Teacher's Assistant 1 - Pediatrics

Friendship Community Care; West Fork (AR); On-site; USD 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Friendship Community Care is seeking a dedicated individual for a Full Time position in Pediatrics at their West Fork location. This role involves the direct and indirect care and education of children, ensuring a safe environment that meets quality standards.

The ideal candidate must have a high school diploma or GED, with priority given to those with early childhood experience. Responsibilities include supervising children, creating educational plans, and maintaining compliance with safety and health guidelines.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required, early childhood experience preferred.
• Must maintain current certification in Infant/Toddler CPR and First Aid.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect care to children.
• Create and maintain a safe and educational environment.
• Supervise children during activities.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards for early childhood programs.

Skills

Child supervision

Communication

Monitoring children's records

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Job Details

Location: FPS West Fork Peds - West Fork, AR 72774
Position Type: Full Time
Job Shift: Day
Job Category: Pediatrics
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Pay: $14.00
Education Level: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); early childhood experience preferred

Summary

Responsible for direct and indirect care, and education of children. This includes goals and objectives in plans of care. Creates and maintains an environment conducive to the proper care, education, and safety of children.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assures Quality Standards of Care for Early Childhood programs are met. See Attachment.
• Creates and maintains an environment based on ITERS/ECERS standards, sustaining a rating of 4 or higher in DD classrooms and a 5 in ABC/ABCSS classrooms.
• Assists with implementation of plans of care by following FCC procedure for collecting data and creating quality daily progress notes in Credible.
• Directly always supervises children.
• Works cooperatively with parents/staff members to ensure positive, productive atmosphere.
• Stays informed of child's record in Credible to ensure only authorized persons pick up child.
• Actively engages with children.
• Maintains DHS/ABC and DDS staff/child ratios reports out of ratio to supervisor immediately.
• Completes required progress notes and other documentation in a timely manner.
• Collects Work Sampling and Ounce data on assigned ABC/ABCSS children.
• Maintains current certification in Infant/Toddler CPR, First Aid, and Infection Control by attending annual courses and serves as First Responder for Preschool.
• Ensures that timesheet in payroll system accurately reflects times worked and is up to date.
• Actively participates in weekly, monthly, and annual staff meetings as arranged by supervisor.
• Attends all training activities as required by Administration, licensing units, and/or supervisor.
• Participates in minimum 15 hours in-house and/or outside Early Childhood training annually as required, including out-of-town/overnight travel as required. For staff working in an ABC/ABCSS classroom, at least 30 hours of training must be acquired annually.
• Performs additional duties as assigned to the position. Example: Car rider, morning care, aftercare, bus loading/unloading, etc.
• Assists with and attends parent functions as scheduled.
• Reports any abuse/neglect signs to a supervisor as soon as possible after discovery.
• Follows chain of command by reporting to immediate supervisor for all issues.
• Always follows FCC Policy/Procedures manual and minimum licensing requirements for childcare centers.
• Comply with all DHS regulations contained within DHS Handbook.
• Other duties may be assigned.
• This is a safety sensitive position.

Confidentiality

Maintains confidentiality of all information received regarding Friendship Community Care, Inc., and the clients. Conditions of confidentiality shall comply with Friendship Community Care Non-Disclosure Policy and HIPPA Policies.

Other Information

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive, and employees will also perform other reasonable related business duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required.

This organization reserves the right to revise or change job duties as the need arises. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

To adhere to the following and comply with all Quality Assurance’s & HIPAA procedures:

• The Code of Conduct and Compliance Investigation Procedures as read and discussed in the new employee training must be followed at all times.
• Consumers’ progress notes be maintained and completed daily or as needed on the prescribed forms.
• Consumers’ records must be maintained weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly. All information must be filed in consumers’ records as needed and updated as prescribed by funding sources.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Qualifications

Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED). Previous early childhood experience preferred.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one on one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.