Child Care Provider II, Jordan Campus Child Care (Part Time)

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.

Job Summary

Finger paint, sing, dance, get paid to play with play dough. Join our energetic team to make a difference in the world, and have fun by providing children with excellent child care and appropriate guided learning experiences.

In addition to complying with the child care licensing rules, applicants get to write creative lesson plans, work with children on fun and simple goals, maintain both child portfolios and progress documentation. Each teacher gets to monitor the classroom while singing and playing, attend engaging monthly meetings, and take education classes that correlate with accreditation standards.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities & Knowledge Skills & Abilities

Providers are responsible for the direct supervision of children in their care. They are responsible for paperwork associated with progressing children on their individual goals.

• Ability to work with a wide variety of people and communicate with parents daily.
• Keeping a clean classroom, and serving food is necessary.
• Ability to learn new skills.
• Ability to maintain a positive demeanor during times of high level stress.
• Applicant must be able to work with small children in small and large group settings, relate and communicate with others, plan based on observation, use technology to document work, be professional, be dependable, comply with directions of Director/Assistant Director, work well with a Lead Teacher, take initiative, resolve conflicts professionally, exhibit social maturity, physical endurance, and emotional stability required to take charge of a group of young children.
• Ability to lift boxes, children, and moving furniture up to 40 lbs. is required.
• Regular exposure to communicable illnesses, and bodily fluids will occur.
• Must read and write in English.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
• Ability to work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, and with community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be a minimum of 18 years of age
• Must read and write in English
• Must be able to maintain active supervision of children as defined by the Bureau.
• Must pass a background check from the Bureau of Child Care Licensing Must pass a basic physical Must pass a TB Screening
• Must be able to move, bend and work on level with children.
• Must be dependable.
• Must be professional
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with large groups of young children

Early Childhood Education Coursework

SLCC Information

Salt Lake Community College is Utah’s largest open-access college in the state. We proudly educate 45,000 students pursuing degrees in 100 programs across 8 areas of study, and Utah’s fastest growing industries and four-year baccalaureate programs consistently welcome SLCC graduates. Every SLCC employee has a hand in transforming students’ lives to strengthen its surrounding communities. SLCC employees work at 8 locations across the valley and capital city of Salt Lake with easy access to the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, world-class outdoor recreation, sporting events, museums, history, and arts and entertainment.

Salt Lake Community College seeks and values contributions from each community member and welcomes new perspectives. A respectful work environment is its top priority; academic excellence and lasting transformation occurs when we can collaborate freely. As an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution, SLCC leads the state with the highest enrollment of students from the Latinx/a/o community. SLCC is committed to serving students and being a model for inclusive and transformative education.

Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is fully committed to policies of equal employment and nondiscrimination. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, religion, protected veteran status, expression of political or personal beliefs outside of the workplace, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

SLCC is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). In addition to URS, SLCC offers several other retirement account options.

This position is subject to a successful completion of a criminal background check.