What are the responsibilities and job description for the Postpartum Caregiver position at The Village Lee's Summit?
Part-Time Postpartum Caregiver
The Village | Lee’s Summit is seeking compassionate, dependable caregivers to provide practical, non-medical support to families during the postpartum season.
We are specifically looking for caregivers who can serve communities in and around Overland Park.
This role is ideal for someone who loves serving families, enjoys working with babies and young children, and thrives in a fast-paced, hands-on environment. Our caregivers are constantly balancing the needs of mothers, babies, siblings, and the home to create a peaceful, well-supported postpartum experience.
Position Details
- Part-time
- Starting pay: $20/hour
- Performance- and tenure-based raises
- Meaningful bonus opportunities for client referrals and caregiver retention
- Flexible scheduling
- Primarily weekday daytime hours, with some evening and weekend opportunities available
- Service area: Overland Park and surrounding communities
What You’ll Do
Every family is different, but support may include:
- Caring for newborns while parents rest, shower, eat, or recover
- Engaging and supervising siblings
- Light meal preparation and snack preparation
- Dishes and kitchen reset
- Laundry and folding
- Light household tidying
- Stocking diapering stations and baby essentials
- Supporting family routines and transitions throughout the day
- Creating a calm, encouraging presence in the home
- Helping parents feel seen, cared for, and supported during the postpartum season
This is a high-energy, active role. During a visit, you’ll often be caring for a baby while preparing a meal, rotating laundry, engaging siblings, and resetting the home—all while remaining attentive to a mother’s changing needs. The ability to multitask, prioritize, and take initiative is essential.
This is a non-medical caregiving position.
Caregivers do not:
- Provide medical advice
- Perform clinical care
- Offer lactation consulting (unless certified to do so)
- Provide sleep training services
- Perform deep cleaning or housekeeping
- Transport children
Required Qualifications
- Prior hands-on experience caring for newborns and young infants
- Comfortable handling, soothing, feeding, diapering, and caring for babies safely and confidently
- Warm, nurturing, and dependable
- Strong communication skills
- Able to work independently and take initiative without waiting for direction
- Able to multitask efficiently and stay productive throughout each visit
- Comfortable with active, physically demanding work including frequent walking, lifting, bending, carrying, and floor play with children
- Excellent time management and the ability to prioritize changing needs throughout a visit
- Reliable transportation
- Ability to pass a background check
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting postpartum families
- Background in childcare, education, nursing, doula work, social services, or a related field
- Experience caring for multiple children of different ages
- CPR and First Aid certification (or willingness to obtain)
About Us
At The Village, we believe mothers were never meant to do this alone. Our mission is to provide gentle, practical support that helps families rest, recover, and adjust to life with a new baby.
We’re looking for caregivers who naturally notice what needs to be done, work with urgency and excellence, and find deep fulfillment in serving families during one of life’s most meaningful seasons.
Pay: From $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Paid training
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
Work Location: In person
Salary : $20