Childcare Workers

Course Advisor; United States; On-site; USD 17,750 - 34,430; Full time

Job summary

Course Advisor is looking for a Childcare Worker to attend to children in various settings, including schools and childcare institutions. Responsibilities include dressing, feeding, and overseeing play activities. The ideal candidate will have excellent monitoring and service orientation skills, understand children's behaviors, and effectively communicate with parents. The role offers an annual salary ranging from $17,750 to $34,430, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Ability to monitor and evaluate performance for improvements.
• Active service orientation towards helping others.
• Strong social perceptiveness to understand reactions.

Responsibilities

• Attend to children at schools and childcare institutions.
• Read and teach simple activities to children.
• Regulate rest periods for kids.

Skills

Monitoring

Service Orientation

Social Perceptiveness

Active Listening

Speaking

Critical Thinking

Tools

Microsoft Word

Web browser software

Scheduling software

Educational software

Job description

Childcare Worker

Childcare Workers attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. They perform a variety of tasks such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.

A Day in the Life of a Childcare Worker

• Operate in-house day-care centers within businesses.
• Read to children and teach them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs.
• Regulate children’s rest periods.
• Sterilize bottles and prepare formulas.
• Instruct children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits.
• Communicate with children’s parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.

Skills and Competencies

• Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Related Job Titles

• Toddler Teacher
• Lunchroom Monitor
• Childcare Worker
• Toddler Caregiver
• Sitter

Childcare Worker Salary

Childcare Workers make between $17,750 and $34,430 a year.

Technology and Tools Used

• Microsoft Word
• Web browser software
• Scheduling software
• Educational software