PHMC is proud to be a leader in public health. PHMC requires that all employees are fully vaccinated with the Covid-19 vaccine before the first day of employment.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Developing and encouraging age-appropriate learning and socialization to ensure children learn basic skills and concepts, such as communication, manners, sharing, etc
- Maintaining a safe workplace by monitoring children for health, behavioral, and emotional issues and reporting concerns to staff and parents
- Ensuring children are learning positive behaviors and providing guidance
- Keeping records relating to child care
- Working with parents to help children progress towards educational and behavioral goals
- Assist in the implementation of daily activities under the guidance of the Family Service Coordinator
- Maintain relationship with mothers in order to communicate children’s needs and behaviors
- Participate in weekly children’s services staff meetings/ and or weekly Supervision with Supervisor
- Holidays, evenings and weekends
- Other duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of cultural differences among children who are served by the program
- Ability to assist and maintain children with their hygiene
- Ability to monitor children for health, behavioral and emotional concerns
- Ability to provide children with age-appropriate instruction
- Ability to work with children parents to ensure that children are learning and socializing during parent and child/children time together
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the position and have an understanding of the childhood development process
- Strong understanding of stages of childhood development
- Attentiveness to the needs and safety of children
QUALIFICATION:
- Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university in education, including 30 credit hours in early childhood education, child development, special education, or the human services field; with five year’s experience related to the care and development of children
SALARY:
- Commensurate with education and experience
- Grade 13
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
Work Location: In person