COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICE AREA POSITION DESCRIPTION

(NON-EXEMPT)

Approved By:________________________ Date of Review:________________

Position Title: Child Care Worker

Position Characteristics: Non-seasonal, part-time, no benefits. 

Weekdays, evenings, Saturdays.

Department: Administration

Reporting Relationships:

Position Reports To: Customer Service Manager

Positions Directly Supervised: None

Position Purpose:

Responsible for providing a clean, safe, and entertaining nursery environment. Receive infants and children in the nursery, provide basic child care, ensure safe play conditions, and follow established security procedures when children are checked out. Observe specific parent directions for feeding, nap times, and special needs. Maintain a positive rapport with all parents and patrons. 

Nature and Scope:

This position requires a high level of patience and the ability to maintain composure when dealing with infants and small children. Knowledge of basic child care, strong public relations and communication skills, and attention to clean and sanitary conditions are vital to the successful execution of this position. 

Essential Functions and Basic Duties:

1. Assume responsibility for effectively performing Child Care Worker responsibilities.
2. Care for and entertain all children left in the care of the nursery. Reads, colors, and plays with children and helps them feel safe and happy. Feed children as appropriate.
3. Enforce all rules and regulations established by the Customer Service Manager.
4. Keep the nursery clean, neat, safe, and comfortable for all participants. Wash dishes, change bed linens, clean and wash toys, and vacuum floors. Remove any potentially dangerous objects. 
5. Assist parents in following established security procedures for checking children in and out of the nursery. Alert Customer Service Manager if proper procedures are not followed. 
6. Supervise social activities and appropriately reinforce and discipline children as necessary.

1. Assume responsibility for establishing and maintaining positive relations with parents and children.
2. Listen to parents’ instructions. Note feeding times, nap times, and special instructions for children.
3. Inform parents of their child’s activities and behavior in a tactful way.
4. Respond to questions and problems promptly.
5. Maintain a positive rapport with all parents and children.

1. Assume responsibility for establishing and maintaining effective working relations with the Customer Service Manager.
2. Follow the direction and guidance of the Customer Service Manager.
3. Inform the Customer Service Manager of any significant concerns.

1. Assume responsibility for other duties as assigned.
2. Stay current in CPR, First Aid, and Criminal Background Check.

Performance Measurements:

1. Children are happy and well supervised.
2. The nursery is safe, clean, and complies with all regulations and established policies.
3. Good communication and positive relations exist with parents.
4. Good communication and positive relations exist with the Customer Service Manager.

Qualifications:

Training/Education/Certification:

• Current American Red Cross Community CPR and First Aid Certification.
• Approved Criminal Background Investigation upon hire date.

Required Knowledge:

• Understanding of infant and child development.
• Knowledge of basic child care and feeding.

Experience Required:

• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Skills/Abilities:

• Strong public relations and communication skills.
• Able to move and react quickly to a variety of circumstances.
• Skill in working with infants and young children.

Physical Activities and Requirements of this Position:

Stooping: Bending downward and forward at the waist. Requires full use of lower extremities and back muscles.

Kneeling: Resting on knee or knees.

Crouching: Bending downward and forward at the leg and spine.

Crawling: Moving on hands and knees or hands and feet.

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Standing: For extended time periods.

Lifting: Occurs frequently and requires substantial use of upper body and back muscles.

Grasping: Using fingers and palm on an object.

Feeling: Perceiving sensual characteristics of objects including size, shape, texture, temperature, etc., through touch.

Talking: Especially where one must frequently convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Hearing: Able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information.

Repetitive Motions: Movements frequently and regularly required using the wrists, hands, fingers.

Seeing: Average, ordinary, vision acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or products, or operate machinery.

Physical Strength: Medium work, exerting up to 50 lbs. occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and 10 lbs. constantly.

Working Conditions:

• Must work in very noisy environment requiring workers to shout to communicate.

Mental Activities and Requirements of this Position:

General Education-Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two step instructions and to deal with ordinary, standardized situations.

General Education-Mathematics Ability: Basic math skills are required for the position.

General Education-Language Ability: Ability to recognize the meaning of 2,500 (2 and 4 syllable) words: to read (by sight or Braille) at a very slow rate; to compare similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and communicate in simple sentences.

Intent and Function of Job Descriptions:

Job descriptions assist organizations in ensuring that the hiring process is fairly administered and that qualified employees are selected. They are also essential to an effective appraisal system and related promotion, transfer, layoff, and terminations decisions. Well-constructed job descriptions are an integral part of any effective compensation system. 

All descriptions have been reviewed to ensure that only essential functions and basic duties have been included. Peripheral tasks, only incidentally related to each position, have been excluded. Requirements, skills, and abilities included have been determines to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the positions. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements delineated be interpreted as all inclusive. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodations will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardships on the organization.

Job descriptions are not intended to and do not create employment contracts. The organization maintains its status as an at-will employer. Employees can be terminated for any reason no prohibited by law.