Child Care Group Leader Parks & Recreation

Job Description

Salt Lake County A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent.

If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here :

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.

To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with :

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live work and have fun.

Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community. Community is more than a place . it’s our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance :

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck. A career with Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.

We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year.

Additional Benefits include :

• Retirement options for hybrid pension / 401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200 / year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Professional Development
• Plus : Onsite medical clinic, childcare and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

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JOB SUMMARY

Supervises and sets goals for individual children to ensure their continued physical, social / emotional, and cognitive development.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Child Development Associate ( certificate or certification with the National Administrator Credentials ( at the time of hire.

A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Early Childhood Education will also satisfy the CDA requirement listed above.

Possession of a current American Red Cross first aid and CPR / AED certifications at the time of hire.

Possession of a current child care food handler's permit at the time of hire.

Successful completion of a tuberculosis (TB) test.

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background investigation

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Supervises children to ensure their safety using appropriate behavior management techniques.
• Provides a safe, clean, and attractive learning environment for children. Utilizes appropriate learning materials.
• Plans and implements developmentally appropriate activities for children in all of the six (6) child development areas to provide quality daily experiences in a stimulating atmosphere.
• Sets goals for individual children to ensure their continued development and measures children's physical, social / emotional, and cognitive growth through testing / evaluation instruments.

Communicates children's progress to parents / guardians.

• Maintains child attendance and other required records relating to goal setting, testing / evaluation, behavior, and health.
• Provides orientation and training to staff and volunteers regarding job duties and applicable rules and regulations.
• Assigns jobs to staff and volunteers; assists supervisors in evaluating performance.
• Assists in ordering and serving daily meals and snacks. Monitors and records number of meals and snacks ordered and served each day following food reimbursement program guidelines.
• Maintains cleanliness of food serving and eating areas. Monitors children's hand washing.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Current child development principles and practices
• Licensing standards, policies, and procedures
• General health and safety principles and practices
• Structured program curriculum planning

Skills and Abilities to :

• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Organize and prioritize children's programs, activities, and special events
• Follow verbal and written instructions and procedures
• Apply appropriate behavior management techniques
• Provide quality customer service
• Act independently to perform required and assigned job duties.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POSITION

Work hours are mainly weekdays during childcare operating hours. Employees are required to rotate with other merit child care staff opening early, closing late, and working special events which are often held on weeknights and weekends.

Employees are required to attend training, which will often be in the evenings and weekends.