SCHOOL AGE CHILD CARE ASSISTANT
Company: YWCA Of Rock County, Inc.
Location: Palmyra
Posted on: October 7, 2024
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Job Description:
Description: Childcare AssistantYWCA Mission StatementYWCA Rock
County is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and
promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.Job
SummaryThe Childcare Assistant is responsible for planning and
implementing age-appropriate activities and at all times
incorporating a safe and social atmosphere. Provides support to the
Child Care SupervisorMajor Responsibilities1. Know all daily site
procedures and help to ensure that daily tasks are completed
(attendance, checking voicemail, snack procedures, lesson planning,
child guidance, carrying out activities, cleaning up, and all other
day to day aspects of the program).2. Support children to develop
physically, socially, emotionally and intellectually; ensure
program space is safe, clean and comfortable for active and quiet
needs.3. Maintain positive interactions with children at all times;
greet parents and children daily.4. Deliver the program in a
positive environment of safety, support and care in keeping with
the Child Care Program purpose.5. Create an environment that
supports a wide range of activities and interests; enforce school
policies and site rules and use positive techniques to help guide
children's behavior.6. Read weekly meeting notes and communication
log book7. Maintain the YWCA Child Care Program licensure; comply
with all state licensing regulations and training, Department of
Public Instruction Guidelines, and Young Star.8. Share in
organizing and cleaning out the site storage area to maintain it in
an orderly fashion9. Assist with the lesson planning process.10.
Assist in setting up two parent events per year (open house,
conferences, talent show etc.)11. Attend staff, departmental, and
other YWCA meetings as assigned.12. Maintain familiarity with YWCA
goals, mission and programs.13. Other duties as
assignedQualificationso High School Diploma, or equivalent;
advanced degree in child development preferred.o 1-3 years'
experience working with children.o Satisfactorily completed 10
hours training in the care of school-age children or equivalent; as
approved by Wisconsin DPI; or be willing to complete at least 10
hours training within 6 months of hire.o Current CPR and AED
certification.o Ability to provide a safe, supportive, and
stimulating environment for children.o Detail-oriented with good
communication, problem solving and organizational skills. o Ability
to develop a team approach with staff, volunteers and community
partners. o Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
enthusiastic, warm and approachable.o Experience working with
culturally and economically diverse populations.o Good judgement
when making decisions. Able to make collaborative decisions for the
good of the YWCA.YWCA is committed to recognizing and valuing
diversity and strives to create a work place in which diversity is
intentionally developed and celebrated. YWCA will not accept any
intolerant or discriminatory behavior especially that related to
race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, pregnancy,
gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic
information, military status, political belief or any additional
characteristic protected by applicable law. To successfully perform
this job, the individual must be able to perform each essential job
responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the
essential job responsibilities. Job descriptions represent a
general outline of job responsibilities and qualifications. They
are not intended to be comprehensive in nature. In addition, jobs
evolve over time and, therefore, their descriptions may not reflect
the precise nature of the position at a given point of time
SupervisorChild Care Director HoursSplit morning and afternoon
shift. Primarily days with occasional evenings and weekends as
required, on-call duties CompensationNON-EXEMPT, Part time with
benefits for 20 or more hours p/week YWCA Rock Cause-Driven
Leadership Competencies:1. Community: Demonstrates a commitment to
improving lives and securing futures with themselves and others.
Effectively communicates the benefits and impact of YWCA efforts.
Ensures community engagement. Ensures the voices of the community
are heard.2. Values: Models and teaches YWCA values. Reinforces
YWCA values within the organization and the community. Incorporates
values into the organization's vision and strategies.3. Diversity,
Equity, Inclusion: Develops strategies to ensure staff and
volunteers reflect the community. Champions inclusion activities,
strategies and initiatives. Develops and implements intentional
systems of DEI throughout the organization.4. Relationships: Builds
relationships to create community. Builds and nurtures strategic
relationships to enhance support for the YWCA. Develops
relationships with influential leaders to impact and strengthen the
community.5. Communication: Demonstrates active listening. Seeks to
understand, asks questions. Communicates to obtain buy-in and
support of YWCA goals. Communicates to engage and inspire people
within and outside the YWCA6. Developing Others: Provides others
with feedback, coaching, guidance and support. Provides. tools and
resources for the development of others. Ensures that a talent
management system is in place and executed effectively.7. Decision
Making: Provides others with frameworks for making decisions.
Integrates multiple thinking processes to make decisions. Possesses
penetrating insight and strong strategic and critical thinking
skills.8. Innovation: Involves the community and seeks input in the
development of policies, programs and activities. Invests resources
in well-designed innovation initiatives.9. Project Management:
Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of
team. Ensures executions of plans. Creates a structure to deliver
organization-wide results to achieve objectives.10. Finance:
Effectively creates and manages budgets. Develops and implements
stewardship strategies.11. Quality Results: Holds staff accountable
or high- quality results using a formal process to measure
progress. Assigns clear accountability and ensures continuous
improvement. Determines benchmarks and ensures appropriate
leadership to meet objectives.12. Self-Development: Shares new
insights. Fosters a learning environment embracing diverse
abilities and approaches. Creates a learning organization.13.
Flexibility: Creates positivity in self and fosters it in others to
support change. Partners to create positive change in the
community.Job TypePart-time6:15-8:15 AM and/or 2:45-6
PMMonday-FridayRock County residentsYWCA MissionThe YWCA Rock
County is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and
promoting peace, freedom, justice and dignity for all.Child Care
Program Purpose StatementThe purpose of the YWCA Child Care
Programs is to provide a high quality, affordable child care
options for parents of children ages 5-12. The programs provide a
safe, supportive, and stimulating environment for children.
DefinitionThe Child Care Assistant works under the direct
supervision of the Child Care Site Supervisor, the Program Director
and/or the Assistant Program Director. Provides support to the
Child Care Supervisor. Qualifications Must be at least 18 yrs old
and completed 10 hours training in the care of school-age children
or equivalent; as approved by Wisconsin DPI. or be willing to
complete at least 10 hours training within 3 months of hire, or 17
yrs old and completed a child care class. CPR and AED certification
is required within 3 months of hire.Other: Benefits Discounted
Child Care Weekends Free Possible to attend classes in between work
hoursRequirements:PI82123bedf017-26289-32410735
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