Lead Child Care Assistant

Company: US Coast Guard Community Services Command/US Coast
Location: Chesapeake
Posted on: January 15, 2020

Job Description:

Description Announcement #: 3381 Opening Date: 07 January 2020 Pay Plan/Series/Pay Band: NF-1702-02 Closing Date: Until Filled Work Schedule: Full Time (35-40 hrs/wk) Position: Lead Child Care Assistant Salary: $14.00-$17.00 Who May Apply: All Sources Location: Kodiak, AK USCG Kodiak Child Development Center DUTIES : Functions as team leader and plans, develops, and implements the curriculum with active participation from other members of the caregiving team. Serves as resource in the area of curriculum for the center. Plans and executes appropriate early childhood education experiences with a variety of material to promote the healthy emotional, social, intellectual, and physical development of each child. Works with the director and teachers in developing and implementing age appropriate curriculum and activities. Helps establish a program environment that promotes positive child and youth interactions with other children, youth and adults. Assists in providing and leading planned activities for program participants. Interacts with children and youth using approved child guidance and youth development techniques. Interacts professionally with staff members, parents, and the command. Assists in maintaining program participation data and completing required daily reports. Helps prepare, arrange, and maintain indoor and outdoor activity areas and materials to accommodate daily schedule. Monitors children in the classroom, on the playground, in hallways and restrooms, during study halls, during lunch, and in bus loading areas. Maintains control of and accounts for whereabouts and safety of children at all times. Helps arrange for/serve appropriate snacks/meals where applicable. Performs routine care giving tasks, helping with materials and activities, receiving children, interacting with children and attending to the children's physical needs. Ensures care is provided in accordance with standards, assists in planning, and conducting activities, conducts health checks, ensures the safety and well-being of children, completes reports. Works with parents and assesses the needs of individual children. Relates information to parents and offers support for dealing with children at different developmental states. Promotes communication with parents through notes, monthly newsletters and parent conferences. Performs other related duties as assigned. Your resume/application will be screened on the qualifications listed below. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED : Minimum: 1. High school diploma or GED certificate. 2. One year of general experience working with children. working in a group program with children and/or youth 3. Possess and maintain the physical ability to lift and carry up to 40 pounds, walk, bend, and stoop and stand on a routine basis. Duties may involve working both indoors and outdoors. Preferred (in addition to the minimum): 1. Two (2) years of education above the High School level, which includes twelve (12)- semester hours of college credit in early childhood/elementary/secondary/special education, child/youth development, psychology, human development, youth program administration or related behavioral sciences or a One (1) year vocational certificate in childcare. 2. Demonstrated leadership experience. OTHER ESSENTIAL INFORMATION : - Selectee will be required to participate in Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer as the Standard method of payment for payroll and travel purposes. - Males born after 12/31/59 and at least 18 years of age must be registered with the Selective Service System, unless covered by an exemption under the Selective Service Law, in accordance with 5 U.S. Code 3378. Selectee will be required to provide a written statement regarding his registration status, unless he is exempted by this statute. - Must satisfactorily complete a Federal Background check US Citizens and non-citizens authorized to work in the US, must have lived in the US for three of the last five years, and meet residency requirements set forth below: 1.Resided in the United States or its protectorate or territories (excluding short trips abroad, such as vacations); 2.Worked for the United States government as an employee overseas in a Federal or military capacity; or 3.Have been a dependent of a United States Federal or military employee serving overseas. Exceptions may be granted to applicants if they can provide complete stateside coverage information required to make a suitability/security determination . Applicants must provide this information with their application for employment. HOW TO APPLY You MUST submit a resume or any other written format in English of your choice which clearly identifies: (1) The announcement number, title and pay band of the job you are applying for, and, (2) Information such as full name; mailing address; country of citizenship (U.S. Citizenship required OR valid authorization to work in the US); highest Federal grade or NAF pay band held with job series, title, and dates held (if applicable); a statement requiring proof of veterans' preference by means of DD 214; education; and relevant work experience including start/end dates, supervisor's name and phone number, salary and title, series and grade if experience was with a non-appropriated fund instrumentality of the Federal government. You must also include a copy of your most recent performance appraisal if you are a current Federal or NAF employee. Applications may not be sent in franked Government envelopes; applications filed in this fashion will not receive consideration. If information is not complete, you may be excluded from consideration. Outside Candidates : To apply, please visit our website at ******************* and click on 'Careers' at the bottom of the page. Internal Candidates: Sign into ADP Workforce now. Click on Myself/Talent/Career Center. Search by location or Job Title for: Lead Child Care Assistant FT 3381 Kodiak, AK, US Equal Employment Opportunity: All candidates will be considered without regard to any non-merit factor such as race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or marital status. PRIVACY ACT NOTICE Authority: The U.S. Coast Guard rates applicants under the authority of Title 5 of U.S. Code, Sections 301, 1104, 1302, 2103, 3301, 3304, Executive Order 9397, and Departmental Regulations. Principal Purpose: To collect information needed to determine how well an applicant's education and work experience qualify them for the job they are applying for. Routine Use: This information provided will be shared with the hiring manager and interview panel members. It may also be shared in response to a request for discovery or for appearance of a witness, information that is relevant to the subject matter involved in a pending judicial or administrative proceeding. Disclosure: Voluntary, however failure to disclose requested information may result in an applicant not receiving consideration for a position in which the information is needed. Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection and a person is not required to respond to this information unless it displays a current valid OMB control number and an expiration date. The control number for this collection is OMB 1625-new, expiration 10/31/2021. The estimated average time to complete this application is 40 minutes. If you have any comments regarding the burden estimate you can write to U.S. Coast Guard, Community Services Command, 510 Independence Parkway, Suite 500, Chesapeake, VA 23320. Job Information Location: Kodiak, Alaska, 99619, United States Job ID: ******** Posted: January 9, 2020 Position Title: Lead Child Care Assistant Company Name: US Coast Guard Community Services Command/US Coast Guard Exchange/MWR/CDC Entry Level: No Job Type: Full-Time

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