guaranteed, but could likely be closer to 15 hrs/wk)
  Hours of operation at the Center are Monday-Friday from 5:45am - 6:45pm.
  Shifts would be mainly in the Afternoon and Evening hours (Monday - Friday, no weekends or holidays).
  Typically STARTING between 2:00pm - 3:00pm and ENDING between 5:30pm - 7pm.
  Need to be available all 5 days a week (Monday - Friday).

• Location: Child Development Center, Located at the R-Kids (Utah Valley Hospital Child Development Center)

• Additional Details:
  Passion for working with young children
  Flexibility in schedule
  Creativity and adaptability
  Interest in a long-term career working with young children
  Due to the nature of the center being census based, scheduling differs based on how many children attend each day and there are often many changes to the schedule so this position requires flexibility to work well.

Minimum Qualifications

• Six months experience working in an early childhood program

• Pediatric CPR, First Aid Certification within 60 days of hire

• Food Handlers Permit within 60 days of hire

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree in Early Childhood Development/Education or a closely related field (Elementary Education, Family-Life Studies, Child Psychology). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.

• Certificate in Early Childhood Development (CDA - Child Development Associate)

Essential Functions

This position works under broad guidelines dependent on the age, development, and classroom regulations for each group of children. Teachers must have great flexibility in providing care and activities for children.

• Establishes a developmentally appropriate room environment that is safe, welcoming, clean, nurturing, and that stimulates learning and discovery.
• Provides direct supervision of children at all times.
• Warmly interacts with children using approved early childhood education standards and immediately attends to their physical and emotional needs.
• Follows all regulatory standards and best practices as outlined by Utah Department of Health, Child Care Licensing. Completes 20 hours of training to review these required standards annually.
• Accurately and professionally maintain daily records as required by State Licensing including incident reports, attendance sheets, and daily record sheets.
• Organizes engaging and educational activities, materials, and daily schedules that meet the developmental goals for each child in care.
• Maintain observation notes, conduct formal assessments, and provide other portfolio documentation to assess children's progress in achieving developmental milestones and behaviors. Information on each child's development will be shared with parents regularly, with two formal parent conferences annually.
• Observes and recognizes obvious difficulties individual children are having mastering developmentally appropriate milestones or behavior and discusses follow-up actions with leader and parents if needed.
• Is a team player and a continuous learner

Skills

• Knowledge of child development and experience caring for children
• Love children. Flexibility to follow children's interests/needs, have patience and be kind.
• Ability to proactively resolve conflict and keep calm under stress
• Good organizational skills and time management
• Excellent customer service
• Professional verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to react quickly in emergencies to keep children safe
• Basic computer knowledge (Outlook Email, Microsoft Word, Internet navigation, uploading documentation) to maintain records, complete required training, communicate with parents/staff, plan curriculum

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employees to see and read information, documentation, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and to be able to assess children's needs.
• Frequent interactions with children, colleagues, clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes manual writing, frequent use of computer/tablet (typing, documenting), performing routine care duties (changing diapers, sanitizing/cleaning, preparing/serving food, medication/bottle preparation), and engaging with children in fine-motor play. Dexterity and strength of hands and arms is needed to frequently lift and carry children up to 35 pounds.
• Expected to utilize full range of movement to safely care for children. Full range of movement includes the ability to walk, bend to retrieve, push, pull, and lift/carry children and equipment weighing up to 35 pounds. Employees must interact with children at the child's level, which requires the ability to frequently lean over, bend, squat/crouch, kneel, work on hands and knees, get down and back up from floor level, and sit on the floor or at a low level.
• Expected to be able to quickly respond to an emergency by running after a child in danger and perform all CPR/First Aid actions.

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