Childcare Assistant Gray

Childcare Assistant

Full Time • Gray
Benefits:
  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Training & development
  • Vision insurance
Job Summary 
Encourage the healthy intellectual and psychological growth of the children in our licensed Type 1 facility. You will teach and supervise them while also motivating them to use their mental capacities and exercise their imagination along with supervising their daily activities. 
 
Responsibilities 
  • Balance your teaching between logical and social exercises.
  • Administering lesson plans in accordance with teaching standards established by the official sources. 
  • Provide basic care and care-giving activities.
  • Prepare and organize mealtimes and snacks for children.
  • Use a wide range of teaching methods (stories, media, indoor or outdoor games, drawing etc) to enhance the child’s abilities. 
  • Develop and encourage age appropriate learning and socialization to ensure children learn basic skills and concepts such as communication, manners, sharing, etc. 
  • Remain in constant communication with parents and update them on the progress of their children.  
  • Maintain a safe environment by monitoring children for health, behavioral and emotional issues and reporting concerns to staff and parents. Collaborate with other colleagues Record keeping requirements.
  • Other duties as assigned.  
 
Education and Experience 
High School Diploma or equivalent. 
 
Physical Requirements 
  • Frequent sitting with occasional standing and walking for 8-10 hour shifts.  
  • Frequent use of fine motor skills to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls and ability to reach with hands and arms on a regular basis.  Intermittently required to lift objects weighing up to 20 pounds.   
  • Consistently required to talk and/or hear.    
 
Required Skills/Abilities 
  • Complete 15 hours of professional development annually and implement what you have learned back into the classroom 
  • Update TB skin test every two years 
  • Complete a professional development plan with the director annually 
  • Complete a staff evaluation with the director annually 
  • Complete CPR/First Aid certification every two years (if required by director) 
  • Complete the 1.5 hour Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma Training in the first year of hire 
  • Complete 6 hours of Orientation in the first 90 days of hire  
  • Follow and implement all center policies and procedures on a daily basis 
 
Qualifications required for employment:  

  • Proof of high school diploma/GED/Commonwealth Child Care Credential (CCCC)  
  • Complete the National Background Check Program for Kentucky and any out of state background checks  
  • Provide a TB skin test or health professional statement  
Compensation: $10.00 per hour

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.





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Family Insurance Coverage Available
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