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Child Care Aide or Child Care Assistant | Children’s Center | Full Time – 40 Hours

Rapid City, SD USA Full time 23_3155

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Ensuring the safety and well-being of our patients, visitors, staff, and communities is our deepest commitment at Monument Health. As a condition of employment, Monument Health requires all employees be fully vaccinated * against COVID-19, or have obtained an approved medical or religious exemption, prior to starting employment. 

*Fully vaccinated means it has been at least two weeks since the completion of a COVID-19 primary vaccination series. COVID-19 primary vaccination series is defined as the administration of a single-dose vaccine (such as the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine) or the administration of all required doses of a multi-dose vaccine (such as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (interchangeable with the licensed Comirnaty Vaccine) or the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine).

Pay Range: $15.50 - $18.40

Child Care Aide $15.50-$17.83, Child Care Assistant $16.00-$18.40

Job Summary

To provide quality care of children ranging from six weeks old up to age 12 with developmentally appropriate lesson plans.

Job Description

Essential Functions:
  • Establishes a nurturing and respectful relationship with all children and provides activities that enhance each child's self-concept and socialization skills.
  • Establishes a positive learning environment and provides a variety of activities that promote children's physical skills, intellectual abilities, communication skills and creative expression.
  • Utilizes knowledge gained through training and takes precautionary measures in order to provide for the safety of the children, parents, and other program participants.
  • Contributes to the overall quality early childhood programming by promoting a positive developmentally appropriate practice and ensuring an overall safe, healthy and secure environment for children, staff and visitors.
  • Integrates positive guidance techniques on a regular basis, such as communicating expectations, giving children realistic choices, and redirecting inappropriate behaviors.
  • All other duties as assigned.

Additional Requirements

Preferred:
Experience - 1+ years of Early Childhood Experience

Education - Associates in Child Studies/Education and/or obtain within 12-months of hire Certification - Child Development Associate (CDA) - Accredited University or accredited training professionals
 

Physical Requirements:
Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Job Category

Support Services

Job Family

Child Care

Department

RCH Rapid City Childrens Center

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Shift

Employee Type

Regular


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