Care giver

Responsibilities:

• Provide responsible care for children
  
• Treat all children with care and compassion
• Uphold all safety standards
• Maintain a clean, sanitary, and orderly classroom
• Maintain a professional attitude, respecting family privacy at all times
• Prepare nutritional food choices for children and encourage them to try new things
• Provide enriching educational activities
• Lead songs and learning exercises
• Provide structure and accountability in a compassionate fashion
• Help children with toileting/diaper changes as needed
• Design and implement educational, age-appropriate activities
• Encourage children to participate in all activities
• Help children learn to be “helpers” in the classroom, as appropriate
• Contact parents as needed to address challenges
• Remain in constant contact with families of children via newsletters, conferences etc.
• Provide many opportunities for children to learn and develop age-appropriate skills

Requirements:

• Minimum academic qualification of SSCE
• Minimum 1 year of work  experience working as a caregiver
• Exceptional patience and ability to remain calm at all times
• Excellent listening skills and an engaging demeanour
• Solid working knowledge of childhood development
• Creativity, compassion, and professionalism are a must
• Fun and enthusiastic attitude
• Willing to sing, dance, and “be silly” with the children
• Physically able to perform tasks, including sitting on the floor, bending, and standing
• Must be able to lift children weighing up to 30 lbs regularly
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check and drug test