Part Time Floating Assistants Job at Children's Nest Preschool and Daycare, Blacksburg, VA

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  • Children's Nest Preschool and Daycare
  • Blacksburg, VA

Job Description

Summer Daycare Assistant Job Description

Children's Nest is looking for patient, attentive daycare workers to care for children. The daycare worker will assist parents and their center by preparing meals for children, maintaining their hygiene, monitoring them for health, behavioral, and emotional concerns, providing them with age-appropriate instruction, and working with parents to ensure that children are learning and socializing in a positive way. They may also assist with sterilizing toys and play areas and other duties to ensure that the children are in a safe, engaging, and clean environment.

To be successful as a daycare worker, you should be thorough and caring with an eye for detail. You should be prepared to meet the physical demands of the position and have an understanding of the childhood development process.

Summer Daycare Assistants will be paired with the best fitting age groups from 0-12 years old.

Daycare Worker Responsibilities:

  • Providing care for children, such as setting schedules and routines, grooming, feeding, changing diapers, and cleaning rooms and toys.
  • Developing and encouraging age-appropriate learning and socialization to ensure children learn basic skills and concepts, such as communication, manners, sharing, etc.
  • Maintaining a safe workplace by monitoring children for health, behavioral, and emotional issues and reporting concerns to staff and parents.
  • Helping children discover new interests by introducing them to art, music, sports, and other potential hobbies.
  • Ensuring children are learning positive behaviors and providing guidance or approved discipline, as needed.
  • Keeping records relating to childcare.
  • Working with parents to help children progress towards educational and behavioral goals.

Daycare Worker Requirements:

  • Decisiveness, patience, and stamina to chase after, lift, or carry children.
  • Ability to pass a background check.
  • Exceptional communication, teaching, and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong understanding of stages of childhood development.
  • Attentiveness to the needs and safety of children.
  • Ability to work Part Time or Full Time Hours (Center Hours are M-F 6:30am-5:45pm)
  • Available to start May 15th, 2024

Job Tags

Full time, Summer work

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