Child Care Job Description
Child care
provides safe child care and developmentally appropriate learning to call children in the program.
Child Care Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective child care job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included child care job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Ensure our quality curriculum standards are implemented
Recruit, select and retain quality teaching staff
Build a team of high performing ECE professionals
Grow and promote your school with positive customer and community relations
Actively participate in budgeting and assume full P & L accountability for the school
Must have at least 15 Early Childhood Education (ECE) units
Infant/toddler course and Admin course required
Completes daily health checks regarding hygiene, safety and the overall well-being of the children
Contribute to the devleopment of the clasroom environment and curiculum by asisting in daily outdoor and indoor activities with children
Maintain policies and procedures as required by center and childcare licensing
Child Care Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Child Care
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, YMCA, CDA, AED, BLS, CRP, BFA, C.P.R
Education for Child Care
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the child care job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Early Childhood, Education, Administration, Associates, Management, Social Services, Human Services, Elementary Education
Skills for Child Care
Desired skills for child care include:
Developmentally appropriate practices
Developmentally appropriate curriculum practice
Culture and tradition
Local/regional history
Myths
Childcare program development and implementation
Organizational procedures to make independent decisions and serve as a credible resource for a senior management team
Child abuse/neglect
Immunization of children
Texas laws relating to regulation of child care
Desired experience for child care includes:
Experience working in a licensed childcare facility preferred
120 college credits with 24 credits in child-related courses
4 years of experience with 24 college credits in child-related courses
Work experience in cooking and/or food preparation for multiple individuals, preferably in a childcare facility, but willing to train
Coursework in early childhood education or child development or a CDA preferred
Experience leading a classroom in a licensed childcare facility
Child Care Examples
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Child Care Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of child care. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for child care
- May perform other duties as assigned based on clinic needs
- Quality Control reports are run regularly
- Provides first line technical support and follow up training support as needed
- Ensure children are supervised at all times
- Ensure the environment is safe, clean and in good repair
- Follow acceptable protocol when accepting children for child care coverage
- Assist in maintaining the ordered arrangement, appearance, dcor, and learning environment of the classroom while allowing for the expressive and creative involvement and interaction of children
- Complete timely and accurate documentation according to Lourdes and licensing regulations
- Provide intake service for applicants seeking child care services
- Accept and coordinate referrals for child care from sources
Qualifications for child care
- Must have previous experience managing a child care facility
- Must have taken Early Childhood Education or child care related course units
- Experience managing a licensed child care facility is required
- Must have degree or Early Childhood Education / child care-related course units
- Must have experience managing a licensed child care facility
- Must have at least one year of management experience working in a licensed child care facility
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Child Care Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of child care. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for child care
- Enroll children in child care setting
- Enter client and case eligibility, demographic, and service information into system
- Be courteous and tactful when working with children and their member-families
- Being familiar with approved methods of positive redirection of all ages of children
- Know and maintain appropriate group size and ratio
- Interact with children at all times
- Oversees caseload of customers to ensure positive outcomes
- Enrolls categorically eligible children as authorized by the Board, the Workforce Center operator, other workforce services providers and staff
- Enters client and case eligibility, demographic, and service information into the designated system
- Manages a caseload of customers by providing advice for available childcare services to customers and providers
Qualifications for child care
- Completed 45 Hour Certificate
- Must possess high school diploma, GED, or equivalent OR be currently enrolled in classes to complete this level of education
- Proficient with computers (preferrably MS Office)
- High school diploma/GED plus one (1) year experience in child care is required
- Child Care Orientation Training (CCOT) Certificate is preferred and can be substituted for experience requirement
- Fluent in Spanish and English (Read, Write and Speak)
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Child Care Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of child care. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for child care
- Enrolls categorically eligible children as authorized by services providers and staff
- Promotes and ensures parental compliance with the terms of agreement, invoking sanctions as warranted
- Coordinates the recruitment, processing, and monitoring of local area relative providers
- Ensures the social, educational and physical needs of children are met, and that a safe, secure, and sanitary environment for the children is maintained
- Plans and coordinates the educational program for a group of children ages twelve (12) months to five (5) years of age
- Responsible for implementing the program’s curriculum through planning the environment while providing individual, small group and large group activities
- Provides age-appropriate language arts, social studies, cognitive arts, computers, science, art, music, and physical development educational experiences for children in the group
- Participates in evaluation and planning sessions with supervisory and/or Center staff
- Assures that safety precautions are adhered to
- Follows and carries out all State, District and Center policies, procedures and guidelines
Qualifications for child care
- High School Diploma or GED PLUS 6 months experience working in the care of children
- High School Diploma or GED PLUS six (6) months experience working in the care of children
- Additional education including CCOT, CDA, AA, or Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or a related field may be substituted for the experience requirement
- Previous child care management, resource and referral, and/or payment experience preferred
- High School Diploma/GED PLUS at least six (6) months experience working in the care of children
- High school diploma/GED plus six (6) months of experience in child care
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of child care. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for child care
- Responsible for all written information in regards to assigned classroom
- Coordinates all State and Center paperwork for assigned classroom, including attendance, child and program records
- Maintain accurate records of parent/guardian signatures for medication distribution
- Ensure that student immunization records are in compliance with all requirements
- Inform parents/guardians of non-compliance or upcoming immunization needs and ensure that forms and documentation needed are completed
- Act as primary contact in the event of any illness/accident resulting in an injury at the center
- Administer any health care as deemed necessary
- Working with children on age-specific activities
- Assists with the feeding of children and changing diapers or assisting with bathroom needs
- Supervises outdoor play
Qualifications for child care
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and a minimum of one year of experience in working with children in a monitored setting preferred
- CPR certification required before completion of orientation period
- Must have the skills and knowledge to conduct safe individual and group activities with children
- Must have strong observation and intervention skills with children and parents
- Must have the technical expertise to develop and create an enjoyable and safe environment for children
- Must be proficient in interpersonal communication skills and have the physical conditioning necessary to lift and carry babies and children weighing up to 50 pounds
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Child Care Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a child care. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for child care
- Interacts with parents
- Starts and/or closes down child activities and the facility
- Perform other functions that may be assigned by the administration and/or supervisor
- Supervise all Lead Youth Care Workers
- Provides documentation of supervision by maintaining a supervisory log for all staff supervised
- Completes all required documentation that pertains to this position in a timely fashion that may include daily reports
- Ensures appropriate shelter care and line of sight supervision of unaccompanied minors by assigned staff is handled appropriately and organized
- Communicates frequently with other shelter site departments and support staff regarding pertinent information about residents
- Assists during transition and movement of children from one activity to the next and one physical location to another
- Helps coordinate on-site community meetings, understands group dynamics, promotes and maintains a positive peer group culture
Qualifications for child care
- Consults center management teams to effectively problem solve, ensure safety of staff and donors, and provide an exceptional customer experience
- High School Diploma or GED PLUS at least six (6) months of experience working in the care of children
- Child Development Associate Credential (CDA)
- Associates or Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or a related field
- High school diploma/GED plus six (6) months of experience in the care of children
- High School Diploma/GED PLUS at least six (6) months of experience working in the care of children