Child Care Assistant-part time-days

Trinity Health•Dubuque, IA

About The Position

MercyOne Child Development Center is a 13-room childcare facility serving children from 6 weeks through 10 years of age. The center provides a safe, nurturing, and engaging environment where children can learn, grow, and thrive. The Child Care Assistant supports planned activities and helps meet children’s physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs while ensuring their safety and treating them with respect. This is a part-time day position. The center is open Monday through Friday from 5:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; the schedule is primarily between 10:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. or 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. No weekends or holidays are required. MercyOne colleagues receive a benefits package that includes paid time off and retirement, along with opportunities for growth throughout the system. The role requires a caring, energetic, and dependable approach, compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and organizational policies, and conduct consistent with MercyOne’s mission, values, and care principles. The assistant is expected to maintain professional, customer-focused behavior, communicate and work through problems with peers and parents, and pursue required continuing education and training.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Must be at least 18 years old to meet state licensing and ratio requirements.
Must complete state-mandated annual continuing education hours in Early Childhood Education.
Must meet mandatory education and training requirements within specified timeframes.
Must complete Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training within 6 months of hire and every 3 years thereafter.
Passion for working with children.

Nice To Haves

Childcare experience is strongly preferred.
One to two years of previous work experience with children and/or schooling in Early Childhood Education is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Assist with and carry out planned activities as needed.
Recognize and attempt to meet children’s physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs.
Treat children with respect and provide warm, loving, and respectful care, using discipline in accordance with the center’s guide.
Supervise children and ensure their physical safety at all times.
Identify and correct potential risks and hazards and complete incident reports.
Create an environment that is interesting and challenging for children.
Discuss and work through problems with peers and parents as they arise.
Use positive reinforcement and redirection as behavior modification techniques.
Maintain required continuing education and training and strive for individual performance excellence.
Follow applicable laws, regulations, organizational policies, standards of conduct, and the organization’s mission and values.
Demonstrate customer-focused behavior, including appropriate attitude, confidentiality, communication, and professionalism.
Perform other duties consistent with the purpose of the job as directed.