POSITION SUMMARY – CHILDCARE ATTENDANT

The Young Learners Childcare Center (YLCC) is designed to provide free, temporary, short-term childcare for the students of the Excel Center until regular childcare is located. The YLCC is available when students are studying on-site or are in class and will serve children up to age 12. The Young Learners Childcare Attendant assists in ensuring the safe and caring management of all the students entrusted to the center. The Attendant monitors students in the center, serves snacks, and facilitates learning opportunities for the students while in their care. The Attendant assists in keeping parents informed of policies and procedures at the center. This role demonstrates behaviors consistent with our Mission, Vision, and Values, on behalf of The Excel Center of West Central Indiana.

Child Drop-in Center hours could range from: Monday through Thursday, 8 am - 9:30 pm and Friday, 8 am - 5 pm

• Degree and Credential Requirements - Continuing education in child development, early childhood education, or related field.? Child/infant CPR certified or willing to obtain.
• Industry Expertise - Has worked in a childcare setting.
• Communication Skills - Articulates thoughts and expresses ideas effectively using oral, written, visual, and non-verbal communication skills and listening skills to comprehend customers' needs. Delivers information in person, in writing, and in a digital world.
• Technical Knowledge – Has working knowledge of G Suite and MS Office.
• Customer Focus - Can see, comprehend, and relate with students and parents in an impartial, unbiased yet effective and balanced manner; builds and maintains customer satisfaction with the services offered by the organization; provides excellent service to internal and external customers.
• Organizational Aptitude - Plans and attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing multiple tasks in an organized and timely fashion.
• Conflict Resolution - Anticipates, diffuses, and resolves disagreements, confrontations, tensions, and complaints practically and constructively to achieve results.??
• Adaptability - Maintains effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
• Teaching Expertise - Plans and delivers instruction and evaluation of student learning, ideally for young children in a childcare setting.
• Teamwork - Works well with others and makes valued contributions to the outputs of others to assist the team or project to achieve the required outputs.
• Safety Awareness - Recognizes the risks in activities, applies the right measures to control and manage those risks, and ensures all safety protocols are followed.?
• Hard to Very Hard Physical Work - Can spend time in excess of 8 hours sitting, standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, and crouching. Has the ability to move and lift up to 40 pounds.?
• Minimum of 18 years of age
• Background Screening - The YLCC cares for some of our most vulnerable populations, children. As a result, all candidates must pass a pre-employment background check.