About the Role
The Child Care Worker is responsible for the direct implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the youth’s service plan. This role provides individual and group services, including counseling and group skills development, while adhering to safety protocols. The Child Care Worker assists youth with daily tasks, hygiene, food preparation, and routines, and ensures residences are clean and safe.
Responsibilities
- Ensure children are provided with a clean and safe environment
- Attend parent-teacher conferences and other school activities
- Inform the Child Care Supervisor of any problem affecting the functioning of the residence
- Manage the transportation of children to and from approved destinations
- Manage the purchase and preparation of food
- Evaluate the clothing needs of children and the purchasing of these items
- Become acquainted with the community and its resources
- Maintain positive community relationships
- Attend planning meetings, seminars and treatment sessions
- Assist in scheduling and attending medical and dental appointments for the children
- Prepare regular written reports, in the form of Logs and Critical Incident Reports
- Perform all necessary activities assigned to further the agency’s mission
Requirements
- Regularly required to stand; walk, use hands and fingers, handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; talk and listen, and taste or smell
- Frequently required to walk
- Occasionally required to keep balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- Must be able to use a computer and learn software programs
- Required to operate a fax, copier, scan, and other office equipment
- Needs to be able to speak, read and write fluently in the English language
- Must be able to write in the English language using correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.
- Must have a valid Driver’s License and a clean driving record
- Driving agency vehicles is a requirement
- May frequently lift 0-25 lbs.
- Occasionally lift 25-50 lbs.
- Rarely lift over 50 lbs.
- May frequently push/pull 0-25 lbs. of force
- Occasionally push/pull 26-45 lbs. force
- Rarely push/pull over 45 lbs. force
- May sit 50-60% of the working day
- May stand 10-20% of the working day
- May walk 10-20% of the working day
- May occasionally stoop
- May occasionally kneel
- May occasionally crouch
- Three years of relevant experience
Skills
- Computer proficiency
- Office equipment operation
- English fluency (speaking, reading, writing)
- Writing proficiency (spelling, grammar, punctuation)
- Valid Driver's License
- Clean driving record
Location
- Swan Lake, NY 12783
Work Type
- Full-time
- 40 hours per week
Experience Level
- 3 years of relevant experience
Education Level
- High School diploma or GED
Salary/Compensations
- $22.00 - $23.08 Hourly
