Classroom Childcare Assistant

Southwest Learning Centers • Vancouver, WA

3d • $17 - $18

About The Position

Are you passionate about working with children? Are you energetic and fun? Would you enjoy being appreciated for the "little things" that help our teachers out? Would you like to work for a company who views love, safety, and success as things families, teams, and children all desire? If you answered yes to these questions then apply today for the CLASSROOM CHILDCARE ASSISTANT Position! WHO WE ARE Southwest Learning Centers is a community of supportive teachers and team members who recognize that as they elevate families, teams, and communities, they elevate themselves. We change communities for the better. We excel at supporting families to reach their unique vision of success by honoring their emotional and financial investment in us. Through support that transcends childcare alone, SWLC provides the sense of security, peace, and joy necessary for determined and engaged families to scale and live their best lives; making a positive impact upon their communities. WE BELIEVE Everyone is someone's child: We strive to treat everyone with the care and respect those who love them would want for them. Everyone deserves to feel loved: Our students arrive confidently each day knowing their teachers and their family both value them. Everyone deserves to feel safe: Energy matters. Children are sensitive to their environment and rely upon their families and teachers to ensure their safety; physically and emotionally. Everyone deserves to feel successful. We celebrate wins! There are no small milestones. Whether it's holding a spoon, tying a shoe, or making a friend. Our teachers and families celebrate together.

Requirements

• Reliable - you understand the emotional toll on children when their care is inconsistent. You respect your team with dependable attendance.
• Empathetic - you understand that leaving their child with others is not a decision parents make lightly and you offer ongoing communication and assurances that their child is in your good care.
• Responsive - you know that a child's behavior is often driven by unspoken thoughts or concerns and you work to meet them where they are and help them to manage their feelings.
• Encouraging - you instill confidence in everyone you interact with, from the children in your class, to your team members, and your families. Guidance or suggestions are constructive and non-judgmental.
• Emotional Balance - you understand that drama is for child's play and not a part of team interactions. You know how to ask for and offer support to team members without disruption to children's care.
• 18 years or older (18 must pass a background check)
• Available transportation
• Able to work between 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (M-F)
• Tattoos must be covered (your art may not be for everyone and we don't want to judge)
• Piercings and press-on nails or other jewelry is a choking hazards should it fall to the ground. Piercings are also easily caught (or tugged on by children), and long nails can scratch. Please leave jewelry at home, and nails on the shorter length.
• Light to no makeup, as well as perfume, to avoid allergic reactions in some children.
• We are a tobacco-free zone (including vaping), and is not permitted during your shift

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience is not required.

Responsibilities

• Get children ready to start their day
• Teachers with classroom clean up
• Find that missing (toy, hair pony, shoe, etc)
• Be a role model for children

Benefits

• Family is honored here - free or discounted childcare available (ask for details)
• Our team is appreciated - from the Owners to the Director we regularly receive thank you's through big and small gestures
• Your future matters - from ongoing training opportunities to retirement fund matching, our team is encouraged to grow

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees