Childcare Attendant - Part Time

Position:         Childcare Attendant

Department:   Fitness Department

Status:             Minor Part Time, Non-Exempt, At-Will

Report To:      Sports & Fitness Director

Position Summary

The Childcare Attendant is responsible for supervising and interacting with members’ children who are using the JCC childcare facility. This person develops and maintains a positive, fun, and safe atmosphere.

All JSV employees are responsible for creating relationships with the members to add value to their membership and enhance their sense of belonging with the JSV/APJCC community.

Essential Functions:

• Passionate about children and watching them learn, play, and grow! Able to lead an appropriate age activities and supervise safe individual play.
• Comfortable caring, holding, and diaper changing for infants while also being able to engage appropriately with other children.
• Ensure a safe and hygienic environment in the childcare facility.
• Be responsive to parents to fulfill their childcare service needs.
• Work together as a team with all departments.
• Be able to complete charges and basic administrative functions.
• Report any unsafe conditions to the Childcare Coordinator

Other Functions:

• Maintain a professional appearance and good personal hygiene.
• Keep the center stocked and clean.
• Learn proper emergency procedures and follow as necessary, including completion of Incident/Accident reports, attending staff meetings.
• Interact with children; understand the basics of child development.
• Other duties as directed by Management and business dictates.

Experience and Skills

• Experience with children from infant to 10 years old in a group setting
• Basic English language skills to communicate with members and staff.
• Knowledge of basic child development skills such as appropriate discipline, safety, and social development

Education/Special Licenses (currently possess or have the ability to obtain before working in the capacity)

• Pediatric First Aid
• Pediatric CPR and AED
• Certified Pediatric health and safety OR Red Cross Babysitting Certification
• Must be 18 or over.
• Mandatory reporter certification
• California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) disinfectant training.

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in this or a related field

Working Conditions

The working conditions 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 may be required to:

• Fitness Center/Community Center environment
• Remain stationary, ability to sit/stand for long periods.
• Ability to move quickly within your work area.
• Communicate across a variety of mediums.
• Ability to lift a minimum of 45 pounds.
• Work in the vicinity of children
• Available to work non–traditional business hours – may require evenings and weekend work.

While performing the duties of this job, the work environment can be noisy, and you may be working in close proximity with others. This role routinely involves standard office equipment such as phones, computers, and printers.

This position is contingent upon the completion and cleared background check of a fingerprint and life scan assessment. Must adhere to organization, state, and county public health regulations regarding communicable diseases.

Disclaimer: This job description indicates, in general terms, the type and level of work performed as well as the typical responsibilities of employees in this classification. The duties described are not to be interpreted as being all-inclusive to any specific employee. Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and, when possible, to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job. Nothing in this description changes the at-will employment relationship existing between the JSV and its employees.