Childcare Associate

The Bay Club Company; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 24,796 - 30,307; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Club Membership

Competitive Compensation

Discounts on services

Continuing Education

Community Involvement

Paid Time Off

Health Insurance

Full-Time eligibility

Job summary

The Bay Club Company is seeking a Family Programming Associate to care for children from six months to twelve years in a safe, clean, and engaging environment. You will follow established guidelines, supervise spaces, greet families, organize activities, and respond to children’s needs with compassion.

Responsibilities include maintaining hygiene, supervising all zones, coordinating opening/closing checklists, and participating in events and trainings.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of experience caring for children in a daycare or babysitting environment.
• Professional, friendly manner and excellent customer service attitude and abilities.
• Strong verbal communication and conflict resolution skills.
• Enthusiastic, responsible, and dependable team player.
• Self-motivated, takes initiative, and willing to acquire new skills.
• Well organized and detail oriented.
• Computer literate.
• CPR certification required.

Responsibilities

• Care for children ages six months through twelve years.
• Provide a safe, clean environment including sanitizing toys and play areas, checking and changing diapers, picking up toys, and wiping down tables and counters.
• Ensure the entire childcare space is supervised and that every zone with a child is staffed.
• Ensure that all items on the opening and closing operations checklists are completed.
• Greet parents and children with a smile; invite children to join activities.
• Ensure interaction with children at all times; ensure that all children are engaged with a special focus on older, shy and/or bored children; comfort and assist crying children.
• Organize and implement age‑appropriate activities such as craft time and story time.
• Ensure children are treated with responsive respectfulness, i.e. coached vs. scolded; discuss behavior tactfully and out of range of child’s hearing.
• Be present on the floor and offer assistance as necessary.
• Communicate timely and follow up as appropriate.
• Active participation in events, programs, meetings, and training.
• Represent the club in a professional manner through image, dress, communication, and immediate follow‑through and response.

Skills

Childcare experience

Customer service

Verbal communication

Conflict resolution

Team player

Self-motivated

Organized

Computer literate

CPR certification

Job description

General Summary

Under the direction of the Family Programming Director, the Family Programming Associate is responsible for caring for children ages six months through twelve years, ensuring a safe, clean, and fun environment for children, and executing the department’s established guidelines and standards.

Primary Job Functions

• Care for children ages six months through twelve years.
• Provide a safe, clean environment including sanitizing toys and play areas, checking and changing diapers, picking up toys, and wiping down tables and counters.
• Ensure the entire childcare space is supervised and that every zone with a child is staffed.
• Ensure that all items on the opening and closing operations checklists are completed.
• Greet parents and children with a smile; invite children to join activities.
• Ensure interaction with children at all times; ensure that all children are engaged with a special focus on older, shy and/or bored children; comfort and assist crying children.
• Organize and implement age‑appropriate activities such as craft time and story time.
• Ensure children are treated with responsive respectfulness, i.e. coached vs. scolded; discuss behavior tactfully and out of range of child’s hearing.
• Be present on the floor and offer assistance as necessary.
• Communicate timely and follow up as appropriate.
• Active participation in events, programs, meetings, and training.
• Represent the club in a professional manner through image, dress, communication, and immediate follow‑through and response.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary job function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Minimum one (1) year of experience caring for children in a daycare or babysitting environment.
• Professional, friendly manner and excellent customer service attitude and abilities.
• Strong verbal communication and conflict resolution skills.
• Enthusiastic, responsible, and dependable team player.
• Self‑motivated, takes initiative, and willing to acquire new skills.
• Well organized and detail oriented.
• Computer literate.
• CPR certification required.

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements

• Ability to arrive at work on time for all scheduled work shifts required; work weekends, evenings, and holidays required.
• Must be flexible, adaptable, and readily able to adjust to changes in work environment.
• Position requires daily public contact.
• May need to deal with unpleasant or angry people and solve difficult situations.
• Must be able to adapt to frequently changing environment.
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently required to climb or balance and occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally sit for extended periods and regularly walk around the facility.
• Occasionally talk and hear.
• Frequently move 10 pounds; in an emergency lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Must have specific vision abilities: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Job Description Revision

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with this job. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change. This job description replaces all previous descriptions for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Bay Club Company (“TBCC”) provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race (and all traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed (including, but not limited to, religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, and breastfeeding, and other related medical conditions), sexual orientation and identity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, actual or perceived national origin/ancestry, accent or ability to speak English, age, disability, marital/familial status, source of income, veteran status, citizenship status, political activities or affiliations, medical condition, genetic information, persons with AIDS or AIDS‑related condition, or persons who are victims of domestic violence.

Estimated Base Pay Range

$18.65 / hour

Other Compensation and Benefits

At the Bay Club, we offer programs and perks that cultivate a healthy and active workplace environment. Benefits include:

• Club Membership
• Competitive Compensation
• Discounts on club services and amenities
• Continuing Education
• Community Involvement
• Paid Time off*
• Health Insurance*
• Offered to Full‑Time associates. Full‑Time status eligibility starting at 25 average hours of work per week.

Additional County Ordinances

LA County: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.