What are the responsibilities and job description for the Child Care Attendant - Part Time position at CITY OF MANCHESTER?
SUMMARY
Responsible for supervision of the casual care nursery and youth wellness room. In addition, accountable for the nurture and care of children while parents/guardians are using the recreation center and/or greenway.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Includes the following however other duties may be assigned as needed.
- Nurture and care for children while parents/guardians are using the recreation center and/or greenway.
- Daily supervision of children ranging in ages of 3 months to 12 years old in the casual care nursery and youth wellness room.
- Communicates the rules concerning safety and conduct in the youth wellness room.
- Effectively discipline children who are misbehaving.
- Cleaning of the casual care nursery and youth wellness room areas.
- Reporting accidents promptly and handling the care for them until further help is available.
- Ensuring the children have good hygiene and changing diapers as necessary.
- Engage in positive interaction with children to build confidence and self-esteem.
- Comfort children when they are crying.
- Prepare bottles and feed children as necessary.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
NONE
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Must be age 16 and older.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Must be able to communicate effectively with both children and adults.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Be willing to obtain CPR and First Aid certifications.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk or hear, taste and smell, and lift or move up to 50lbs. Specific vision abilities require by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth vision, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee Is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and extreme heat. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud to moderate.