Child Care Licensing Specialist Trainee MSDE

State of Maryland•Washington County, MD

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maryland State Department of Education is dedicated to supporting a world-class educational system that prepares all students for college and career success in the 21st century. With excellent stewardship from our divisions, we oversee State and federal programs that support the needs of a diverse population – students, teachers, principals, and other educators throughout Maryland. The Child Care Licensing Specialist Trainee is the entry level of work inspecting licensing and monitoring childcare centers, family childcare homes and non-public nursery schools to ensure enforcement of childcare regulations and the provisions of quality child education development programs. The main purpose of the positions is to support the Office of Child Care's goal of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of children in child care settings outside their open homes through the licensure of child care centers, the issuance of Letters of Compliance to certain religious child care programs, the registration of family day care homes, the approval of nonpublic nursery schools and the investigation of complaints lodged against legitimate and illegal child care providers.

Requirements

Education: Possession of a Bachelor's Degree in child development, education, social work or psychology from an accredited college or university.
Experience: None
Applicants for this classification must consent to State Police and Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigations/Background Checks as a routine procedure for all employees required to work with Child Care Services Facilities.
Proof of eligibility to work in compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act and travel throughout the state are required.
This position requires a Valid Driver's License because you may need to drive a State vehicle and/or your personal vehicle to site visits.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Access, Excel and PowerPoint)
Work experience involving communicating with customers of diverse backgrounds.
Work experience using database system.

Responsibilities

Learns to process prospective provider applications for child care centers, family child care homes and nonpublic nursery schools to determine eligibility for licensure and/or nonpublic nursery school approval by following established office policies and procedures.
Learns to manage caseload, including use of automated technology systems, to determine provider compliance with applicable Code of Maryland Regulations COMAR 13A.15, COMAR 13A.16, and COMAR 13A.17 by following OCC policies and procedures.
Learns to investigate complaints lodges against licensed, registered and illegal childcare providers, and nonpublic nursery schools to determine the validity of allegations by following established office policies and procedures.
Learns to prepare accurate expense reports and ensure timely submission in accordance with MSDE procurement policies and procedures.