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Form of workSchedule:
Full time - 36 hours/week or greater
Shift:
First Shift (Days - Less than 12 hours per shift) (United States of America)
Weekly Work Schedule:
Variable 6am - 6pm
Job Information
Exemption Status: Non-Exempt
A Brief Overview
Provide a warm, safe and loving atmosphere by patiently and attentively caring for children. Assist parents and Building Blocks by preparing meals for children, maintaining their hygiene, monitoring them for health, behavioral, and emotional concerns, providing them with age-appropriate instruction and working with parents to ensure that children are learning and socializing in a positive way. May also assist with sterilizing toys and play areas or perform other duties to ensure children are in a safe, engaging and clean environment.
Education Qualifications
- High School Diploma / GED Preferred
Experience Qualifications
- Working with infants and young children. Preferred
- Experience handling groups of individuals. Preferred
- Experience in teaching or education, infant to 3rd grade. Preferred
- Experience with social emotional learning and training that support pro social learning. Preferred
Skills and Abilities
- Creative mindset and the ability to initiate fun activities. (Required proficiency)
- Demonstrates respect and professional courtesy. (Required proficiency)
- Ability to stay calm in stressful environment. (Required proficiency)
- Ability to deescalate upset individuals. (Required proficiency)
- Each person caring for children shall be free from physical, mental or emotional handicaps as necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the children, and shall be qualified by temperament, emotional maturity, sound judgment, and an understanding of children. (Required proficiency)
Licenses and Certifications
- Basic Life Support - BLS Required within 90 days of hire.
- Successfully pass a KBI background check is required.
What you will do
- Provide care for children, such as setting schedules and routines, grooming, feeding, toilet training, changing diapers, and cleaning rooms and toys.
- Develop and encourage age-appropriate learning and socialization to ensure children learn.
- Maintain a safe workplace by monitoring children for health, behavioral, and emotional issues and reporting concerns to staff and parents.
- Develop lesson plans and themes according to the guidelines set out in the Creative Curriculum.
- Complete all annual training for SVH and required training for KDHE and additional training that support developmentally appropriate practice and best practices.
- Communicate with parents and other teachers regarding feeding, medications, and other critical concerns.
- Read to children daily.
- Help children discover new interests by introducing them to art, music, sports, and other potential hobbies.
- Actively engage with children at their level.
- Keep records relating to child care.
- Work with parents to help children progress towards educational and behavioral goals. Assist teacher two in preparing for teacher/parent conferences.
- Active participation in center activities such as staff meetings school activity's such as ceremonies, programs and other activities within the community.
- Help implement special needs program for children and families.
- Follow all KDHE licensing regulations policies and procedures. To assist with the flux of children's schedules and to remain in compliance with KDHE regulations with child to staff ratios, team members could be asked to assist in either Building Blocks Center.
Travel Requirements
- 5% Possible travel between Building Blocks locations.
Required for All Jobs
- Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training and requirements of Stormont Vail Health
- Performs other duties as assigned
Patient Facing Options
- Position is Not Patient Facing
Remote Work Guidelines
- Workspace is a quiet and distraction-free allowing the ability to comply with all security and privacy standards.
- Stable access to electricity and a minimum of 25mb upload and internet speed.
- Dedicate full attention to the job duties and communication with others during working hours.
- Adhere to break and attendance schedules agreed upon with supervisor.
- Abide by Stormont Vail's Remote Worker Policy and will review and acknowledge the Remote Work Agreement annually.
Remote Work Capability
- On-Site; No Remote
Scope
- No Supervisory Responsibility
- No Budget Responsibility No Budget Responsibility
Physical Demands
- Balancing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Carrying: Frequently 3-5 Hours
- Climbing (Ladders): Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Climbing (Stairs): Rarely less than 1 hour
- Crawling: Frequently 3-5 Hours
- Crouching: Frequently 3-5 Hours
- Driving (Automatic): Rarely less than 1 hour
- Driving (Standard): Rarely less than 1 hour
- Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination: Continuously greater than 5 hours
- Feeling: Continuously greater than 5 hours
- Grasping (Fine Motor): Continuously greater than 5 hours
- Grasping (Gross Hand): Continuously greater than 5 hours
- Handling: Continuously greater than 5 hours
- Hearing: Continuously greater than 5 hours
- Kneeling: Frequently 3-5 Hours
- Lifting: Frequently 3-5 Hours up to 75 lbs
- Operate Foot Controls: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Pulling: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 50 lbs
- Pushing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 50 lbs
- Reaching (Forward): Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 50 lbs
- Reaching (Overhead): Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 50 lbs
- Repetitive Motions: Frequently 3-5 Hours
- Sitting: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Standing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Stooping: Frequently 3-5 Hours
- Talking: Continuously greater than 5 hours
- Walking: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
The employee may be required to sit on the floor and use hands for helping children with clothing, changing diapers, preparing meals and cleaning.
Working Conditions
- Burn: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Chemical: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Combative Patients: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Dusts: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Electrical: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Explosive: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Extreme Temperatures: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Infectious Diseases: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Mechanical: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Needle Stick: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Noise/Sounds: Frequently 3-5 Hours
- Other Atmospheric Conditions: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Poor Ventilation, Fumes and/or Gases: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Radiant Energy: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Risk of Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Risk of Exposure to Hazardous Drugs: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Hazards (other): Rarely less than 1 hour
- Vibration: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Wet and/or Humid: Rarely less than 1 hour
Stormont Vail is an equal opportunity employer and adheres to the philosophy and practice of providing equal opportunities for all employees and prospective employees, without regard to the following classifications: race, color, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, uniformed service, disability or genetic information. This applies to all aspects of employment practices including hiring, firing, pay, benefits, promotions, lateral movements, job training, and any other terms or conditions of employment.
Retaliation is prohibited against any person who files a claim of discrimination, participates in a discrimination investigation, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment act based upon the above classifications.
