Nursery Worker (5092)

Provides care for children and infants in a church nursery environment; changes diapers and clothes and ensures children and infants’ personal hygiene and safety; feeds and cleans children and infants; comforts and plays with children and infants.

Schedule: 2.5/hours every Wednesday

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitors all children and infants’ behavior and activities in a constant manner ensuring their health and safety at all times. 
• Changes babies’ diapers and ensures babies are clean before applying a fresh diaper. 
• Changes children and babies’ clothes as needed to ensure their comfort and personal hygiene. 
• Ensures that proper hygiene, including hand washing, is used when diapering and assisting children in the bathroom. 
• Ensures that proper hand washing hygiene is used by worker and children before and after snacks and before giving bottles to infants. 
• Reads stories and sings to babies; teaches children basic learning skills. 
• Ensures that activities are geared to each child with concerns for their special needs, talents and age. 
• Builds and maintains effective and positive relationships with parents; notifies supervisors and parents of children’s progress on any special or unusual incidents. 
• Ensures that the appearance, cleanliness and safe environment of the nursery is maintained including disinfecting toys and equipment and putting in proper location at the end of each session. 
• Ensures that all classroom equipment is in good condition and is used and maintained properly. 

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Ability to meet attendance requirements. 
• Ability to read, write and communicate the English language effectively. 
• Ability to lift, hold and carry toddlers on a regular basis. 
• Ability and willingness to conduct all duties in accordance with the ministry of the organization and its Christian principles; conducts all communications and job duties with the highest level of professionalism. 
• Duties are usually performed by combinations of sitting, standing, and walking on a frequent change basis. 
• Moderate amount of physical effort required associated with walking, standing, lifting and carrying children and heavy objects (more than 25 lbs.) frequently. 
• Working Conditions: 
• Work is performed in a child care environment where there are little or no physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated dust, dirt and the like. 

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• and
• 6 months experience working in a daycare environment, with prior experience working in a nursery preferred,
• or
• any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities

Certifications:

• CPR and First Aid Certification (or ability to obtain within established timeframe)

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