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**Job Summary**

To provide basic child care duties and support the Child Care Assistants in implementing lesson plans.Monument Health offers competitive wages and benefits on qualifying positions. Some of those benefits can include:

*Supportive work culture

*Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage

*Retirement Plans, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Account

*Paid Time Off Accrual Bank

*Opportunities for growth and advancement

*Tuition assistance/reimbursement

*Excellent pay differentials on qualifying positions (extra pay for working evening, nights or weekends)

*Flexible scheduling

**Job Description**

**Essential Functions:**

* Establishes a nurturing and respectful relationship with all children and provides activities that enhance each child's self-concept and socialization skills.

* Establishes a positive learning environment and provides a variety of activities that promote children's physical skills, intellectual abilities, communication skills and creative expression.

* Utilizes knowledge gained through training and takes precautionary measures in order to provide for the safety of the children, parents, and other program participants.

* Contributes to the overall quality early childhood programming by promoting a positive developmentally appropriate practice and ensuring an overall safe, healthy and secure environment for children, staff and visitors.

* Integrates positive guidance techniques on a regular basis, such as communicating expectations, giving children realistic choices, and redirecting inappropriate behaviors.

* All other duties as assigned.

**Additional Requirements**

**Preferred:**

Education - High School Diploma/GED Equivalent in General Studies

Experience - 1 years of Early Childhood Experience

Physical Requirements:

Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.**Job Category**

Support Services**Job Family**

Child Care**Department**

RCH Rapid City Childrens Center**Scheduled Weekly Hours**

0**Shift**

**Employee Type**

PRN 10 Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, Inc.**Make a difference**. *Every day.*

**Monument Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.**

**COVID Vaccination Statement**

**Ensuring the safety and well-being of our patients, visitors, staff, and communities is our deepest commitment at Monument Health. As a condition of employment, Monument Health requires all new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless there is an approved exemption. New hires will be required to have at least one dose of the vaccine prior to starting employment, with a second dose scheduled, or submit proof of previous vaccination.**

locationRapid City, SD USA